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Drug-Resistant Staph Bacteria Taints US Meat Supply

A large portion of the U.S. meat supply may be contaminated with drug-resistant strains of the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, a new study found. While it’s not known if ...
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Beyond Vaccines: 5 Things that Might Really Cause Autism

The idea that vaccines cause autism has received yet another blow, with a new article in the British Journal of Medicine declaring the 1998 study by Andrew Wakefield, ...
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5 Dangerous Vaccination Myths

The number of children in private health plans getting properly immunized declined by as much as 3.5 percent last year, according to a recent report by the National ...
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FDA Approves Gardasil to Prevent Anal Cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the vaccine Gardasil today (Dec. 22) for the prevention of anal cancer caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) for people ages ...
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Should the HPV Vaccine Be Mandatory? Health Experts Weigh In

In last night’s GOP presidential candidates debate, Rep. Michele Bachmann attacked Texas Gov. Rick Perry for his 2007 legislation mandating, through an executive order, that the human papillomavirus ...
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9 Weird Ways Kids Can Get Hurt

Introduction There’s no shortage of strange ways a child can get hurt. Parents can diligently childproof their home, always buckle youngsters into car seats and never leave children ...
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Abbott Diabetes Care Recalls Glucose Test Strips

FDA and Abbott Diabetes Care notified healthcare professionals and patients of a recall of 359 different lots of glucose test strips marketed under the following brand names: Precision ...
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Autism Identified Early By Fixation on Geometry

Fixation on geometric patterns might be an early sign of autism in toddlers as young as 14 months old, a new study suggests. Identifying autism early is important ...
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Autism-Vaccine Link Refuted Again

There is no link between autism and vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal, another new study has found. The results show that children exposed to the once-questioned chemical thimerosal, ...
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3 Lifestyle Choices Lower Breast Cancer Risk, Regardless of Family History

Women who make healthy lifestyle choices lower their risk of developing invasive breast cancer, regardless of whether they have a family history of the disease, according to a ...
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