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Doggie 'doctors' diagnose their owners' ills - Creature Comforts- msnbc.com
Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
In the past few years, studies have shown that dogs can sniff out both early and late stage lung and breast cancers. The Pine Street Foundation, a non-profit cancer education and research organization, in San Anselmo, Calif., is even training dogs to recognize ovarian cancer.
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FDA: Chemical found in plastic bottles is safe - despite Canadian claims to contrary
Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
The agency previously declared the chemical safe, but agreed to revisit that opinion after a report by the federal National Toxicology Program said there was "some concern" about its risks in infants. Based on a review of animal studies, the government working group said bisphenol can cause changes in behavior and the brain, and that it may reduce survival and birth weight in fetuses. About 93 percent of Americans have traces of bisphenol in their urine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the FDA's report concludes that those levels are thousands of times below what would actually be dangerous to adults or children.
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New Survey: 82% Of Americans Think Health Care Needs Major Overhaul
Posted by mediaman from
Americans are dissatisfied with the U.S. health care system and 82 percent think it should be fundamentally changed or completely rebuilt, according to a new survey released yesterday by The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation supporting independent research on health policy reform and a high performance health system.
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Should baby be risked for sister?
Posted by seegz from BBC News
Catherine is a little girl condemned by genetic disease to a gruelling regime of treatment.
She could be released from it by a sibling, but the sibling is not yet conceived.
Can one child's health ever be put at risk to save another's?
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Death by Taser
Posted by Shemuses from
Our answers to your questions about the news. On January 17, 21-year-old Baron Pikes was stopped by the police. Nearly half a million volts of electricity later, he died on the street. Handcuffed, held down and stunned with a Taser-brand electro-weapon seven times before he died (and then twice more after that), Pikes' heart, the coroner notes, simply gave out.
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Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use
Posted by Shemuses from CNN
The U.S. should stop arresting responsible marijuana users, Rep. Barney Frank said Wednesday, announcing a proposal to end federal penalties for Americans carrying fewer than 100 grams, almost a quarter-pound, of the substance. Current laws targeting marijuana users place undue burdens on law enforcement resources, punish ill Americans whose doctors have prescribed the substance and unfairly affect African-Americans, said Frank, flanked by legislators and representatives from advocacy groups.
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Global warming may increase kidney stones: researchers
Posted by Shemuses from
More Americans are likely to suffer from kidney stones in the coming years as a result of global warming, according to researchers at the University of Texas. Kidney stones, which are formed from dissolved minerals in the urine and can be extremely painful, are often caused by caused by dehydration, either by not drinking enough liquid or losing too much due to high heat conditions.
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Sex Without a Condom the New Engagement Ring?
Posted by Shemuses from
The comment thread on NPR is blowin' up! Listeners are ranting (and raving) about the new "What's the New What" segment on NPR in which Pendarvis Harshaw, an Oakland teen at Youth Radio, discusses how for his generation, sex without a condom is a sign of being in a committed relationship. Harshaw and his group of friends advocate getting tested for STD's and using birth control pills as a responsible way to have sex in a monogamous relationship. Listeners' comments are all over the place. Some are disgusted that NPR would even post this, while others are praising Harshaw and his friends for showing maturity and responsibility when it comes to sex.
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LA blocks new fast-food outlets from poor areas
Posted by Shemuses from Globe and Mail
City officials are putting South Los Angeles on a diet. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to place a moratorium on new fast food restaurants in an impoverished swath of the city with a proliferation of such eateries and above average rates of obesity. The yearlong moratorium is intended to give the city time to attract restaurants that serve healthier food. The action, which the mayor must still sign into law, is believed to be the first of its kind by a major city to protect public health.
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Cut children's fluoride exposure, report to Health Canada urges
Posted by Shemuses from Globe and Mail
An expert panel Health Canada commissioned to study the risks of fluoride exposure says the government should cut the recommended amount in drinking water, encourage the use of low-fluoride toothpaste by children and have makers of infant formula reduce levels in their products. The panel recommended reduced fluoride exposure because it was worried children might be getting too much of the chemical from diet, water and toothpaste, placing them at increased risk of fluorosis, said Steven Levy, a panel member and a research professor at the University of Iowa's College of Dentistry.
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From Mao to Yao Ming
Posted by Shemuses from The Tyee
Tiananmen changed the Chinese view of the body. Now that the Beijing Olympics draws near, let's talk about the Chinese view of the body, how it went from Mao to Yao Ming, that is, from a culture of collective thinking to that of singular, athletic and glamorous.
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Soy-based foods may lower sperm count (more in fat men)
Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
he researchers found the association between soy foods and lower sperm count was stronger in overweight men, which might suggest hormones are playing a role. "Men who are overweight or obese tend to have higher levels of androgen-produced estrogen. They are converting a male hormone into a female hormone in their fat. The more body fat you have, the more estrogen you produce in your fat," Chavarro said.
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