MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'washingtonpost.com - Health' source. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:05:43 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378838&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2FAR2010031502735.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health We tend to frame this country's fitness and obesity problem almost entirely in terms of lifestyle and motivation. Even the most out-of-shape, time-pressed couch potato can find some way to start exercising, we say. You make it a priority, get up and do it. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378838 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3378838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378830&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F16%2FAR2010031601748.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health What did you crave when you were pregnant: Chocolate? Tacos? Sardines? Or were you more driven by food aversions than by cravings? (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378830 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3378830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378829&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F17%2FAR2010031703909.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health More than 3 percent of District residents older than 12 are living with HIV or AIDS, an epidemic rate of infection that continues to worry city health officials. But a report on the disease released Wednesday offered hope: New AIDS cases and AIDS-related deaths have dropped steadily in the past f... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378829 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3378829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378832&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F16%2FAR2010031602746.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health An obscure parliamentary maneuver favored by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suddenly ignited Tuesday as the latest tinder in the year-long partisan strife over reshaping the nation's health-care system, triggering debate over the strategy's legitimacy and political wisdom. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378832 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3378832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378831&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F16%2FAR2010031603620.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Michelle Obama on Tuesday called on corporate food giants such as Coca-Cola, General Mills and Kraft Foods to step up efforts to produce more healthful food and then market that, rather than junk food, to children. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378831 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:19:01 +0100 3378831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378839&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2FAR2010031502115.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health In 2006, the New England Journal of Medicine published a $12.5 million study saying that, for most people, glucosamine and chondroitin do not soothe knee pain much better than a placebo. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378839 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3378839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378835&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2FAR2010031502025.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Olie Kolzig knows all about pushing the body to its limits: During a 19-year hockey career, most of it as a goalie for the Washington Capitals, he dislocated his right kneecap twice and damaged his hip, elbow, shoulder and finger -- and required a total of nine surgeries. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378835 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3378835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378834&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2FAR2010031502015.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The best athlete I knew in college has just had both his hips replaced. Another friend recently got two new titanium knees. We're all in our 50s -- once among the fittest in our college classes and now suffering from the kind of worn-out, creaking joints that generally come at a much older age. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378834 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3378834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378833&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2FAR2010031502016.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health When Claudette Broyles tries to describe to friends how she feels, she likens herself to a balloon on a string, tied to a post. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378833 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3378833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378837&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F14%2FAR2010031402906.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health In the hope of expanding a controversial form of organ donation into emergency rooms around the United States, a federally funded project has begun trying to obtain kidneys, livers and possibly other body parts from car-accident victims, heart-attack fatalities and other urgent-care patients. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378837 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3378837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378836&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F14%2FAR2010031402353.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health One year after President Obama announced he was lifting his predecessor's controversial restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, some scientists are complaining that so far the new policy is -- ironically -- more of a burden than a boon to their work. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378836 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3378836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378841&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F12%2FAR2010031201806.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Instead of an epidemic of over-treatment, Warner describes an epidemic of under-treatment of children with mental illness. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378841 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3378841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378844&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F09%2FAR2010030902239.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Two things I've learned since launching my Me Minus 10 campaign to lose 10 pounds before I turn 50 in December: Many people want to lose 10 pounds -- and many would like to have cartoon images made of themselves! I've received tons of great feedback; here are some of your letters. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378844 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3378844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378840&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F09%2FAR2010030903858.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health As Republicans work to prevent a health-care bill from reaching President Obama, they are scrambling to exploit divisions between Democrats in the House and the Senate. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378840 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3378840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378845&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F09%2FAR2010030901142.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health "The Early Show" co-anchor Harry Smith is scheduled to have a colonoscopy Wednesday, with live reports planned as he undergoes the procedure at a New York hospital. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378845 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:06:54 +0100 3378845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378847&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F08%2FAR2010030802421.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health A decade and a half ago, when I started my solo practice, I would say to my routine HIV patients, "Let's see you back in three months." I was eager to fill clinic slots; also, because of my lack of experience, I felt safer seeing my patients more often. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378847 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3378847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378843&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F08%2FAR2010030802347.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health When I was growing up, one of my mother's favorite admonitions -- along with "If you keep making that face, it's going to freeze that way" and "Don't sit too close to the television or you're going to need glasses" -- was the classic "Turn that music down, or you'll go deaf." (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378843 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3378843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378842&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F08%2FAR2010030802432.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The emergency department is always noisy, but sudden screams from a staffer still get attention. The triage nurse is yelling, "Not breathing, had vitals at triage and just croaked," as she runs toward us pushing a wheelchair. In it, a pale, thin man is slumped over and looking gray. I'm the atten... