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After leading the nation last year in passing a law to sue the federal government over the health care overhaul, Idaho’s Republican-dominated Legislature now plans to use an obscure 18th century doctrine to declare President Barack Obama’s signature bill null and void.After leading the nation last year in passing a law to sue the federal government over... more
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U.S. government officials lowered recommended limits for fluoride in water on Friday, saying some children may be getting tooth damage from too much.
Fluoride is added to the water supply in most U.S. communities because it can prevent and repair tooth decay. But health and environment officials said Americans get fluoride in so many sources now, such as toothpaste and mouth rinses, that it makes sense to lower levels.
The Health and Human Services Department lowered its recommended levels to 0.7 milligrams of fluoride per liter of water -- the lower limit of the current recommended range of 0.7 to 1.2 milligrams.
The Environmental Protection Agency said it would review its rules on how high fluoride levels may go. Currently they may go as high as 4 milligrams of fluoride per liter.
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/reuters/Health/78310U.S. government officials lowered recommended limits for fluoride in water on Friday,... more
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Although first approved to treat schizophrenia, new antipsychotic medications are increasingly being prescribed for a host of other uses, even when there is little evidence they work, U.S. researchers said on Friday.
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/reuters/Health/78203Although first approved to treat schizophrenia, new antipsychotic medications are... more
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A lead poisoning outbreak that has killed more than 400 children in the rural farmlands of northern Nigeria remains 'a neglected, underfunded emergency,' the U.N. warned Friday, saying many villages remain coated with the deadly metal...
www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/ap/Health/78198A lead poisoning outbreak that has killed more than 400 children in the rural... more
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This week more shame was heaped upon the discredited British researcher whose work gave rise to the childhood-vaccines-cause-autism movement, as a prominent medical journal published a report that the man had faked his data. But will it make a difference?.
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/ap/Health/78199This week more shame was heaped upon the discredited British researcher whose work... more
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New research found two weeks of treatment with an antibiotic relieves symptoms for some sufferers of irritable bowel syndrome, a poorly understood and painful condition that especially afflicts younger women
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/ap/Health/78201New research found two weeks of treatment with an antibiotic relieves symptoms for... more
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Reversing a potentially controversial decision, the Obama administration will drop references to end-of-life counseling from the ground rules for Medicares new annual checkup, the White House said Wednesday..
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/ap/Health/78202Reversing a potentially controversial decision, the Obama administration will drop... more
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If you saw the 2010 drama 'The Kids Are All Right,' in which two teens raised by a lesbian couple decide to make contact with their biological father, you might be wondering: Might such an experience leave psychological scars?
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/reuters/Health/77479If you saw the 2010 drama 'The Kids Are All Right,' in which two teens... more
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New research found two weeks of treatment with an antibiotic relieves symptoms for some sufferers of irritable bowel syndrome, a poorly understood and painful condition that especially afflicts younger women...
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/ap/Health/76862New research found two weeks of treatment with an antibiotic relieves symptoms for... more
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Cigarette makers will have to provide U.S. regulators with detailed information about the ingredients and design of products they have introduced or changed since early 2007, or face possible penalties.
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/reuters/Health/76763Cigarette makers will have to provide U.S. regulators with detailed information about... more
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Here's a chance to test your medical knowledge:
Will getting two or three CT scans of the abdomen expose you to the same amount of radiation as people who lived near the atomic blast that ravaged Hiroshima in 1945 but survived?
Will they increase your lifetime cancer risk?
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/reuters/Health/76772Here's a chance to test your medical knowledge:
Will getting two or three CT... more
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The first large study to examine the use of X-rays, CT scans and other medical radiation in children estimates the average child will get more than seven radiation scans by age 18, a potentially worrisome trend....
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/ap/Health/76102The first large study to examine the use of X-rays, CT scans and other medical... more
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