Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
A new ruling has been passed that will see foods that you buy at the grocery store come with the country of-origin printed on their labels.
This new rule will cost retailers a lot of extra money, but it will help the consumer to know where the food they are buying ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
A federal court in Los Angeles has upheld a San Francisco health care program in which all for-profit employers with more than 20 employees to offer them some form of health insurance.
The law was being challenged by the local restaurant association, but according to the 3-judge panel, it does not ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
The vaccine war is once again heating up in the US as recently Amanda Peet, who is a spokeswoman for Every Child by Two, referred to parents who refuse to get their children vaccinated as parasites.
This has not gone over well with many American parents, who feel that the need ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Americans across the country will be paying tribute to those loved ones lost to the devistating disease.
Breast cancer is a thorn in the side of women world wide, and is the second leading cause of cancer related death in women in the United ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Warnings are being urged to be added to labels of high caffeine energy drinks due to the risk that young people have of increased use of prescription drug abuse.
According to the marketing, regulation and health effects of caffeinated energy drinks report, many energy drinks contain levels of caffeine as their ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
A new report by the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services finds that some sort of violation occurs at up to 94 percent of all nursing homes in the United States.
The types of violations are dealing with areas of federal health and safety standards and ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Results of a new study find that the birth size of a baby girl may determine their overall risk of developing breast cancer as adults.
According to researchers who analyzed 32 studies of more than 600,000 women, baby girls of an above average weight and length at birth are at an ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Pop diva Janet Jackson was reportedly rushed to a local hospital hours before a concert she was to perform in Canada.
According to her publicist, Jackson, 42 became ill during her Montreal sound check and thus had to cancel the show and go to hospital.
We are unsure of which Montreal hospital ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Results of a new study find that a pair of popular supplements, glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate, used to combat arthritis are very inneffective at doing so.
Millions of people use the supplements on a daily basis, due to the belief that they act to reduce inflammation associated with the painful condition, ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Officials with Pfizer have announced the company's intent to stop research on heart disease and obesity and turn their attention to cancer.
They state that the change of heart is partly to allow the company to focus on more profitable diseases, but that current studies involving drugs will not be terminated.
Pfizer's ...
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