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378842 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3378842 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378846&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F08%2FAR2010030800778.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health GLENSIDE, Pa. -- Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Barack Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes Monday as Democratic congressional leaders worked behind the scenes on legislation they hope can quickly gain passage. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378846 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:31:31 +0100 3378846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340033&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F04%2FAR2010030401436.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health TOKYO -- As women in the United States and across the industrialized world get fatter, most Japanese women are getting skinnier. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340033 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340034&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F05%2FAR2010030501764.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health An influential voice on Capitol Hill has unexpectedly called into question the safety of investing in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, raising the specter that investors who have lent money to the two firms or bought their mortgage-backed securities could one day suffer losses. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340034 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340034 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340032&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F04%2FAR2010030403863.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Thousands of types of processed foods -- including many varieties of soups, chips, frozen dinners, hot dogs and salad dressings -- may pose a health threat because they contain a flavor enhancer that could be contaminated with salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340032 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340032 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340035&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F02%2FAR2010030200175.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health As Democrats on Capitol Hill prepared a risky effort to muscle sweeping health-care legislation to final passage, President Obama on Tuesday made a last gambit to split Republicans on the issue, proposing to incorporate a handful of GOP ideas into his signature domestic initiative. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340035 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340035 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340042&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F01%2FAR2010030101644.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The District's troubled HIV/AIDS Administration is scrambling to correct dozens of billing and record-keeping deficiencies discovered at Washington area medical clinics that draw federal AIDS funding. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340042 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340040&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F01%2FAR2010030102894.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Ted Leonsis, Internet multimillionaire, Washington Capitals owner and by general acclaim a very nice guy, has some recommendations for being a happier person, and it isn't about getting rich. (Why is it that really wealthy people always say that?) Instead, he writes in his new memoir-cum-self-hel... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340040 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340039&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F01%2FAR2010030102925.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health After receiving a diagnosis of aggressive breast cancer at age 43, Lisbeth Ceriani wanted to find out whether she had the BRCA gene mutation, which makes women much more likely to get breast and ovarian cancer. If she tested positive for the mutation, she decided, she would have her ovaries remov... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340039 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340039 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340038&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F01%2FAR2010030102928.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Aspiring to imitate Thomas Eakins? It certainly looks that way. Last week, a group of students from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania evoked the image of the 19th-century Philadelphia artist when they went to observe -- and then document in their own drawings -- surgery as it was taking place. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340038 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340038 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340037&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F01%2FAR2010030102902.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The Oscars are coming! And Meryl Streep is nominated for her role as super-chef Julia Child, who chop-chop-chopped those onions to success in "Julie & Julia." The movie tells the tale of Julia's beginnings as a chef in Paris, set against the later story of young writer Julie Powell, who spend... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340037 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340036&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F01%2FAR2010030102903.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Denise Camp was resigned to the double standard that had long applied to her medical bills, forcing her to skimp on other expenses so she could pay for mental health treatment. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340036 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340044&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F28%2FAR2010022804411.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health CHICAGO -- One in four U.S. parents believes that some vaccines cause autism in healthy children, but even many of those worried about risks think their children should be immunized. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340044 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340041&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F28%2FAR2010022803243.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Raising the prospect of a "simple up-or-down vote" on health-care reform, White House adviser Nancy-Ann DeParle said on Sunday she thinks Democrats will secure enough ayes on the measure and signaled that the administration could be moving toward trying to pass it along party lines. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340041 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340041 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340045&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F25%2FAR2010022505767.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Carol Ball's day begins in the dark, in another state. By the time she arrives at work, crosses a snowy parking lot and enters the austere one-story Planned Parenthood clinic here, she has flown 200 miles to do something no South Dakota doctor will do. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340045 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340046&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F24%2FAR2010022402466.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health First lady Michelle Obama sits in an upholstered armchair in her East Wing office, a generous bowl of fresh apples on a nearby table. She wears a body-conscious gray sleeveless sheath with an artful corsage of matching fabric decorating the right shoulder. A petite Georgetown student -- one of the... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340046 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340046 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340043&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F24%2FAR2010022404971.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Richard B. Cheney's fifth heart attack may add to the lore surrounding the seemingly indomitable former vice president. But his ability to survive repeated coronaries is more a testament to modern medicine's advances in detecting and treating the leading killer than any supernatural powers. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340043 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340048&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F24%2FAR2010022401286.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The World Health Organization announced Wednesday that it was too early to declare that the H1N1 pandemic had peaked and urged nations around the world to remain vigilant. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340048 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:48:58 +0100 3340048 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340055&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F22%2FAR2010022203641.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno trained for the Vancouver Olympics for two years. He sprinted up mountains, lifted weights, ran, biked and skated. He often worked out twice a day, sometimes more. In his first event of the 2010 Games, he won a silver medal. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340055 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340055 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340054&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F22%2FAR2010022203648.