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Experts weigh in on which vitamins to toss back or toss out [ Source : cnn.com ] Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:30:00 EST Americans love to take their vitamins. More than 150 million Americans take dietary supplements according to the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a supplement industry trade group.
Cigarette packs to show graphic warnings [ Source : cnn.com ] Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:19:00 EDT Graphic pictures showing the devastating health effects of smoking began appearing on cigarette packs in Britain on Wednesday as part of a government initiative to deter people from picking up the habit.
Broader medical refusal rule may go far beyond abortion [ Source : latimes.com ] Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 The Bush administration plans a new 'right of conscience' rule that would allow more workers to refuse more procedures. Critics say it could apply to artificial insemination and birth control.
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Want to be healthy? Exercise for 2 hours a week [ Source : msnbc.msn.com ] Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:29:01 GMT Get moving: The nation's new exercise guidelines set a minimum sweat allotment for good health. For most adults, that's 2 hours a week.
Half of primary-care doctors in survey would leave medicine [ Source : cnn.com ] Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:14:00 EST Nearly half the respondents in a survey of U.S. primary care physicians said that they would seriously consider getting out of the medical business within the next three years if they had an alternative.
India Latest to Ban Smoking in Public Places [ Source : cnn.com ] Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDT India banned smoking in public places on Thursday, leaving public health officials with a much tougher task: get the nation's estimated 120 million smokers to stub out their cigarettes
'Eli Stone' wrongly paints pot as potential cure for multiple sclerosis [ Source : latimes.com ] Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 The show also errs in its portrayal of one type of the disease as disabling and likely fatal.
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Study: Pill as good as chemo for some patients [ Source : cnn.com ] Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:03:00 EST A cancer treatment that comes in a pill is as effective as the standard chemotherapy for lung patients who had previously been treated for their cancer, according to a study released Thursday.
Autism efforts go global at U.N. forum [ Source : cnn.com ] Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:41:00 EDT Seeking to make the world of autism a little smaller, members of the international diplomatic community gathered Friday at the United Nations World Focus on Autism.
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