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EPA to mine Twitter for tweets on diarrhea, vomiting, flu

January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Students walks past a soda vending machine in the Commons Area of Springfield High School Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, in Springfield, Ill. (AP File)

FDA says it is studying caramel coloring in soda

Washington Examiner -

January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Capsules of Norvir, an AIDS drug, roll off the manufacturing line at Abbot Laboratories in Chicago, Ill., in February 1996. (AP File)

Healthcare

Abbott spinoff faces new AIDS drug trial for excluded juror

Bloomberg News -

January 21, 2014 5:00 am

EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:01 AM, FRIDAY, JAN. 17, 2014 - FILE - In this April 9, 1965 file photo, Surgeon General Luther Terry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Commerce Committee hearing on proposed labeling of cigarette packages. It's no secret that smoking causes lung cancer. But what about diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, erectile dysfunction? Fifty years into the war on smoking, scientists still are adding diseases to the long list of cigarettes' harms _ even as the government struggles to get more people to kick the habit. A new report from the U.S. Surgeon General's office says the nation is at a crossroads, celebrating decades of progress against the chief preventable killer but not yet poised to finish the job.(AP Photo, File)

Healthcare

Surgeon general adds to list of smoking’s harms

Lauran Neergaard -

January 17, 2014 6:20 am

Politics

Senators want awards show to be free of e-cigarettes

Sean Lengell -

January 14, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 1964, file photo U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry answers questions on an exhaustive report on the dangers of smoking during a news conference in Washington. Members of his advisory committee, are, from left: Dr. Peter V.V. Hamill, Dr. Stanhope Bayne-Jones, Dr. Walter J. Burdette, Prof. William G. Cochan, Dr. Walter J. Burdette, Prof.William G. Cochran, Dr. John B. Hickman, Dr. Emmanuel Farber, Dr. James Hund, committe vice chairman, Dr. Louis F. Fieser, Dr. Terry, Dr. Charles LeMaistre, rear, Dr. Eugene H. Guthrie,staff director, Dr. Maurice H. Seevers, and Dr. Leonard M. Scdhuman. (AP Photo)

News

AP WAS THERE: ’64 US report ties smoking to cancer

Frank Carey -

January 10, 2014 11:07 pm

The nutrition information is shown on the back of a Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup can in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. Some of the nation's largest food companies have cut their calories by the trillions according to a new study. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

News

Food industry cuts calories four-fold over pledge

MARY CLARE JALONICK -

January 9, 2014 10:42 pm

New York's highest court says an upstate medical clinic isn't liable for a nurse revealing a man's sexually transmitted disease to his girlfriend since it was outside her duties and violated clinic policy. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Healthcare

New York court rejects liability for STD disclosure

Associated Press -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

News

FDA approves diabetes drug with new approach

Matthew Perrone -

January 8, 2014 6:01 pm

News

Feds crack down on 4 bogus weight loss aids

Matthew Perrone -

January 7, 2014 8:40 pm

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Tag: Health

EPA to mine Twitter for tweets on diarrhea, vomiting, flu

FDA says it is studying caramel coloring in soda

Abbott spinoff faces new AIDS drug trial for excluded juror

Surgeon general adds to list of smoking’s harms

Senators want awards show to be free of e-cigarettes

AP WAS THERE: ’64 US report ties smoking to cancer

Food industry cuts calories four-fold over pledge

New York court rejects liability for STD disclosure

FDA approves diabetes drug with new approach

Feds crack down on 4 bogus weight loss aids

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