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Riding in school buses in the early morning, then sitting in poorly lighted classrooms are significant reasons students have trouble getting to sleep at night, according to new research. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340054 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340051&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F22%2FAR2010022203639.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Whether you are aware of your incessantly ticking biological clock or not, the absolute last thing that any woman of steadily advancing childbearing age wants to hear when she flips on the morning news shows is: Women lose 90 percent of their eggs by age 30. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340051 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340051 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340050&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F22%2FAR2010022203638.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Even as officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are announcing that the epidemic of the H1N1 flu is no longer widespread in any state, no disease expert is willing to say there isn't a third -- or fourth -- wave of swine flu in the country's future. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340050 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340050 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340049&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F22%2FAR2010022204830.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Major U.S. foodmakers are quietly investigating how to rid their containers of Bisphenol A, a chemical under scrutiny by federal regulators concerned about links to a range of health problems, including reproductive disorders and cancer. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340049 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340049 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340047&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F22%2FAR2010022203637.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Do you or does your child suffer from cerebral palsy? Down syndrome? Autism? A knee injury? General ennui? (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340047 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340052&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F22%2FAR2010022201731.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health President Obama made it clear Monday morning that he intends to make a final push for a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's health-care and insurance system, offering a new health-care plan that largely embraces the approach already taken by the U.S. Senate. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340052 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:15:00 +0100 3340052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340053&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F19%2FAR2010021905215.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health SAN FRANCISCO -- The antiretroviral drugs that revolutionized the care of people with AIDS are on the threshold of a new life as tools to prevent infection in individuals and brake the epidemic in populations as a whole. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340053 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340053 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340057&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F18%2FAR2010021803726.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Kaiser Permanente has reversed a decision to stop offering its heavily used after-hours urgent-care services in Kensington after members protested, a top Kaiser executive said Thursday. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340057 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340056&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F18%2FAR2010021804659.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The company at the heart of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness linked to salami says it has detected the bacterium in sealed containers of red pepper from two suppliers, raising concerns that other foodmakers may have used tainted spices in a variety of foods. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340056 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:34:01 +0100 3340056 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340065&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F16%2FAR2010021605329.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health For nosy guests, a medicine cabinet is the holy grail of snooping. But some experts advise not storing medicine there. "There is too much moisture and too much light," said D.C. pharmacist Dave Toth. Instead, fill a drawer with basic medicines and first-aid supplies. Even closets can be too cold ... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340065 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340065 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340062&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F17%2FAR2010021702466.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Scientists have deciphered the genetic blueprint of South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu and an indigenous Bushman from Namibia as part of an ambitious and controversial project to bring modern genomic medicine to the developing world. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340062 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340058&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F16%2FAR2010021605327.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health A few weeks ago, it seemed a 24-hour pharmacy would always be a quick car ride away, but the record snowfalls remind us of that old Boy Scout saw: Be prepared. As the snow melts, clean out expired medicine, toss the extra bottles of lotion you never use and stock up on supplies that cover common ... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340058 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340058 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340061&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F16%2FAR2010021606057.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Maribel Perez breathes in short puffs, panting almost, through a hole cut into her trachea and covered demurely with a patch of gauze. Clear tubes connected to a noisy machine in the living room of her small Alexandria apartment pump pure oxygen into her nostrils. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340061 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340061 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340068&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F15%2FAR2010021501984.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health A nasal spray containing a hormone that is known to make women more maternal and men less shy apparently can help those with autism make eye contact and interact better with others, according to a provocative study released Monday. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340068 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340068 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340064&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F12%2FAR2010021204438.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Lisa Oakley knows that some studies on long-term use of cellphones suggest an increased correlation with cancerous tumors. And she knows of a couple of people who have had brain tumors, and wonders whether their cellphones had anything to do with it. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340064 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340063&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F12%2FAR2010021204137.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The day starts about 5:30 a.m., when the hotel turns back on the power. The fans come back on, at least. People begin stirring, snores fade away, backpacks rustle and feet pad around. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340063 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340060&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F12%2FAR2010021204444.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Karen Hammerman could see that her son was upset, and when he told her why, she was unnerved. Adam Hammerman, then a 16-year-old sophomore at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Montgomery County, had missed a week of school because of a virus and telephoned several classmates to see what assig... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340060 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340059&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F15%2FAR2010021502177.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health This week, as airborne snowboarders try to complete two flips and three spins before landing on a halfpipe, or skeleton athletes hurtle headfirst at 90 mph just two inches above the icy track, we hold our breath wondering whether they'll make it. From the comfort of our living rooms, they seem ju... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340059 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340059 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340067&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F12%2FAR2010021202204.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health About 57 million Americans, or slightly more than 18 percent of the population, have contracted pandemic H1N1 influenza since April, federal public health officials said Friday. