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New York Times: Health
18 and Under: Knowing Summer Risks Helps Make Children Safer
Researchers have found that if a child is injured seriously enough to be hospitalized, all children in that family are at higher risk of injury in the short term.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Doctors and Hospitals Say E-Record Goals Are Unrealistic
Critics say the Obama administration’s criteria for computerizing medical records are too strict and ambitious.
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Scientist at Work: George M. Church: A Mission to Sequence the Genomes of 100,000 People
The Harvard geneticist has co-founded or advises some 22 businesses that focus on things like synthetic biology, genetic sequencing and providing genetic testing to consumers.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Global Update: Agriculture: In Poor Countries, Experts Set Up Shop to Help Farmers Handle Plants and Insects
CABI, the organization that dispatches the experts, runs clinics in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Congo, India, Uganda, Vietnam and other places; it hopes to expand to 40 countries.
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Gates Foundation Effort to Focus on Mothers and Children
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said it would spend $1.5 billion over five years to improve maternal and child health in developing countries.
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Vital Signs: Pinpointing Areas That Need CPR Training
Your chance of surviving sudden cardiac arrest may depend on what neighborhood you live in, a new study suggests.
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Will I Qualify Immediately for the Insurance Exchange?
There is a six-month waiting period to join the new high-risk insurance pools, but there will be no waiting period to purchase policies on the insurance exchanges starting in 2014.
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Your Brain on Computers: Attached to Technology and Paying a Price
Scientists say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information from e-mail and other interruptions.
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Recipes for Health: Fragrant Fronds, Pungent Bulbs: Cooking With Fennel
One of the signature flavors of the Mediterranean isn’t used much by American cooks — a shame, considering fennel’s many virtues.
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Longer Use of Avastin May Fight Ovarian Cancer, Study Says
The widely used cancer drug Avastin can help keep ovarian cancer in check, but only if used for a long period of time, researchers have reported.
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Grifols of Spain to Buy Talecris Biotherapeutics
Grifols, a Spanish pharmaceutical company, is said to have agreed to buy Talecris Biotherapeutics, an American biotech firm.
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White House and Allies Set to Build Up Health Law
President Obama and his allies, concerned about deep skepticism over his landmark health care overhaul, are orchestrating an elaborate campaign to sell the public on the law.
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Obese Mothers a Burden on Hospital Resources
Extreme weight may be causing birth defects or death for mothers and babies, and hospitals have had to adjust.
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Scientists See Progress on Lung Cancer and Melanoma
Studies report significant progress taming two of the most intractable types of cancer, melanoma and lung cancer.
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Rise in Suicides of Middle-Aged Is Continuing
An increase that began in 2006 has not abated, according to the latest figures released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Patient Money: Companies Crack Down on Defining Dependents in Benefit Plans
Employers want proof that the people you’re carrying on the company health plan really are your dependents.
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