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H1N1 cases fall in U.S. but could rise with Thanksgiving travel, gatherings
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The level of swine flu activity in the United States appears to be declining, although officials are worried about another increase of cases during the Thanksgiving holiday when many people travel and families gather. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rob Stein Tags: H1N1 cases fall in U.S. but could rise with Thanksgiving travel, gatherings Source Type: news
For bubbly Va. 6-year-old, swine flu's attack came quick and strongEmail this article to a colleague.
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JETERSVILLE, VA. -- On Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6-year-old Heaven Skyler Wilson dragged herself off the school bus that dropped her in front of her home on a rural road in Jetersville, just south of Richmond. The little girl, who had never had so much as an ear infection in her life, was pale and fever... (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Brigid Schulte Tags: For bubbly Va. 6-year-old, swine flu's attack came quick and strong Source Type: news
Norwegian scientists detect mutated form of swine fluEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists in Norway announced Friday they had detected a mutated form of the swine flu virus in two patients who died of the flu and a third who was severely ill. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rob Stein Tags: Norwegian scientists detect mutated form of swine flu Source Type: news
Norwegian scientists raise concerns about mutated form of swine fluEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists in Norway have identified a mutated form of the swine flu virus that is raising concern because it was found in two patients who died of the flu and a third who was severely ill with the disease, officials announced Friday. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rob Stein Tags: Norwegian scientists raise concerns about mutated form of swine flu Source Type: news
Women can wait until age 21 for cervical cancer test, group saysEmail this article to a colleague.
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Women can delay having their first Pap test for cervical cancer until they turn 21 and many can wait longer to go back for follow-up screenings, according to new guidelines released Friday by a major medical group. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rob Stein Tags: Women can wait until age 21 for cervical cancer test, group says Source Type: news
First lady helps USDA honor Fairfax school's healthy habitsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Students at Hollin Meadows Elementary School were harvesting lettuce from the school's garden Wednesday morning when they received a visit from Gardener-in-Chief Michelle Obama. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michael Alison Chandler Tags: First lady helps USDA honor Fairfax school's healthy habits Source Type: news
White House backs off cancer test guidelinesEmail this article to a colleague.
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A top federal health official said Wednesday that the controversial new guidelines for breast cancer screening do not represent government policy, as the Obama administration sought to keep the debate over mammograms from undermining the prospects for health-care reform. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rob Stein and Dan Eggen Tags: White House backs off cancer test guidelines Source Type: news
Sebelius: U.S. policy on mammograms 'unchanged'Email this article to a colleague.
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A top Obama administration official on Wednesday appeared to try to distance the federal government from controversial new guidelines recommending fewer women routinely undergo mammograms to screen for breast cancer. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rob Stein Tags: Sebelius: U.S. policy on mammograms 'unchanged' Source Type: news
First lady promoted exercise and nutrition during visit with Va. school childrenEmail this article to a colleague.
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First Lady Michelle Obama visited Hollin Meadows Elementary School in Alexandria on Wednesday to tour the school's outdoor classrooms and promote the importance of nutrition and physical education to learning. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michael Alison Chandler Tags: First lady promoted exercise and nutrition during visit with Va. school children Source Type: news
Making up a sport can push the limits of your body and your creativityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Rich Williamson and his girlfriend were talking about kids. Not necessarily whether they'd have them, but what sport their hypothetical offspring might play. "I don't want my children to play football. It's too violent," the 38-year-old Alexandria resident decided. Baseball was deemed boring. And... (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Post Tags: Making up sport can push the limits of your body and creativity Source Type: news
New mammogram guidelines cause another political uproarEmail this article to a colleague.
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In 1997, a federal committee of medical experts recommended against routine mammograms for women in their 40s, sparking a political uproar that led to congressional hearings and a unanimous Senate vote challenging the findings. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dan Eggen and Rob Stein Tags: New mammogram guidelines cause another political uproar Source Type: news
Release of Reid's health-care bill could come as early as WednesdayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid scrambled Tuesday to lock down votes behind a health-care bill that he may present as early as Wednesday. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery Tags: Release of Reid's health-care bill could come early Wednesday Source Type: news
Creative alternatives for mainstream sportsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Rich Williamson and his girlfriend were talking about kids. Not necessarily whether they'd have them, but what sport their hypothetical offspring might play. "I don't want my children to play football. It's too violent," the 38-year-old Alexandria resident decided. Baseball was deemed boring. And... (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Vicky Hallett Tags: Creative alternatives for mainstream sports Source Type: news
How to help your overweight childEmail this article to a colleague.