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340067 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340067 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340069&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F09%2FAR2010020901789.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Last week, the British medical journal the Lancet, which had originally published a controversial 1998 study by British researcher Andrew Wakefield that implied a link between autism and the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, formally retracted that study. In the wake of this, one of the tan... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340069 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340069 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340070&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F10%2FAR2010021000009.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Children who throw too many tantrums could be diagnosed with "temper dysregulation with dysphoria." Teenagers who are particularly eccentric might be candidates for treatment for "psychosis risk syndrome." Men who are just way too interested in sex face being labeled as suffering from "hypersexua... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340070 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340070 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340066&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F09%2FAR2010020900791.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health In front of a packed audience in the State Dining Room at the White House on Tuesday, first lady Michelle Obama rolled out her national initiative to combat childhood obesity with a show of force that included medical, business and government leaders, grassroots activists, celebrity public service... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340066 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340079&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F08%2FAR2010020802512.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health We have three tents for our "triage emergency department." Two tents stand out: the "Jiffy Pop" (look that up, those of you born in the microwave era) and the Blue Tent. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340079 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340078&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F08%2FAR2010020802518.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health If you think that getting older is the beginning of the end, think again. Sure, skin loses some elasticity and joints get creaky, and maybe you can't keep your eyes open past 9:30 p.m. But even people well into their 80s are going to yoga and Pilates classes, volunteering, having sex and taking c... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340078 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340078 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340074&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F09%2FAR2010020901271.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health My friend Katie has a dirty little secret that's actually obvious to anyone who gives her a cursory once-over: Ever since childhood, she has bitten her nails down to the quick, often gnawing at them until the cuticles bleed, especially when she's nervous or bored. This successful 43-year-old mark... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340074 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340073&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F08%2FAR2010020802459.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Nearly three years ago, Harry Rosenberg and his wife, Barbara Filner, met with nine of their neighbors about starting an aging-in-place "village" in the Burning Tree community of Bethesda. The idea: If neighbors could help one another with basic services such as transportation and simple home... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340073 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340073 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340072&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F08%2FAR2010020802468.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Where did I park my car? What is that lady's name? Where are my glasses? Some call these "senior moments" or "tip-of-the-tongue" experiences. They're mundane for many elderly (and not-so-elderly) adults, but when do they become something more serious? How does one know when it's time to get scree... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340072 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340071&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F08%2FAR2010020802462.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health My patient Debra practically waltzes into my office. She is giggling and barely waits for the door to close before she announces: "I am having sex again and really enjoying it. Not only that, but I'm actually having random lusty thoughts." What a change from a couple of months ago, when sex was n... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340071 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340077&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F07%2FAR2010020703003.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health President Obama moved to jump-start the stalled health-care debate Sunday, inviting Republicans in Congress to participate in a bipartisan, half-day televised summit on the subject this month. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340077 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340077 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340075&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F07%2FAR2010020702666.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Local paramedics and firefighters don't need to follow television shows about a half-ton teen or biggest losers to track the obesity trend. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340075 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340075 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340076&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F04%2FAR2010020404050.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The Department of Defense will begin making the morning-after pill Plan B available at all of its hospitals and health clinics around the world, officials announced Thursday. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340076 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:12:56 +0100 3340076 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340080&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F04%2FAR2010020404552.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Two Republican congressmen who help oversee billions of dollars for people with AIDS are asking the federal government for an accounting of fraud and mismanagement complaints leveled against AIDS programs nationwide. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340080 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340082&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F03%2FAR2010020302715.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The founder of a city-funded AIDS program that recently closed amid reports of alleged fraud and neglect also operated eight facilities for the mentally ill that were racked for years by similar problems, city officials said. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340082 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340082 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340081&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F03%2FAR2010020302887.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Many of the patients were labeled with the same grim diagnosis: "vegetative state." Their head injuries, teams of specialists had concluded, condemned them to a netherworld -- alive yet utterly devoid of any awareness of the world around them. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340081 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340084&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F02%2FAR2010020203480.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The Lancet medical journal formally retracted a paper Tuesday that caused a 12-year international battle over links between autism and the childhood vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340084 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340083&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F02%2FAR2010020203564.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health After being treated for prostate cancer recently, I did a review of my writings on the subject through the years. Pretty consistent stuff: Get screened regularly, fellows, as I was doing, and stop being so chicken-hearted about those digital exams. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340083 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340083 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340086&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F02%2F01%2FAR2010020102093.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The Food and Drug Administration would see a 6 percent jump in its budget to $2.51 billion. The agency's total resources would reach about $4 billion because of user fees it expects to collect from food, tobacco and drug industries. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340086 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:23:00 +0100 3340086 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340085&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F29%2FAR2010012903953.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health DAVOS, SWITZERLAND -- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research vaccines and make them available to the world's poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said Friday. