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Posted: March 10th, 2010, 10:39pm CST
As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds across the country, federal health investigators...
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Posted: March 10th, 2010, 10:34pm CST
Medications called bisphosphonates are standard tools for the treatment of osteoporosis. They include Fosamax, Boniva, Actonel and Reclast. But new data released Wednesday raise some concern about whether the drugs are safe for long-term use.
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Posted: March 10th, 2010, 10:24pm CST
A 22-year-old newlywed contends in a lawsuit that a "Dr. Phil" national TV spin-off tricked him into appearing and discussing the blemishes...
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Posted: March 10th, 2010, 8:31pm CST
A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.
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Posted: March 10th, 2010, 8:01pm CST
People's Pharmacy: Using Vicks to block nauseating smells; taking a heartburn medicine to combat warts; and sharing pill-swallowing tricks.
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Posted: March 10th, 2010, 2:54pm CST
Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."
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Posted: March 10th, 2010, 11:44am CST
It seems the old cliche may be true.
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Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:16am CST
A coalition of organizations led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce plans to spend as much as $1 million a day on advertisements designed to pressure lawmakers to vote "no" on health-care legislation.