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Marc Jacobson, who practices pediatric and adolescent medicine in Great Neck, N.Y., and is a spokesman for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), acknowledges the challenges parents face in helping their kids maintain a healthful weight. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Post Tags: How to help your overweight child Source Type: news
The virtual doctor visit: Health monitoring at homeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Every morning at 10 a.m. sharp, Juanita Wood, 87, taps "okay" on a screen to start up a device that takes her blood pressure and transmits the information to her medical clinic. At 10:30 a.m., her husband, Arthur, 91, touch-starts his own device, neatly lined up next to hers. The machine calculates... (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth G. Olson Tags: The virtual doctor visit: Health monitoring at home Source Type: news
Inside the pediatric flu deluge at Children's hospitalEmail this article to a colleague.
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Her work day started before 7 a.m., when three flu-sickened children were being treated in the emergency room. Ready for another 12-hour shift, pediatric nurse Lindsay Wheeler donned her stethoscope and noticed, with some surprise, that there was no long waiting line of coughing youngsters and... (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donna St. George Tags: Inside the pediatric flu deluge Children's hospital Source Type: news
Survey finds U.S. smoking increased slightly in 2008Email this article to a colleague.
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Cigarette smoking rose slightly in 2008 for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe Tags: Survey finds U.S. smoking increased slightly 2008 Source Type: news
Federal panel recommends reducing number of mammogramsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Women in their 40s should stop routinely having annual mammograms and older women should cut back to one scheduled exam every other year, an influential federal task force has concluded, challenging the use of one of the most common medical tests. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rob Stein Tags: Federal panel recommends reducing number of mammograms Source Type: news
Cleaner chlorine plants may be creating a mercury glutEmail this article to a colleague.
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Over the past decade, environmental groups have pressured U.S. chlorine plants to stop spewing mercury, the toxic heavy metal that settles in water and makes its way into the food chain by contaminating fish and shellfish. In the past four years, five such plants converted to mercury-free technol... (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kari Lydersen Tags: Cleaner chlorine plants may be creating mercury glut Source Type: news
Doctors send patients outdoors for physical, mental benefitsEmail this article to a colleague.
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"I have a StairMaster right in my own basement, but honestly it's been there for years gathering dust and making me feel guilty," said Miriam, one of my patients. "It wasn't until I started walking the three-mile trail in the park near my house that I got serious about exercising. I do it now rain... (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Daphne Miller Tags: Doctors send patients outdoors for physical, mental benefits Source Type: news
Acetaminophen: Good painkiller can be deadly if overusedEmail this article to a colleague.
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You may believe acetaminophen, the aspirin-free pain reliever found in Tylenol, is one of the safest painkillers on the market. And used properly, it is. But acetaminophen is also the leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States because taking just slightly more than the maximum reco... (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Post Tags: Acetaminophen: Good painkiller can be deadly if overused Source Type: news
Hydrogen-powered car still seems improbableEmail this article to a colleague.
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Just in time for Thanksgiving, a familiar techno-turkey is back on the national policy table: the hydrogen-powered car. The Obama administration had flatlined funding for President George W. Bush's pet initiative, briefly but heavily touted a few years back as the driving force toward a future "h... (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Curt Suplee Tags: Hydrogen-powered car still seems improbable Source Type: news
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Sustainable salads: The carbon footprint of your veggiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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I know you can buy local or buy organic, but I've heard that some crops are simply more resource-intensive than others, regardless of how or where they are grown. So what's the key to picking foods that have the smallest environmental footprint? (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Brendan Borrell Tags: Sustainable salads: The carbon footprint of your veggies Source Type: news
Federal task force makes radical change in breast cancer screening guidelinesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Women in their 40s should stop routinely getting annual mammograms, and older women should cut back to one scheduled exam every other year, an influential federal task force has concluded, challenging the use of one of the most common medical tests. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rob Stein Tags: Federal task force makes radical change in breast cancer screening guidelines Source Type: news
Children's Med Center is local ground zero for swine flu careEmail this article to a colleague.
