Saturday, October 9, 2010

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Weight-Loss Drug Meridia Pulled From U.S. Market
BusinessWeek
By Steven Reinberg FRIDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The obesity drug Meridia has been withdrawn from the US market because of an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, federal health officials said Friday. Pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories ...
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Salons offer pink extensions for breast cancer awareness
Maryland Gazette
By ALLISON BOURG, Staff Writer It all started when I got an e-mail from a Baltimore spa promoting a new line of pink hair extensions available through October. The pink strands cost $10 each, with all proceeds going to breast cancer research. ...
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Obese workers cost more to the company
Times of India
A study has shown that total loss of job productivity due to absenteeism of obese people at workplace is more than their medical expenditure. A Duke University obesity researcher has revealed that the cost of obesity among US full-time employees is ...
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This year there's plenty of flu vaccine
Seattle Times
Unlike last year in the Puget Sound area, supplies of flu vaccine are plentiful and available now through doctors' offices, pharmacies, and public health clinics. By Carol M. Ostrom Remember this time last year, when fears of swine flu sent people ...
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On faith: Access to health care is a basic moral obligation
IdahoStatesman.com
By Dr. Said Ahmed-Zaid - Special to the Idaho Statesman While sitting in a doctor's waiting room, my wife and I struck up a conversation with a woman and her small son. She told us that her older son and husband were with the doctor for a checkup of ...
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