health
Calcium is key to strong bones for a lifetime
May 12, 2009Drink your milk—it’s often a message to children, but adults can also benefit from this advice.
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WHO: Pigs don’t cause ‘swine flu’
May 2, 2009The World Health Organisation said on Thursday it will stop using the term 'swine flu' after Egypt began slaughtering thousands of pigs.
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COMMENTARY Cancer: a journey taken together
May 1, 2009Cancer is a journey you do not want to take, yet millions of people all over the world experience that journey.
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Latino community gears up for universal health care fight
May 1, 2009CHICAGO -- Thirty- five community and church leaders met in the First Spanish Congregational Church of Chicago to discuss Single Payer Universal Health Care legislation in Illinois and Congress. This was the second meeting of a...
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Swine flu outbreak raises wider questions
April 30, 2009The death of a 23-month-old toddler in Texas yesterday was the first U.S. death in the swine flu outbreak that has killed 159 people in Mexico so far. It adds to the mounting worry here and...
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