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Her work day started before 7 a.m., when three flu-sickened children were being treated in the emergency room. Ready for another 12-hour shift, pediatric nurse Lindsay Wheeler donned her stethoscope and noticed, with some surprise, that there was no long waiting line of coughing youngsters and... (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donna St. George Tags: Children's Med Center is local ground zero for swine flu care Source Type: news
Study questions Vytorin and Zetia in heart disease treatmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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A widely prescribed and expensive cholesterol drug is not as effective as niacin, a cheap vitamin, in helping to unclog coronary arteries in people already taking statins, the standard medicines used to lower cholesterol, according to a new study. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lyndsey Layton Tags: Study questions Vytorin and Zetia heart disease treatment Source Type: news
Immigration looms as sticking point in health-care legislationEmail this article to a colleague.
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The 31-year-old woman creeping gingerly into Adventist HealthCare's free-standing emergency department in Germantown was obviously in pain, and physician Orlee Panitch quickly diagnosed the problem: gallstones. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David Montgomery Tags: Immigration looms as sticking point health-care legislation Source Type: news
Health insurers could be allowed to bypass some key reformsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nobody wants to spend a lot of time and energy -- and taxpayer money -- and end up where they started. But that's what could happen with one of the principal elements of health reform, the "exchange" or "gateway." (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 15, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David S. Hilzenrath Tags: Health insurers could be allowed to bypass some key reforms Source Type: news
Insurance exchange may have loopholeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nobody wants to spend a lot of time, energy -- and taxpayer money -- and end up back where they started. But that's what could happen with one of the principal elements of health reform, the so-called exchange or gateway. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 14, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David S. Hilzenrath Tags: Insurance exchange may have loophole Source Type: news
Health insurers could bypass some key reformsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nobody wants to spend a lot of time, energy -- and taxpayer money -- and end up back where they started. But that's what could happen with one of the principal elements of health reform, the so-called exchange or gateway. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David S. Hilzenrath Tags: Health insurers could bypass some key reforms Source Type: news
Twitter Spokesman: "We Own You, B*tch" (Spoof Video)Email this article to a colleague.
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Twitter 's official spokesman Mark Logan recorded a video of himself responding to common user complaints about the popular service. In it, the man bluntly tells users that the company doesn't really care whether you leave or not. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robin Wauters Tags: Twitter Spokesman: We Own You, B*tch (Spoof Video) Source Type: news
New CDC estimates show what toll swine flu is taking in U.S.Email this article to a colleague.
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About 22 million Americans have become ill with pandemic H1N1 influenza in the past six months and 3,900 have died, according to new estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David Brown Tags: New CDC estimates show what toll swine flu is taking U.S. Source Type: news
Study in D.C. looks at using HIV treatment to prevent AIDSEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institutes of Health and the D.C. Health Department are preparing to launch a study in the District with an ambitious goal: to determine whether aggressive treatment of every adult with HIV could eliminate AIDS. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Darryl Fears Tags: Study in D.C. looks at using HIV treatment to prevent AIDS Source Type: news
AIDS study hopes to use treatment as preventionEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institutes of Health and the D.C. Health Department are preparing to launch a study in the District with an ambitious goal: to determine whether aggressive treatment of every adult with HIV could eliminate AIDS. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 12, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Darryl Fears Tags: AIDS study hopes to use treatment as prevention Source Type: news
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The National Institutes of Health and the D.C. Health Department are preparing this month to launch a study in the District with an ambitious goal: to determine whether aggressive treatment of every adult with HIV could eliminate AIDS. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 12, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Darryl Fears Tags: AIDS study hopes to use HIV treatment as prevention Source Type: news
HUD threatens to cut off D.C. AIDS funding for 2010Email this article to a colleague.
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, worried about widespread lapses in oversight of the District's AIDS program, is threatening to cut off $12.2 million in federal funding next year if the problems are not fixed. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 12, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Debbie Cenziper Tags: HUD threatens to cut off D.C. AIDS funding for 2010 Source Type: news
Swine flu deaths in Europe doubling by the week, agency saysEmail this article to a colleague.
