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Vinegar cancer test saves lives, India study finds

June 2nd, 2013
In this Tuesday, May 21, 2013 photo, Usha Devi, right, who was suffering from cervical cancer, talks with health workers from Tata Memorial Hospital in a slum in Mumbai, India. A simple vinegar test slashed cervical cancer death rates by...


Are nutritional labels coming on alcoholic drinks

June 2nd, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alcoholic beverages soon could have nutritional labels like those on food packaging, but only if the...

Coming soon? Nutritional labels on alcohol drinks

June 1st, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alcohol beverages soon could have nutritional labels like those on food packaging, but only if the producers...

In Somalia, some parents say no to polio vaccine

June 1st, 2013
In this Tuesday May 28, 2013 photo, Somali vaccination workers give an anti polio drop to a child, in Mogadishu. Somalia. Al-Qaida-linked...




Decontaminating patients cuts hospital infections

May 29th, 2013
This undated photo provided by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) shows plates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) in CDC’s healthcare-associated infections laboratory. A recent study of hospitals...




Medical pot laws & treats may send more kids to ER

May 27th, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Increased use of medical marijuana may lead to more young children getting sick from accidentally eating food made with the drug, a Colorado study suggests. Medical marijuana items include yummy-looking gummy...




Medical pot laws & treats may send more kids to ER

May 27th, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Increased use of medical marijuana may lead to more young children getting sick from accidentally eating food made with the drug, a Colorado study suggests. Medical marijuana items include yummy-looking gummy...








'Crack baby' scare overblown, teen research says

May 27th, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Research in teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s "crack baby" scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major long-term ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy. Some studies...




'Crack baby' scare overblown, teen research says

May 27th, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Research in teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s "crack baby" scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major long-term ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy. Some studies...




'Crack baby' scare overblown, teen research says

May 27th, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Research in teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s "crack baby" scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major long-term ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy. Some studies...




'Crack baby' scare overblown, teen research says

May 27th, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Research in teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s "crack baby" scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major long-term ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy. Some studies...




'Crack baby' scare overblown, teen research says

May 27th, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Research in teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s "crack baby" scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major long-term ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy. Some studies...




'Crack baby' scare overblown, teen research says

May 27th, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Research in teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s "crack baby" scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major long-term ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy. Some studies...




'Crack baby' scare overblown, teen research says

May 27th, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Research in teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s "crack baby" scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major long-term ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy. Some studies...




'Crack baby' scare overblown, teen research says

May 27th, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Research in teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s "crack baby" scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major long-term ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy. Some studies...







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