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H1N1 flu deaths rise for 10 weeks in a row Photo: CDC Related articles How prevalent is H1N1? CDC develops new method for swine flu estimates...
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After a hiatus the Tucson/Pima County Anti-Hate Crime Task Force (Task Force) is back at work. They held their first meeting last week. The Task Force will include...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) thought he had a compromise on the health care reform bill. He had not counted on the aggressive...
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Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates, teflon all have become a household name. While the FDA ruled all thre to be completely safe for human ingestion, several companies have removed BPA...
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When you are already overwhelmed with major life transformations and economic anxiety, the little mishaps in life can also become a source...
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With the recent news where 3 former guests at a Miami hotel came down with Legionnaires ’ disease, with one dying, I will go over...
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Jane Fonda says, "No more plastic surgery." (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz) What she had--a beauty title and admiration by...
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There are unconfirmed reports that the Florida Department of Children and Families have visited the home of Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren...
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Though it is called "fear of flying" due to Erica Jong's book, the fear that keeps many from flying is fear of panic. Its cause is widely misunderstood. A person can...
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Second in a series on probiotics, prebiotics and health. Some of the probiotics on the market. Now that you've read my first piece in the series and know what pre-and...
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Malaria cases likely half in third of countries
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Malaria cases appear to have been slashed by half in more than a third of countries battling the disease following a renewed push by the United Nations to eradicate it, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.