BBC News
CDC: Fewer States Seeing Widespread Swine FluABC NewsAP Health officials say swine flu was widespread in only four states last week, indicating the fall wave of illness is still declining. Swine flu was widespread in seven states the previous week. Reported infections have been dropping since a peak in …Welsh swine flu cases decliningBBC [...]
Washington Post
Smoking, Animal Shelter, Ethics Rules Arrive in NCABC NewsAP A smoldering cigarette butt in a trash can sparked a fraternity fire that killed five students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1996, and smoking materials may have caused a 2007 Brunswick County …Smoking ban might go even furtherCharlotteObserver.comBusinesses, Patrons Prepare [...]
The cost of treating increasing numbers of people drinking heavily threatens to cripple NHS hospitals, warn experts.
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Tasmanian devil facial cancer origins 'identified'BBC NewsResearchers believe they have identified the source of fatal tumours that threaten to wipe out the wild population of Tasmanian devils. Writing in Science, an international team of scientists suggest cells that protect nerves are the …Scientists Discover Origin of a Cancer in Tasmanian DevilsNew York TimesDecoding the [...]
Newsweek
Total impact: Sectors hit differently by health bill's passageMilwaukee Business JournalAnd while passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in no way means the health care debate is over, it finally provides people with an idea of what national health reform might look like if it is signed into law by President Barack [...]
Reuters
CORRECT: US Drug Stock Benchmarks Trade Little Changed; Pfizer SlipsWall Street Journal("US Drug Stock Benchmarks Trade Little Changed; Pfizer Slips" published at 10:58 am ET incorrectly suggested that US regulators have denied approval for the vaccine, Prevnar 13. The correct version follows.) By Val Brickates Kennedy Drug stocks traded …Pfizer shares fall after Prevnar FDA [...]
A six-month-old Middlesbrough boy born with a rare heart condition returns home after a transplant.
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AAN Guideline Recommends Against TENS for Chronic Low-Back PainMedscapeDecember 31, 2009 — A new evidence-based review from the American Academy of Neurology concludes that transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) is not recommended for use in treating chronic low-back pain but adds that TENS should be considered …Bad back? Nerve stimulation won't helpCNNTENS Gets Thumbs [...]
ABC News
Drinking, Walking on New Year's Eve Risky BusinessPalm Beach PostBe careful where you walk this New Year's Eve, particularly if you have been toasting the night away, because researchers say that Jan. 1 is the deadliest day of the year for pedestrians. A study from the journal Injury Prevention found there are more …Why [...]
Reuters
Quitting Smoking After Heart Attack Extends LivesABC NewsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Confirming that it really is never too late to quit smoking, a new study finds that heart attack survivors who kick the habit live longer than those who keep puffing away. The study, which followed more than 1500 heart …'Butt Out' Smoking After [...]