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340085 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340085 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340089&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F26%2FAR2010012601752.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Many people take just one supplement, a multivitamin. Here are some tips for choosing the best multivitamin, from Andrew Weil, founder of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, which focuses on combining alternative treatments with conventional medical practices. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340089 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340087&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F27%2FAR2010012704801.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Soon after taking office, President Obama highlighted food safety as a domestic priority. A string of national outbreaks of food illnesses were a "troubling trend," the president said. He called the problems "critical" and said they presented a "risk to public health." (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340087 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212697&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F26%2FAR2010012603040.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Shelf after shelf of strangely named bottles fill an entire aisle at Whole Foods Market. There are "CoQ10" softgels, "charcoal" pills and mysterious "hoodia" tablets. But why would anyone take charcoal? What exactly is a CoQ10? And can you eat a hoodia? (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212697 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:04:50 +0100 3212697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212696&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F26%2FAR2010012603048.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Suddenly, they're everywhere: in your pasta, your peanut butter, your baby's formula. Omega-3 fatty acids have been known to doctors since the 1930s. But their recent bump in popularity stems from a 2004 ruling by the Food and Drug Administration that labels could say foods containing omega-3s ma... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212696 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:04:50 +0100 3212696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3340088&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F25%2FAR2010012503127.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Carla Sguigna laid her daughter's head in her lap as they watched a movie in their basement family room in her North Bethesda home. Sguigna methodically combed through her 4-year-old's hair, strand by strand, fingering each shaft down to her scalp. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3340088 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3340088 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212702&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F25%2FAR2010012503040.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health LAST ACTS Discovering Possibility and Opportunity at the End of Life (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212702 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3212702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212701&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F25%2FAR2010012503148.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health As a substitute teacher in Prince George's County, Kim Carrington, 44, has stepped up to the head of a lot of different classes, from kindergarten to high school French. But it was the food and nutrition class she taught at Surrattsville High in Clinton that came to mind when she got an e-mail on... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212701 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3212701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212698&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F25%2FAR2010012503128.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Earlier this month, I found myself standing in front of a massive display of multivitamins at a local grocery store, confounded by the options: There were supplements for children, teens, males, females, pregnant women, adults "50 and wiser," those in peri-menopause and menopause, and seniors; fo... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212698 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3212698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212695&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F25%2FAR2010012503038.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Last fall, Sgt. Timothy Gall, an Army medic stationed at Fort Belvoir, sought clues to the multiple sclerosis and heart disease that ran in his family by looking into his DNA. All it took was some spit and about a thousand bucks. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212695 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3212695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212694&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F25%2FAR2010012503957.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The pregnancy rate among teenage girls in the United States has jumped for the first time in more than a decade, raising alarm that the long campaign to reduce motherhood among adolescents is faltering, according to a report released Tuesday. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212694 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3212694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212699&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F23%2FAR2010012301865.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health United Medical Center, formerly known as Greater Southeast Community Hospital, is seeking a nonprofit charitable status to help stave off a financial crisis that appears to have worsened -- two years after it received nearly $80 million from the District. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212699 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3212699 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198382&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F22%2FAR2010012201974.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health In "The Hidden Brain," Shankar Vedantam reviews this new science and applies it speculatively to practical circumstances in which our subconscious leanings might mislead us. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198382 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:05:40 +0100 3198382 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212703&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F22%2FAR2010012200755.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health ELYRIA, OHIO -- Offering both a passionate defense of his policies and a populist pitch, President Obama told audience members in this economically struggling region Friday that he will continue fighting for them even in the face of stiffening political opposition. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212703 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3212703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198381&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F21%2FAR2010012101604.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health As Democrats continued to grapple with the consequences of their loss in Massachusetts, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday eliminated the most obvious avenue for completing health-care reform, saying the House will not embrace the version of the legislation already approved by the Senate. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198381 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198381 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198380&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F21%2FAR2010012102481.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health One out of every five U.S. teenagers has a cholesterol level that increases the risk of heart disease, federal health officials reported Thursday, providing striking new evidence that obesity is making more children prone to illnesses once primarily limited to adults. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198380 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212700&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F18%2FAR2010011802704.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Most people greet strangers with a "pleased to meet you." Denise Austin prefers a more direct approach: "Touch my tummy." (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212700 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3212700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198395&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F15%2FAR2010011503128.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health 33% Proportion of U.S. adults who are obese. 12.6% (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198395 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198383&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F15%2FAR2010011503127.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Well, they certainly are big. And they do appear happy. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198383 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198384&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F19%2FAR2010011904456.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health JACMEL, HAITI -- After 2 1/2 days of travel, over the sea, across borders, in planes so small they had to leave most of their food and water behind, the emergency relief workers from Northern Virginia had finally arrived. