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May 9, 2008 |
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HEALTH
Study Says Chatty Doctors Forget Patients
A new study shows that many doctors waste patients’ time in office visits by interjecting irrelevant information about themselves.
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Global Drug Use and Production Slowing, U.N. Finds
Although opium production is up in Afghanistan, cocaine consumption is rising in Europe and trafficking is growing in Africa, drug abuse is being brought under control.
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Survey Finds 43.6 Million Uninsured in U.S.
About 14.8 percent of the American population had no health insurance in 2006, according to a survey.
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Study on I.Q. Prompts Debate on Family Dynamics
New evidence tying birth order to I.Q. has intensified the debate over what family dynamics enhance intelligence.
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For Filmmaker, ‘Sicko’ Is a Jumping-Off Point for Health Care Change
While pushing his new film, Michael Moore is also calling for a single-payer health care system with the federal government serving as the country’s insurer. .
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Keeping Early Retirees Afloat
Some of the nation’s biggest companies will announce a new program meant to make health insurance available to their former employees ages 55 to 64.
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Making Botox Both Medicine and Cosmetic
David E. I. Pyott, president and chief executive of Allergan, discussed the company’s recent developments.
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F.D.A. Approves Vitamin Rules
Makers of vitamins, herbs and other dietary supplements taken by millions of Americans must meet new government standards.
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Report Rates Hospitals on Their Heart Treatment
For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government has released a list of hospitals where heart patients are most likely to die. .
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New U.N. Plan Commits $2.15 Billion to Fight Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
The W.H.O. plan calls for the creation and improvement of laboratories to detect and monitor drug-resistant cases throughout the world.
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Diminishing Returns
When a degenerative illness strikes, a husband leaves but never goes away.
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City Smokers’ Ranks Drop 19%, Study Says
The city’s department of health said that the number of smokers in New York City had declined by 240,000 in the last five years.
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Research Finds Firstborns Gain the Higher I.Q.
In a large study, the difference in I.Q. between siblings was a result of family dynamics, not biological factors.
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House Reverses Contraception-Aid Ban
The House voted narrowly to reverse a ban on contraception aid to groups overseas that offer abortions, a pillar of President Bush’s foreign aid policy.
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3 Drug Makers Are Convicted in Reimbursement Overcharges
AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Schering-Plough must pay damages for overcharging on certain drugs.
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Report Says U.S. Misled City on Dust From Ground Zero
A report said that the Environmental Protection Agency did not accurately report the results of a residential cleanup program in 2002 and 2003.
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Study Finds Some Heart Benefits of Estrogen
New research suggests that estrogen pills may offer some heart benefits for certain younger women who have had hysterectomies and start taking the pills in their 50s.
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India: Kids, Don’t Try This at Home
A doctor from Tamil Nadu faces possible criminal charges after letting his 15-year-old son perform a Caesarean section in a bid to win a place in the Guinness book of records. Dr. K. Murugesan told a local newspaper that he had been training the boy for several years and insisted that he had done nothing wrong. Investigators were looking for the mother and child.
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Player Silence on Concussions May Block N.F.L. Guidelines
The irony of players being less interested in being protected than the people charged to protect them is just one of the challenges facing the N.F.L. as it deals with player concussions.
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Bush Will Pair Veto With New Cell Initiative
By pairing the veto with a new scientific initiative, the White House clearly hopes to blunt the inevitable criticism that President Bush will face for vetoing the embryonic stem cell measure.
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Medical Marijuana Measure Falls With Connecticut Governor’s Veto
The law would have allowed residents 18 or older suffering from multiple sclerosis, cancer, AIDS and other diseases to grow marijuana in their homes with a doctor’s recommendation and a state permit.
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Court Upholds Plavix Patent
The decision removes a weighty uncertainty for Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis, the companies that market the product.
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Study Tracks a Little-Explored Genetic Path of Breast Cancer
A new study suggests thousands of young women with breast cancer are not offered testing to identify faulty genes and clarify their medical decisions.
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Tyson to Sell Chicken Free of Antibiotics
The company said it will no longer use antibiotics to raise chicken sold fresh in stores and would start a $70 million advertising campaign to promote the shift.
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Bridging Gaps Between Hospital and Home
As a discharge planner, Alicia Tennenbaum is an advocate and troubleshooter for patients leaving the hospital. .
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With Rise in Radiation Exposure, Experts Urge Caution on Tests
CT scans and X-rays are revolutionary, but they carry risks, too, a new study suggests. .
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Radiology Was Young, and So Was I
In the early 1930s, after a year in general medicine, my father became one of the first trained radiologists in this country.
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