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Vast water glaciers found on Mars ... Abuse of politicians' DNA feared ... 25,000 Americans don't know they have HIV ... Study: Females bond through language ... Health/Science news from UPI.
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Pa.'s health care watchdog gets good news
Pennsylvania's embattled health-care watchdog agency got a life-extending injection yesterday from Gov. Rendell. At an afternoon news conference, Rendell announced that he had extended through June 30 his executive order enabling the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, known as PHC4, to remain open. Without that action, the independent agency would have been forced to shut down at ...
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Health Highlights: Nov. 20, 2008
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
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Stem cells used in trachea transplant ... Ginkgo won't delay dementia, survey shows ... Study takes on mammoth genome sequencing ... Googling helps track flu season activity ... Health/Science news from UPI.
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NEWS: Kim explores Asian mental health
The Asian American community is seeing a growing trend mental health issues relating to depression and academic pressures -- an exacerbated by a cultural adversity to seeking treatment, according to Josephine Kim, a lecturer at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education and the featured guest of Thursday's Pan Asian Community Dinner. The event, "Breaking the Silence: Asian Americans and ...
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Health Highlights: Nov. 19, 2008
Title: Health Highlights: Nov. 19, 2008 Category: Health News Created: 11/20/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/20/2008
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Department of Health confirms 4 cases of whooping cough in last month
WOOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Department of Health has confirmed four cases of whooping cough within the past 30 days, the health department said in a news release Thursday.
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UK & World News: Downturn 'to affect mental health'
The economic downturn could cause a 26% rise in mental health problems, affecting more than 1.5 million people in the UK, Conservatives have claimed.
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Were the World Mine (2008)
Tanner Cohen, left, and Nathaniel David Becker in “Were the World Mine,” inspired by “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Model Karolina Kurkova world's sexiest woman: report
Lingerie model Karolina Kurkova has been voted the world's sexiest woman by E! entertainment television, beating sultry actresses Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson for the honor.
NATO ready to help Africa, but is not world's policeman: chief
NATO is ready to strengthen its ties with Africa, but Africa should come up with solutions to its problems and not expect NATO to police the world, its secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday.
World stocks down amid fears of deep recession
World stocks fell sharply Thursday as fears of a deep global recession gripped markets and sent oil prices below $50 a barrel to levels not seen in more than three years.
World Bank Arm Backs Small Palm Growers on Climate (Update1)
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The International Finance Corp. , the World Bank's investment arm, said it will help lenders in Indonesia to finance small-scale palm oil growers to encourage so-called sustainable practices and forestall climate change.
Google to shut down virtual world Lively at year-end
The Internet giant, which launched the site less than five months ago, says it wants to focus on its core search business. Not all Google Inc. endeavors turn into gold. Lively, a virtual world the Internet giant launched less than five months ago, will be shut down at the end of the year so Google can focus on its bread-and-butter search business.
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