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198384 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198384 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198387&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F15%2FAR2010011503110.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health RICHMOND -- Five months into pregnancy, Jodi Lemacks discovered that her unborn son had a severe heart defect and would require a complex operation as soon as he was born. But the local pediatric heart surgeons didn't inspire confidence. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198387 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198386&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F15%2FAR2010011503106.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Circumcision, long one of the most emotionally charged surgical procedures performed in the United States, has become the focus of yet another intense debate as leading health authorities are about to issue major new evaluations of the potential health benefits of the operation. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198386 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198386 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198385&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F15%2FAR2010011503107.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Rebecca Yates was sick of sounding like a broken record -- and tired of getting the same response from the internist at her HMO. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198385 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198388&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F17%2FAR2010011700754.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health WASHINGTON -- Disabled by chronic back pain and unable to afford medical insurance, Lea Walker hoped President Barack Obama's health care overhaul would close a coverage gap that has trapped her and millions of other workers. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198388 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:00:29 +0100 3198388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198394&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F15%2FAR2010011503927.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health ATLANTA -- About one in five Americans has been vaccinated against swine flu, according to the government's first detailed estimates of vaccination rates against the pandemic. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198394 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198393&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F15%2FAR2010011504075.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Port-au-Prince, Haiti's densely populated capital, is home to more than 2 million people, each of whom, under normal circumstances, needs to drink about a gallon of clean water every day, just to survive. Basic needs such as washing and cooking add another three gallons or so per person each day. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198393 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198392&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F15%2FAR2010011504070.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The Food and Drug Administration has reversed its position on the safety of Bisphenol A, a chemical found in plastic bottles, soda cans, food containers and thousands of consumer goods, saying it now has concerns about health risks. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198392 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198391&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F15%2FAR2010011504061.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health President Obama and congressional leaders raced Friday to strike a compromise on far-reaching health legislation, hoping to settle lingering disputes before Tuesday, when a special election in Massachusetts could hand Republicans their 41st vote in the Senate and the power to defeat Obama's top... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198391 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198390&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F14%2FAR2010011402995.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration may not block the importation of "electronic cigarettes," battery-powered versions of conventional smokes. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198390 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198389&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F14%2FAR2010011401784.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health A top World Health Organization official dismissed charges Thursday that the agency exaggerated the threat posed by the H1N1 virus and that it had been unduly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry to issue dire warnings about the swine flu pandemic. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198389 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198396&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F12%2FAR2010011201404.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health As they do every January, people are cramming into gyms to lose weight. But this year, some gyms are also working to slim down -- by excising rather than exercising. Instead of love handles and jiggling arm flesh, their problem area is the equipment loaded with stacks of hefty plates meant to wor... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198396 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198396 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198397&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F12%2FAR2010011203163.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The District government and the National Institutes of Health on Monday announced the launch of a $26.4 million initiative to attack the city's HIV/AIDS epidemic with expanded testing and treatment to reduce the level of the virus in its victims and hopefully decrease their chances of spreading t... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198397 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:50:04 +0100 3198397 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198400&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F11%2FAR2010011103349.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health When Charley John tells people he's a pharmacist, he knows what many of them think: that he spends his workdays sequestered behind a counter doling out pills, dropping them into little plastic vials and handing them to customers. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198400 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198400 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198399&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F11%2FAR2010011103351.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health It was the kind of complaint any mother of a 16-year-old has heard a hundred times: "Mom, I don't feel well." (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198399 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198398&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F11%2FAR2010011103365.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198398 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198401&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F07%2FAR2010010703752.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Worried House Democrats held a caucus-wide conference call Thursday to strategize about health-care reform before lawmakers return to Washington next week. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198401 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198401 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198407&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F05%2FAR2010010502701.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The Mayo Clinic Diet kicks off with "Lose It," a two-week phase in which dieters follow the guidelines outlined at right to safely lose as many as six to 10 pounds. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198407 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198407 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198403&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F05%2FAR2010010502695.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Grapefruit, bacon, cabbage soup: They're impostors, staples of fad diets billed as Mayo Clinic weight-loss plans but never endorsed by the medical institution . (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198403 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198403 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198402&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F05%2FAR2010010501428.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health By the time you turn 49, as I recently did, the tradition of making New Year's resolutions has lost some of its luster. What remains to be resolved that hasn't been resolved before? (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198402 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198402 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198405&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F05%2FAR2010010503811.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to enact far-reaching proposals to curtail smoking by giving store owners a tool to prevent smoking on public sidewalks and by assessing new penalties on anyone younger than 18 who possesses tobacco products. