Health News
Chicken producers debate 'natural' label
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AP - A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines.
Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers
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AP - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.
DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic
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AP - Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."
NYC looks to stop spreading bedbug infestations
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AP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.
New program rebuilding faces of soldiers, veterans
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AP - Master Sgt. Todd Nelson lost his right eye and ear in a flash when a car bomb in Afghanistan exploded, sending fire up his arm and over his head.
Teens who move a lot have twice suicide risk
Kids aged 11 to 17 were twice as likely to attempt suicide if their families moved three or more times compared to those who had never moved, a new study says.
Details, schmetails: Think big on health care
As the debate over health care reform heats up, critics say overhauling U.S. health care can’t work because reform is “all in the details.” But in this case, success is not in the details.
Jackson’s health woes took center stage
Plastic surgery, mysterious hospitalizations and reports of pill popping have long plagued the “King of Pop.”
Is a 'public plan' the fix for health insurance?
Two words — public plan — now dominate the debate over how to overhaul the nation’s health insurance system. Would you and your family be better off if there were such a government-sponsored rival to private insurers?
Alcohol blamed for half of ’90s Russian deaths
Drinking may have caused more than half of deaths among Russians aged 15 to 54 in the turbulent era following the Soviet collapse.