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The Flu Vaccine Is Coming! The Flu Vaccine Is Coming!

Different brands and types of vaccines are approved for different age groups.


Questions About Caregiving and the Law

New York Times: Health - 1 hour 39 min ago
Submit your questions about caregiving to an elder law attorney.

Family Relations: An International Comparison

New York Times: Health - 1 hour 40 min ago
A multinational study finds that elderly Americans and their adult children have unusually strained relationships.

Merck's Profit Falls 52%

Wall Street Journal: Health - 2 hours 5 min ago
Merck reported a 52% drop in profit, as the drug maker booked merger and restructuring costs.

Recommended Weekend Reading

New York Times: Health - 2 hours 21 min ago
The New Yorker examines end-of-life care while Foreign Affairs reports on Castrocare, health-care under the Castro brothers.

Geron to Resume Stem-Cell Study

Wall Street Journal: Health - 2 hours 44 min ago
Geron can proceed with early testing of an embryonic-stem-cell treatment for spinal-cord injuries after the FDA lifted a nearly yearlong hold on the trial.

Meet the critters inside your mattress

CNN: Health - 3 hours 53 min ago
The mattress can be a jungle of dust mites and bedbugs, milling around among dried remnants of blood, saliva, sweat and basically all the other bodily fluids.

Expert Answers About Scleroderma

New York Times: Health - 3 hours 53 min ago
Medical experts answer readers' questions about the causes, symptoms, testing, treatment and prognosis of scleroderma.

Patient Money: For Most, Implants Beat Dentures, but at a Price

New York Times: Health - 4 hours 28 min ago
Prosthetic teeth attached to the jaw with titanium screws are preferred for replacing lost teeth, but they’re expensive, and insurance coverage is usually minimal.

Paying for Dental Implants

New York Times: Health - 4 hours 31 min ago
Dental implants are a good medical option for most patients who have lost teeth, but insurance companies typically won't cover the cost, today's Patient Money column reports.

Medicare and Mayberry's Finest

New York Times: Health - 4 hours 38 min ago
A new television advertisement featuring Andy Griffith, and a Webcast by the administrator of Medicare and Medicare Services mark the day.

Eastern Africa polio-free, but cases found in Russia

Reuters: Health and Medical - 4 hours 44 min ago
GENEVA (Reuters) - Eastern Africa is free of polio again, with four countries -- Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda -- having reported no cases of the crippling disease for more than a year, U.N. and other aid agencies said Friday.

Little harm seen from painkiller shots for pro athletes

Reuters: Health and Medical - 4 hours 45 min ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When professional athletes in sports like football and rugby are injured, they commonly get injections of pain-numbing anesthetics to help them stay in the game. Now a new study suggests that, while safety concerns remain, most athletes may not suffer any long-term harm from the practice.

Merck Ready to Play Let’s Make an (Emerging Markets) Deal

Wall Street Journal: Health Blog - 4 hours 47 min ago
Merck isn't ruling out making outright purchases of emerging-market companies, but competition is fierce.


F.D.A. Clears Way for Embryonic Stem Cell Trial Using Patients

New York Times: Health - 4 hours 49 min ago
Using human embryonic stem cells, the trial will be tested in patients with new spinal cord injuries.

Wedding De-Stressing Tips for the Former First Daughter

Fox News: Health - 5 hours 9 min ago
If you thought planning your own wedding was stressful, try being the former First Daughter.


Rare Disease Carried By Mosquitoes Kills Infant

Fox News: Health - 5 hours 21 min ago
Gulf coast health officials are urging residents to use mosquito repellant after two people died of Eastern equine encephalitis this month.


Pregnancy-related diabetes likely to recur: study

Reuters: Health and Medical - 5 hours 44 min ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests a large new study.

Damp house linked to kids' risk of nasal allergies

Reuters: Health and Medical - 5 hours 45 min ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests.

Damp house linked to kids' risk of nasal allergies

Reuters: Health and Medical - 5 hours 45 min ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests.
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