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CDC: Meningitis Outbreak Growing, 14 People Dead
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have tracked down 12,000 of the roughly 14,000 people who may have received contaminated steroid shots in the nation's…
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Meningitis Outbreak Toll: 137 Cases, 12 Deaths
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has been…
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Pharmacy Linked to Outbreak Issues Wide Recall
ATLANTA (AP) — The pharmacy that distributed a steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis has issued a voluntary recall of all of its…
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Clinics Rush to Warn Patients of Tainted Steroid That Causes Meningitis
NEW YORK (AP) — Health providers are scrambling to notify patients in nearly two dozen states that the routine steroid injections they received for back…
Health and Wellness
Want Some Taste with That Low-Fat Food?
NEW YORK (AP) — Nonfat cheese that tastes like plastic. Low-calorie soda that leaves a bitter aftertaste. Sugar-free brownies that crumble like Styrofoam. Dieters have…
Health and Wellness
Kareem Adbul-Jabbar: Legend, Author, Survivor
When you think of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, you think of the dominant center for the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers, the six-time NBA champion…
Health and Wellness
FDA Urged to Set Standards for Arsenic in Rice
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration may consider new standards for the levels of arsenic in rice as consumer groups are calling for…
Health and Wellness
Study Suggests Tie Between BPA and Child Obesity
NEW YORK (AP) — A provocative new study suggests a connection between the BPA chemical used in food packaging and childhood obesity, but the researchers…
Health and Wellness
CDC: US Kids Eat Too Much Salt, As Much As Adults
CHICAGO (AP) — American children eat as much salt as adults — about 1,000 milligrams too much, or the same amount as in just one…
Health and Wellness
Win Over Your Weight
Don’t wait until January to revitalize your weight loss plans. Dr. Ian Smith, a member of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition wants…
