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Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist. Complete Story...
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radiokellia: Open Letter to the House Progressive Caucus (Except Kucinich and Massa)
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Pasi: Finland: President and prime minister will not cut in H1N1 vaccine line
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This city did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefits of a government-run health care program — seeing doctors, filling prescriptions, and getting surgeries they could not otherwise afford.
A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a not-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their party's efforts to reform health care.
The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
First mammograms. Now — in an apparent coincidence — Pap smears.
China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up.
Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.
When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has included at least $100 million in Medicaid funds for Louisiana in his health care bill at the same time he is trying to persuade that state's wavering Democratic senator to cast a pivotal vote for the overhaul legislation.
Congressional investigators said Thursday that tens of thousands of questionnaires aimed at measuring the mental and physical health of returning combat troops can't be found.
Federal health experts on Thursday brushed off lingering safety questions about a popular inhaler drug and suggested it carry bolder benefit claims.
Did you hear an enormous thud around 3 p.m. yesterday? That was the sound of Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius throwing her scientists under a bus.
The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms — have failed to contain the disease.
Health care legislation headed for the Senate floor includes higher payroll taxes for upper income wage earners.
China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous country by year's end.
A member of the independent panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion defended the task force's report, saying Thursday that it was based on the most up-to-date, accurate information available.
A CT scan — a kind of super X-ray — provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests.
Cigarettes harbor many pathogenic bacteriaCigarettes are "widely contaminated" with bacteria, including some known to cause disease in people, concludes a new international study conducted by a University of Maryland environmental health researcher and microbial ecologists at the Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France.
Desire Drug May Prove Sex Really Is All in Her Head German scientists working for the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH in Freiburg have been developing a pill to treat 'hypoactive sexual desire disorder'.
Depression in LTC Often Goes UntreatedOlder adults living in LTC are at risk for depression for a number of reasons. Factors include medication side effects, untreated or undertreated pain, and/or medical conditions, such as cardiovascular disease or stroke, which often go hand-in-hand with depression.
No hospital savings seen with electronic recordsNew electronic record systems installed in thousands of U.S. hospitals have done little to rein in skyrocketing healthcare costs, Harvard University researchers said in a study released on Friday.
Childhood vaccine cost to drop next yearStarting next year an extra 6.3 million children worldwide will have the chance to feel that pinch and get vaccinated against some of the world's deadliest illnesses.
Clearing up cancer screening confusionSeveral doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges.
More Ferrets Diagnosed With Pandemic Influenza H1N1A total of 3 more ferrets in Oregon have tested positive for the 2009 pandemic influenza H1N1 virus, state officials confirmed this afternoon [11 Nov 2009], bringing the total number of cases affecting ferrets in the state to 4.
Deadly job? Funeral workers risk cancerMorticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies have a higher risk of leukemia, researchers reported on Friday.
Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu spreads between patients in hospital in WalesHealth officials say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients. A total of 5 patients on a unit treating people with severe underlying health conditions at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff were infected.
Comprehensive health data on California kids available at your fingertipsKidsdata.org recently expanded to offer data for all cities, school districts, and counties in California. These statewide data are available for a wide range of topics measuring the health and well being of children, and more data will be phased in throughout 2010.
Breast BrachytherapyThis year, more than 200,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in the United States. Surgical removal of the cancer lump (lumpectomy) is usually the first step.
Killer Crop: Tobacco Facts To Inspire Quitting for a Healthier WorldGiving up smoking is tough, but by rejecting an industry that is harming people and planet in the name of profit, you will be contributing to a healthier you and to a healthier world. Good luck to all the potential ex-smokers out there….you can do it!
Bits of steel, rubber found in Genzyme drugsFederal health regulators say they have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme.
Proton therapy zeroes in on tumors, at a priceWhile newer forms of traditional radiation, with the help of computers, also allow doctors to precisely target a tumor, proton therapy allows higher levels of radiation.
How We Pay for Big Pharma's Malpractice The main reason we can't get a health reform bill enacted is because the pharmaceutical and insurance industries aren't happy with their piece of the action.
Are 'kissing cousins' OK to marry?A University of Washington researcher said that laws prohibiting cousins from marrying are "a form of genetic discrimination."
CDC: Swine flu cases seem to be dropping in USHealth officials say swine flu cases appear to declining throughout most of the U.S., but the specter of Thanksgiving gatherings makes it hard to predict what will happen next.
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