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198405 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198405 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198404&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F05%2FAR2010010503572.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health As House and Senate lawmakers start to reconcile their health-care bills with an eye to final passage, a little-noticed provision is already prompting celebration from a small group of influential hospitals that stand to gain millions in Medicare dollars. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198404 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198404 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198410&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F04%2FAR2010010402917.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health For Jeanne d'Arc Kayembe, the trip to Washington in May 2007 was meant to be a month-long respite from an abusive boyfriend and a chance to visit relatives before going home to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to have her first child. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198410 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198409&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F04%2FAR2010010402751.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Fiber is often heralded as a miracle worker. Yet your body can't digest the stuff. So how can it be so good for you? Here are four ways: (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198409 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198409 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198408&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F04%2FAR2010010402752.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Scientists may have created a vaccine against cocaine addiction: a series of shots that changes the body's chemistry so that the drug can't enter the brain and provide a high. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198408 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198408 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198406&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F04%2FAR2010010402755.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health About 32 weeks into her first pregnancy, Christie Craigie-Carter's obstetrician told her that the baby she was carrying was stuck in a bottom-down position -- a breech baby -- and that she'd have to give up her dream of a natural delivery and have a Caesarean section instead. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198406 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198411&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F01%2F02%2FAR2010010200620.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Opponents of the health-care reform bill are not giving up the fight, and some think their last, best hope to halt the legislation lies not in the U.S. Capitol but in the court across the street. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198411 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3198411 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198412&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F29%2FAR2009122902772.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Twenty-one people in 16 states have been infected in recent days with a potentially lethal strain of E. coli bacteria, after consuming beef in restaurants supplied by the same Oklahoma meat company, federal officials said. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198412 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198412 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198415&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F27%2FAR2009122701232.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Nenad and Olivera Markovic labored for years to design a low-cost kit that could be used for the early detection of cervical cancer in women in poor and underdeveloped regions. This month, the two Rockville doctors and their start-up firm landed a first customer. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198415 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198415 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198414&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F27%2FAR2009122702058.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health When her husband, a Marine Corps colonel, was transferred last summer from the Pentagon to a base in southern California, Karen Driscoll was forced to confront her autistic child's new school district and the intricacies of federal special education law. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198414 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198414 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198413&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F27%2FAR2009122701206.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Six years after Congress added a prescription drug benefit to Medicare, Democrats in the House and Senate are poised to make a central change that they and most older Americans have wanted all along: getting rid of a quirk that forces millions of elderly patients with especially high expenses for... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198413 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198418&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F22%2FAR2009122203418.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Pandemic influenza vaccine is getting much easier to find but more than half of American adults say they still don't want it, and one-third of parents say they don't want their children to get it either, according to two surveys. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198418 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198418 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198416&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F22%2FAR2009122202101.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health President Obama outlined Tuesday a first-year legislative record that he said rescued the economy and placed it on a path of long-term growth, even as he acknowledged that some unfinished items would probably be more difficult to achieve heading into a midterm election year. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198416 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198416 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198433&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F18%2FAR2009121803686.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- A treadmill developed at the NASA Ames Research Center for exercising in space has seen more athletes than astronauts lately. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198433 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198433 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198432&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F18%2FAR2009121803692.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health WICHITA, KAN. -- When Kyle Adams got his learner's permit, his parents asked whether he wanted to be an organ and tissue donor, should anything ever happen. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198432 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198432 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198422&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F21%2FAR2009122103188.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Senators prepared to cast the second of three procedural votes early Tuesday to end the health-care debate, but Republicans showed little indication that they were ready to relent in a standoff that could push passage of the legislation to the latter part of Christmas Eve. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198422 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198422 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198420&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F18%2FAR2009121803624.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Of all the relationships in my life, by far the most on-again, off-again has been with coffee: From that initial, tentative dalliance in college to a serious commitment during my first real reporting job to breaking up altogether when I got pregnant, only to fail miserably at quitting my daily la... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198420 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198420 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198419&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F18%2FAR2009121803612.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Here is what can, and does, happen: The child gets out of bed and climbs out a window. Or gets out of bed, walks down a hallway, perhaps goes down a flight of stairs, navigates through a room or two, opens a door, walks out on the patio and, maybe, steps into the backyard swimming pool. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198419 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198419 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198417&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F18%2FAR2009121803632.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health MOST PEOPLE PICTURE AN IDYLLIC CHRISTMAS MORNING SCENE: sipping eggnog around the decorated tree while opening gifts from Ma and Pa. Not to be too bah humbug about it, but what if you get sick from that eggnog? Or what if that beautiful tree is too close to the radiator and ignites? To help you d... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198417 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198417 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198423&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F20%2FAR2009122002123.