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Health Issues A - Z articles and resources
A very useful resource for health problems. Here you will find an A - Z of the most common health issues with an informative description and links to related articles, natural remedies, cures, medicines, supplements and help.
Use the navigation to the left to read details of each specific health problem.
 
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Latest Articles
Chicken producers debate 'natural' label
(AP)
 AP - A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:47:55 GMT
| Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers
(AP)
 AP - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:25:02 GMT
| DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic
(AP)
AP - Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:20:59 GMT
| NYC looks to stop spreading bedbug infestations
(AP)
 AP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:53:08 GMT
| New program rebuilding faces of soldiers, veterans
(AP)
 AP - Master Sgt. Todd Nelson lost his right eye and ear in a flash when a car bomb in Afghanistan exploded, sending fire up his arm and over his head.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:44:19 GMT
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Concern over rape medic shortage
A lack of specialist medics to care for rape victims could be hampering conviction rates, doctors believe.
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:03:26 +0000
| Calcium pills 'raise' heart risk
Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:59:08 +0000
| Pregnant women rights questioned
The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:54:54 +0000
| Drug prescribed after web search
A father persuades the NHS to give his sick daughter a "miracle" drug he found on the internet.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:06:35 +0000
| Addiction drugs 'aid weight loss'
A combination pill of two drugs used to treat addiction may help people lose weight, say US researchers.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:28:51 +0000
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