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FDA Cites Sanitation Violations at Maker of Recalled Eggs
Wall Street Journal
By ALICIA MUNDY WASHINGTON—The Food and Drug Administration said the producer of eggs in a large recall had many sanitation violations in its hen houses. The FDA on Monday released what is known as a 483 report, detailing possible violations at Wright ...
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Childhood: Athletes' Concussions Have Doubled
New York Times
By RONI CARYN RABIN The number of child athletes taken to emergency rooms with sports-related concussions doubled over a recent 10-year-period, a new study reports, even though participation in team sports decreased slightly during the period, ...
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New Study Confirms the Pain-Relieving Effects of Smoking Marijuana
ABC News
By CRYSTAL PHEND, MedPage Today Senior Staff Writer Smoking marijuana modestly reduced pain and other symptoms of chronic neuropathic pain, results of a small trial showed. The most potent dose used reduced average daily pain scores by 0.7 points on an ...
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Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets' claims
The Associated Press
RALEIGH, NC — By his own reckoning, a Navy electrician spent just eight hours in Vietnam, during a layover on his flight back to the US in 1966. He bought some cigarettes and snapped a few photos. The jaunt didn't make for much of a war story, ...
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Time to get your flu shot, but just one this year
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — It's flu-shot season already, and for the first time health authorities are urging nearly everyone to get vaccinated. There is even a new high-dose version for people 65 or older. What a difference a year makes: Crowds lined up for hours ...
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Health Buzz: Omega-3 Fats No Magic Answer to Heart Problems
U.S. News & World Report
By Angela Haupt Omega-3 fatty acids might not be as potent a weapon against heart disease as some research has shown, a new study suggests. Nearly 5000 heart attack survivors used one of four kinds of margarine for 40 months: regular or one of three ...
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Coverage After Cobra
Wall Street Journal
By MP MCQUEEN A growing number of the unemployed are exhausting their extended Cobra health-insurance subsidies, eligibility for which expired at the end of May. There's a slim chance that Congress could extend the 65%, 15-month subsidy again this fall ...
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Medicare expands coverage to help smokers quit
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — They've lived with the health warnings about smoking for much of their lives and doubtless seen the ill effects on friends, relatives and even themselves, yet about 4.5 million older people in the US keep on lighting up. ...
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