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House of Representatives Says No to Pay Cuts for Medicare Doctors
Every doctor in the United States who works with Medicare patients is facing a 10% pay cut starting on July 1. On Tuesday, however, an overwhelming number of the members of the US House of...
View ArticleGround Beef Recalled by Kroger
All ground beef sold in Kroger stores throughout Michigan and in Colombus and Toledo, Ohio, between May 21 and June 8 has been recalled by the grocer because of an outbreak of E. coli traced back to...
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Biting Dogs, Bad Air Pose Biggest Health Risks to Beijing Olympic Travelers
Contemplating a trip to an exotic land such as China usually conjures up the scary possibility of contracting strange and exotic diseases, too, but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Tainted Tomatoes Still a Mystery
More than two weeks after public health officials in the United States issued a warning to consumers against eating certain types of tomatoes linked to more than 800 cases of salmonella infection, the...
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100 Californians Injured By Hospitals Each Month
Lawmakers for the state of California passed a disclosure law in 2006 that requires hospitals to report each time a patient suffers certain adverse events caused by inadequate medical care during...
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Playing Politics Stalls Bill to Save Medicare Doctors’ Pay
As American senators angrily bickered across party lines last week, the bill that met with overwhelming approval in the US House of Representatives that would eliminate a 10% pay cut for doctors...
View ArticleTobacco Weeded Out But Pot’s Still Cool in Netherlands, Dude
A new law in the Netherlands makes it illegal to smoke cigarettes in a public place but smoking marijuana at licensed cannabis cafes is still legal, as long as there is no trace of tobacco in the...
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Once Again, Tomatoes Are Safe to Eat
After weeks of getting blamed for causing as many as 1,200 people in 42 states and the District of Columbia to become ill with infection from Salmonella, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has...
View ArticleNo Apologies for Radio Savagery Calling Autistic Children Brats, Idiots
Michael Savage, host of the widely syndicated radio program, “The Savage Nation,” is under fire today for saying last week that 99% of the children diagnosed with autism are really just brats without...
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Calorie Counts Serious Business in the Big Apple
Many chain restaurants operating in New York City are mandated by a new law to post calorie counts alongside prices on their menus or they risk fines that range from $200 to $2,000. The calorie-count...
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Disabled Truckers Continue the Long Haul Despite Dangers
Imagine driving your children to school. Or commuting along an interstate in rush-hour traffic. Or rushing your wife to the delivery room for the imminent birth of your child. Or any other scenario...
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New Fast-Food Restaurants Banned in South LA
City council members voted unanimously on Tuesday, July 22, to allow a proposal calling for a ban on new fast-food restaurants in a 32-square-mile area to be presented to the Los Angeles (LA) City...
View ArticleGround Zero Residents to Finally Get Medical Treatment
People from all walks of life were affected by the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Many people sickened or injured by the billowing dust clouds and debris...
View ArticleGranite Countertops Contain Radioactive Minerals
Granite countertops are increasingly popular in modern kitchens. They’re so popular, in fact, that more than 900 kinds of granite are known to be commercially available in the US residential...
View ArticleSerrano Peppers Latest Villain in Salmonella Saga
In the continuing search for the source of the Salmonella saintpaul outbreak that has made hundreds of consumers in the United States and Canada sick over the last few months, investigators now say...
View ArticleConcerns for travelers to China Olympics
Almost a million travelers from around the world are expected to travel to Beijing next week for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Another couple of million Chinese citizens are expected to travel to the...
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FDA One Step Closer to Tobacco Regulation
The United States House of Representatives voted 326 to 102 on Wednesday to take the power of regulation out of the hands of the tobacco industry and place all tobacco products under the regulatory...
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Denver Doctor Under Fire Over Infant Organ Transplants
Between 2004 and 2007, Dr. Mark M. Bouchet and his surgical transplant team removed the hearts from three tiny patients at Denver Children’s Hospital and transplanted them into three tiny patients...
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Good News, Bad News From Medicare
Thursday brought two announcements from Medicare officials, one bringing good news, the other not-so-good news. The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Medicare) has announced the names of...
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Almost Half of Working America Plagued by Medical Debt
The number of Americans of working age who have accumulated medical debt or are experiencing financial difficulties paying off their medical bills has climbed to a staggering 41% by 2007, up from only...
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