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Target pulls farmed salmon from its stores

AP - January 27, 2010

Target Corp., the nation's second-largest discounter after Wal-Mart Stores Inc., said Tuesday that it pulled all farmed salmon from its stores as it looks...

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FDA announces recall of 2M defective needles

AP - January 26, 2010

Federal health officials are announcing a recall of 2 million needles because of a risk they can push bits of silicone into patients' bodies....

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AMA advises doctor’s help with DNA tests

UPI - January 26, 2010

People ordering DNA scans from private companies should work with a doctor to understand the results of the tests, U.S. health experts said. Independent...

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D.C. school lunch firm questioned

Jeffrey Anderson THE WASHINGTON TIMES - January 26, 2010

A company that serves meals to 2½ million schoolchildren daily in more than 500 districts nationwide, with multimillion-dollar contracts in both Washington, D.C., and...

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Little Red Door offers free mammograms Feb. 17

Special to Recorder - January 25, 2010

Little Red Door Cancer Agency is teaming up with St. Vincent’s Mobile Mammography Unit to offer free screening mammograms to women who qualify—women who...

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Traffic deaths, injuries an ‘unnecessary epidemic’

LISA PRIEST From Monday's Globe and Mail - January 25, 2010

High number of accidents involving pedestrians prompts call for more enforcement Pedestrians critically injured on city streets over the weekend have one injury researcher...

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Michelle Obama asks mayors to help reduce obesity

AP - January 21, 2010

First lady Michelle Obama is asking mayors to help reduce childhood obesity. In a speech Wednesday to the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in...

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A good night’s slumber won’t reverse chronic sleep loss

Special to Recorder - January 21, 2010

Deficits in functioning persist for those who frequently get too little shut-eye, study finds Chronic sleep deprivation and the impact “sleep debt” has on...

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FDA: Most H1N1 reactions are sore arm

Guest Contributor - January 21, 2010

The U.S. vaccine safety monitoring systems for the H1N1 vaccine report mostly "non-serious" adverse effects, a federal official says. Margaret A. Hamburg, commissioner of...

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Healthy blood The lifeline of humanity

BRANDON A. PERRY - January 21, 2010

Healthy blood is essential to the survival of every human being, regardless of race, culture, background or economic status. What is it? This sticky...

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