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Featured Health News from Medical News Today
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CVS Caremark Offers $5 Million In Free Flu Vaccinations To Uninsured Individuals
CVS Caremark and Direct Relief USA have joined forces to offer $5 million in free flu vaccinations to community clinic and health center patients who have no health insurance coverage. CVS Caremark informs that the shots are currently available at all its CVS pharmacies and MinuteClinics throughout the USA...
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Medical Malpractice System Accounts For 2.4% Of America's Health Care Spending, $54.4 Billion Annually
A new report reveals that $54.4 billion is spent annually on medical malpractice systems; 2.4% of America's health care spending. America's health care has existed with two separate, but related crises - its high rates of medical errors, and dissatisfaction with the malpractice liability system...
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FDA Warns Tea Drink Makers About Unsubstantiated Claims
Ever heard of tea-flavored beverage makers making health claims for their teas which really should only be made for properly brewed tea? It seems the FDA (Food and Drug Administration, USA) has, and is warning both Dr. Pepper Snapple Group about its Canada Dry Sparkling Green Tea Ginger Ale and Unilever Americas over its website claims and labeling for Lipton Green Tea...
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Machine Translates Brain Signals Into Words "Better Than Chance"
US scientists have moved a step closer to developing a mind-reading machine: they wired a man's brain up to a computerized device that helped them to determine at a rate significantly better than chance, which brain signals represented which word he had read from a list...
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Weight Loss Raises Industrial Pollutant Levels In Blood
People with long-term weight loss have higher levels of persistent organic pollutants in their blood, which are known to increase the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, high blood pressure (hypertension) and diabetes, according to an article published today in the International Journal of Obesity...
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H1N1 2009 Swine Flu Complications No Worse Than Seasonal Flu, US
A US study of flu cases in adults and children living in Wisconsin concluded that the risk of serious complications from 2009 H1N1 swine flu was no higher than the risk of serious complications from recent seasonal flu strains. You can read about the study in the 8 September issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA...
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Smoking Remains At 21% Since 2005, 54% Of Children Exposed To Secondhand Smoke
Up until 2005, the percentage of American adults who smoked was dropping; since that date it has stuck around 20% to 21%. According to the CDC's (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 54% of 3 to 11 year old children were exposed to secondhand smoke during 2007-2008, while 40% of non-smokers of all ages have been subjected to passive smoking...
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Stretching Before Running May Lower Endurance
Distance runners who stretch before running may not be able to run as far-and yet spend more energy doing it, according to a study in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning, official research journal of the National Strength and Conditioning Association...
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Scientists Create New Process To 'Program' Cancer Cell Death
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have engineered a fundamentally new approach to killing cancer cells...
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Empowering Workers: Designing Your Own Workspace Improves Health, Happiness And Productivity
Employees who have control over the design and layout of their workspace are not only happier and healthier - they're also up to 32% more productive, according to new research from the University of Exeter in the UK...
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