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 A recent analysis conducted by the nonprofit health advocacy group, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, has noted that tested baby products – such as shampoo, bubble baths and lotions – were contaminated with cancer-causing toxins.To be more specific, the toxins found in the analysis were formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane, both of them considered...
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 It’s no secret to anyone that the US health care system is having problems for quite some time. In fact, the problems inside the medical system constituted a hot issue during the presidential campaign when both Barack Obama and John McCain promised to improve things.The presidential campaign is over and it seems that Obama has to repair...
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 President Barack Obama promised Saturday to bolster and reorganize the nation’s fractured food-safety system.“In the end, food safety is something I take seriously, not just as your president, but as a parent,” Obama said in his weekly address.The announcement comes at a time when the nation’s food-protection system is being criticized...
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Former BSU player Kerry Thomas faces new charges for knowingly spreading the HIV virus. According to media reports, an Ada County, Idaho, grand jury on Tuesday returned an indictment charging Kerry Thomas with seven counts of knowingly transferring the HIV virus.These charges carry a maximum sentence of 15 years and a $50,000 fine....
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 President Barrack Obama intends to name New York City’s former health commissioner, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, and Baltimore health commissioner Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein as chiefs of the US Food and Drug Administration, according to sources familiar with the matter.The agency has struggled with a series of drug safety problems over the past...
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 Pollution has always been thought to reduce survival due to
its noxious effects on people’s health. Previous studies have linked pollution
to increased risk of heart attack, stroke, lung cancer, asthma and other
serious diseases.
A study published in Thursday’s New England of Medicine
shows that people who live in areas with the...
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 Did you smile or laugh a lot yesterday? Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with your job or the work you do? Did you eat healthy all day yesterday? Do you feel safe walking alone at night in the city or area where you live? These are some of the questions that Americans surveyed for the so-called Emotional Health Index (EHI) have to...
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 Statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are showing that a quarter of all new HIV/AIDS infections occur in women. Black and Hispanic women are more exposed to the virus that causes AIDS, which is the leading cause of death for black women between 25 and 34 years old, according to reports from the U.S....
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 Nearly 500 people including students with serious breathing
problems were evacuated from National Jewish Health Hospital in Denver and an
affiliated school after maintenance workers inadvertently mixed two
water-cleaning chemicals causing toxic fumes.
National Jewish Health Hospital is a medical facility that
specializes in...
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Washington - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will meet US President Barack Obama in Washington next month for talks on the global financial crisis and the conflict in Afghanistan, the White House said Thursday.
Climate change and nuclear nonproliferation will also be on the agenda at the March 24 meeting, the White House...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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