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3/10/2010
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Researchers back cancer-fighting properties of papayaA street vendor prepares papaya for her daily customers in Yangon. Researchers say that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumours, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services is asking people to avoid buying or using a brand of clay tableware imported from Mexico that was sold in Fiesta Mart stores because it may contain lead.
Drug and medical products company Abbott Laboratories said Tuesday it will buy Facet Biotech Corp.
New York congressman Eric Massa resigned his House seat this week under a sexual harassment cloud, claiming fellow Democrats forced his ouster to keep him from voting against their health care bill.
By Jeni Harvey AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a pharmacist refused to give the contraceptive pill to a South Yorkshire woman, saying it was "against her religion." Janine Deeley was turned away by the female chemist at Lloyds pharmacy in Duke Street, Sheffield, when she went to pick up her prescription.
Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless faces a key test vote in the Senate, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of last year.
Nicotine builds up gradually in smokers' brains rather than spiking after each puff, according to a study that might help point to new ways to help people quit smoking.
There's one thing you can be absolutely sure of when it comes to frozen dinners: They don't look like the picture.And that convenience you crave may be costing your health."When something is processed, they're going to be adding the sodium.
President Barack Obama accused insurance companies of placing profits over people as he sought to build public support Monday for swift passage of health care legislation stalled in Congress.
AstraZeneca PLC said Monday that its cancer drug Recentin failed in a head to head late stage trial with Roche AG's Avastin in tests for use as an initial treatment against colon cancer.
Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, appealed to government and private donors to keep investing in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
WASHINGTON a ' The District of Columbia will become the first city in the United States to distribute female condoms free, part of a project that will make 500,000 of them available in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools in parts of the city with high HIV rates.
A.J. Wagner with Seton explains the program.www.GoodHealth.com/ignite
Why doesn't she mention indoor air quality? Please contact EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and ask her to include "Improving Indoor Air Quality" on her list of priorities.
We must all work together to protect our children's health and the health of our nation.
Tuth About Mold - EPA
On February 16, ACHEMMIC sent a letter to numerous elected officials and government agencies. The letter includes 20 action items requesting specific actions be addressed by these government agencies. The letter also provides quotes from several reports and key statistics regarding this important public health crisis.
The following statements are from the 2009 report by the World Health Organization titled ""Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality-Dampness and Mould."
"Indoor air pollution such as from dampness and mould, chemicals and other biological agents is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. About 1.5 million deaths each year are associated with the indoor combustion of solid fuels, the majority of which occur among women and children in low-income countries."
"The prevalence of indoor dampness varies widely within and among countries, continents and climate zones. It is estimated to affect 10 to 50% of indoor environments in Europe, North America, Australia, India and Japan. In certain settings, such as river valleys and coastal areas, the conditions of dampness are substantially more severe than the national averages for such conditions."
Jeremy Lesniak owns a small Web design firm in Randolph, Vt. He has 10 employees and hundreds of clients.
LILY ALLEN flouted the U.K. smoking ban once again during a gig on Friday - despite suffering from a chest infection.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A helmet worn by U.S. skier Bode Miller in the Vancouver Games is being auctioned off to help raise money for a woman who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
Congressman Parker Griffith, who switched from the Democrats to the Republican party, says the current health care bill is too costly and needs to be scrapped and re-written.
By Michael A. Fletcher President Obama on Saturday repeated his call for Congress to give an "up-or-down vote" on his plan to revamp the nation's health-care system, saying that doing so would yield immediate benefits for the uninsured and small businesses, while prohibiting the most unpopular actions of health insurance companies.