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Swine flu deaths in Europe doubled in three of the last four weeks, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control said Wednesday. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 12, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bloomberg News Tags: Swine flu deaths Europe doubling by the week, agency says Source Type: news
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From a health perspective, adult mammals shouldn't be drinking milk, especially the milk from another mammal ["Milk's skeptics would like to steer us away from our herd mentality," Eat, Drink and Be Healthy, Nov. 5]. I would do it anyway if I could find a cruelty-free source of milk and milk prod... (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 11, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Post Tags: Reader Letters Source Type: news
Alternative cold and flu remedies include acupuncture, herbal remedies, massageEmail this article to a colleague.
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On defense for flu season? Doctors will tell you your best shot is to get a shot. But that won't cut it for Sue Berman of Silver Spring's Blue Heron Wellness. To keep sniffles at bay, she plans to spend a whole lot more time with needles. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 11, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Vicky Hallett Tags: Alternative cold and flu remedies include acupuncture, herbal remedies, massage Source Type: news
HUD threatens to cut off D.C. AIDS fundingEmail this article to a colleague.
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, worried about widespread lapses in oversight of the District's AIDS program, is threatening to cut off $12.2 million in federal funding next year if the problems are not fixed. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 11, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Debbie Cenziper Tags: HUD threatens to cut off D.C. AIDS funding Source Type: news
Eat, Drink and Be Healthy: Jennifer Huget on the effects of gum-chewing on dietsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Contestants on NBC's weight-loss competition show "The Biggest Loser" undergo all kinds of duress in their efforts to shed pounds. Some of the ordeals they endure -- including a brutal workout in Washington's hot July sun for an episode that aired last week -- seem like sheer torture to me. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 11, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jennifer LaRue Huget Tags: Eat, Drink and Be Healthy: Jennifer Huget on the effects of gum-chewing diets Source Type: news
Bill Clinton urges Senate Democrats to quickly pass health-care reformEmail this article to a colleague.
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Former president Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to resolve their differences with a health-care bill and pass an overhaul as soon as possible. Summoning the lessons of his own history with health-care reform, Clinton warned, "The worst thing to do is nothing." (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 11, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shailagh Murray Tags: Bill Clinton urges Senate Democrats quickly pass health-care reform Source Type: news
High BPA levels linked to male sexual problemsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Exposure to high levels of a controversial chemical found in thousands of everyday plastic products appears to cause erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems in men, according to a new study published Wednesday. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 11, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lyndsey Layton Tags: High BPA levels linked to male sexual problems Source Type: news
Disclaimer proposed for Montgomery anti-abortion clinicsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A regulation proposed by Montgomery County officials Tuesday would require pregnancy centers run by abortion opponents to give women a disclaimer so they don't mistake the centers for medical clinics and so they understand the source of the information given to them. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 11, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michael Laris Tags: Disclaimer proposed for Montgomery anti-abortion clinics Source Type: news
First wheelchair-accessible taxis to hit D.C. streetsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Two taxi companies -- Yellow Cab and Royal Cab -- will put their first wheelchair-accessible vehicles into service in December, and the firms should have a total of 20 cabs that can handle wheelchairs in service by January. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 11, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ashley Halsey III Tags: First wheelchair-accessible taxis to hit D.C. streets Source Type: news
Eat, Drink and Be Healthy: The effects of gum-chewing on dietsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Contestants on NBC's weight-loss competition show "The Biggest Loser" undergo all kinds of duress in their efforts to shed pounds. Some of the ordeals they endure -- including a brutal workout in Washington's hot July sun for an episode that aired last week -- seem like sheer torture to me. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jennifer LaRue Huget Tags: Eat, Drink and Be Healthy: The effects of gum-chewing on diets Source Type: news
The Misfits: A look at pedometers' impact on weight lossEmail this article to a colleague.
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What if there was a small, inexpensive device that was proven to boost your fitness, help you lose weight and lower your blood pressure? Would you use it, especially if doing so was nearly effortless? (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lenny Bernstein Tags: The Misfits: A look at pedometers' impact on weight loss Source Type: news
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Companies redesign football helmets to reduce concussionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Blake Lawrence tried not to think about injuries when he was on the football field. But Lawrence, a junior who until recently played linebacker at the University of Nebraska, could have been forgiven for worrying about his head. In one 12-month span, from spring 2008 to spring 2009, three on-fiel... (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jonathan Starkey Tags: Companies redesign football helmets to reduce concussions Source Type: news