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health One brochure boldly states that condoms fail one-third of the time -- by flaws, breaking or deterioration. A nearby diagram of a broken condom shows a small "HIV Virus" particle looming near the spot where the latex ripped. Another flier claims that the "most preventable cause of breast cancer" is... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198423 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198421&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F20%2FAR2009122001906.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health After a week of high-profile concessions, Senate Democrats were on the brink early Monday of securing a milestone victory in the health-care debate, as White House officials sought to refocus attention on the bill's far-reaching insurance reforms and other potentially major changes. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198421 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198421 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198429&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F19%2FAR2009121900687.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health COPENHAGEN -- If the talks that resulted in an imperfect deal to combat global warming provided anything, it was a glimpse into a new world order in which international diplomacy will increasingly be shaped by the United States and emerging powers, most notably China. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198429 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198429 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198428&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F19%2FAR2009121902156.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Federal housing officials said Friday that they are encouraged by the District's revised plan to account for millions of dollars in AIDS funding and to monitor the accounts of partners that deliver services to people with the disease. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198428 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198428 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198424&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F19%2FAR2009121902280.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The once-obscure federal panel that triggered a firestorm with its new mammography guidelines would get far greater authority under the health-care reform proposals pending in Congress, sparking more debate about its power and independence. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198424 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198431&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F18%2FAR2009121802920.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Unemployment rates fell in 36 states and the District in November, according to government data released Friday that signaled a possible plateau for the highest levels of joblessness in decades. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198431 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198431 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198430&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F18%2FAR2009121800637.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health COPENHAGEN -- President Obama helped broker a climate deal with a group of leading nations that provides for monitoring emission cuts by each country but sets no global target for cutting greenhouse gases, and no deadline for reaching a formal international climate treaty. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198430 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198430 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198426&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F18%2FAR2009121802242.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health About one out of every 110 U.S. children has been diagnosed with autism, according to a new federal estimate released Friday. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198426 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:12:59 +0100 3198426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198425&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F18%2FAR2009121801904.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health The number of Americans being tested for the swine flu has plummeted, providing more evidence that the second wave of H1N1 infections has peaked in the United States, a medical testing company reported Friday. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198425 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:49:58 +0100 3198425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198434&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F17%2FAR2009121701309.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health With swine flu cases continuing to mount in many countries, it remains far too early to declare the H1N1 pandemic over, a World Health Organization official said Thursday. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198434 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198434 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198427&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F17%2FAR2009121704799.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- To voters in this hard-luck town where stable factory jobs and the health care that came with them have long since disappeared, change looked good a year ago. Change came not only from President Obama, who narrowly won this swing state, but also from a millworker-turned-high ... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198427 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198441&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F15%2FAR2009121503990.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health When it comes to helping people cope with grief, having a heart goes a long way. But professionals often need something more. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198441 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198437&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F16%2FAR2009121602246.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe help to make . . . it hard to eat well this time of year. If the spreads at holiday parties weren't enough to derail a diet, there are all those tempting Christmas carols. Below, we take a look at the nutritional value, or non-value, of some of the most... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198437 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198437 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198435&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F14%2FAR2009121403040.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Santa manages to wiggle up and down millions of chimneys in a single night, but somehow throughout the holiday season we avoid visiting the gym even once. It's not that we mean to be naughty, but between the stocking-stuffing, candle-lighting and party-hopping, we forget that it's not just the tr... (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198435 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198435 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198438&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F15%2FAR2009121501864.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health About 800,000 doses of swine flu vaccine for children are being recalled because tests found the strength of the shots had dropped since shipment, officials announced Tuesday. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198438 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198436&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F15%2FAR2009121505121.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health President Obama urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to overcome lingering disputes and push a health-care overhaul through the chamber before Christmas, as vigorous negotiations continued behind the scenes to lock down the last votes needed for final passage. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198436 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198436 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198442&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F15%2FAR2009121503393.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Some doses of swine flu vaccine for young children are being recalled in Maryland and Virginia. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198442 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:17:58 +0100 3198442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198451&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F14%2FAR2009121401580.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health Senate Democratic leaders appeared poised Monday night to abandon efforts to create a government-run insurance safety net in their push for health-care reform, as they attempted to close ranks around a bill they hoped would win the backing of all 60 members of their caucus. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198451 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3198444&cid=s_33715_26_f&fid=33715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F12%2F14%2FAR2009121402841.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health I've just gotten on the elevator, and I have a problem. The buttons are staring at me, all dark, waiting to be pushed. I look at the 5, knowing that's where I need to go, but I hesitate. Who knows how many germy fingers have touched it this morning? (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health) washingtonpost.com - Health news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3198444 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 3198444