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Life Expectancy Hits Record High in United States
Mercredi 11 Juin 2008 - 21:00 - 5 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Americans' life expectancy reached a record high of 78.1 years in 2006, with disparities among ethnic groups and between the sexes generally narrowing, according to government data released yesterday. |
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Va. Substance-Abuse Funding Diverted in '06
Mercredi 11 Juin 2008 - 21:00 - 5 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Nearly $18 million earmarked for substance-abuse services in Virginia was diverted to other programs in 2006, a state audit has concluded. |
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Engineering a Safer Burger
Mercredi 11 Juin 2008 - 21:00 - 5 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. -- The key to a safer meat supply may be in a two-story white building next to a meat-packing plant just south of the Missouri River. |
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Safeway Joins Rivals In Adding $4 Generic Prescription Drugs
Mardi 10 Juin 2008 - 21:00 - 5 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Safeway will begin offering $4 prescriptions on hundreds of generic drugs today at stores in the eastern United States, a spokesman said, following in the footsteps of the program popularized by Wal-Mart two years ago. |
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Key Tomato Crop Approved
Mardi 10 Juin 2008 - 21:00 - 5 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Federal food safety officials yesterday cleared Florida's latest tomato crop as safe to eat, a move that is likely to speed the return of tomatoes to many restaurants. |
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Red Cross Is Fined For Blood Violations
Lundi 09 Juin 2008 - 21:00 - 5 mois, 2 semaines depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Federal regulators said yesterday that they have fined the American Red Cross $1.7 million for continued failures to adequately manage the nation's blood supply. |
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Doctors Can Be Doubters
Lundi 09 Juin 2008 - 21:00 - 5 mois, 2 semaines depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) My patient is an elderly man with end-stage congestive heart failure, kidney failure and now an infected dialysis line, and he is unlikely to live more than six months. The Bible lies on his bedside table next to his hospital breakfast tray and the morning newspaper. I wonder if I should pray wit... |
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Tomatoes Pulled After Salmonella Warning
Lundi 09 Juin 2008 - 21:00 - 5 mois, 2 semaines depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Restaurants are removing tomato slices from sandwiches and grocery stores are plucking red plum tomatoes from their produce aisles following a nationwide alert that raw tomatoes may have infected scores of people with a rare form of salmonella. |
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Suppliers Fight Plan to Cut Medicare's Equipment Costs
Lundi 09 Juin 2008 - 21:00 - 5 mois, 2 semaines depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Medicare shells out $1,825 for the same home hospital bed that anyone can buy online for $754, according to government data. It pays $4,023 for a power wheelchair that retails for $2,174. |
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A Matter Of Belief or Evidence
Lundi 09 Juin 2008 - 21:00 - 5 mois, 2 semaines depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) An integral part of many people's lives, religion defines patterns of worship and socialization, but its impact, if any, on health is unclear. Some studies show a benefit to religious practice, while others -- including much of the research into prayer -- fail to prove its health value. |
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