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Health Insurers Offer to Accept All Applicants, on Condition
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:13:19 -0000
The health insurance industry said it would support a plan requiring insurers to accept all customers, but asked that Congress require all Americans to have coverage in return.
What Happy People Don’t Do
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:47:05 -0000
Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers — but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television, a new study finds.
Weight Loss Surgery Helps Obese Women Have Healthier Babies
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:47:16 -0000
A new report suggests that women who become pregnant after weight-loss surgery have easier pregnancies than do obese women who become pregnant.
BBC News | Health | World Edition
Rapid care 'cuts baby's HIV risk'
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:59:49 -0000
Rapid drug treatment of babies with HIV dramatically cuts their risk of death and debilitating disease, research shows.
Windpipe transplant breakthrough
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:28:49 -0000
Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.
Technology to eradicate malaria
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:40:01 -0000
Emerging technologies could boost supplies of essential plant-based drugs to combat malaria, says a report.
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Health Insurers Offer to Accept All Applicants, on Condition
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:13:19 -0000
The health insurance industry said it would support a plan requiring insurers to accept all customers, but asked that Congress require all Americans to have coverage in return.
What Happy People Don’t Do
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:47:05 -0000
Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers — but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television, a new study finds.
Weight Loss Surgery Helps Obese Women Have Healthier Babies
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:47:16 -0000
A new report suggests that women who become pregnant after weight-loss surgery have easier pregnancies than do obese women who become pregnant.
BBC News | Health | World Edition
Rapid care 'cuts baby's HIV risk'
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:59:49 -0000
Rapid drug treatment of babies with HIV dramatically cuts their risk of death and debilitating disease, research shows.
Windpipe transplant breakthrough
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:28:49 -0000
Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.
Technology to eradicate malaria
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:40:01 -0000
Emerging technologies could boost supplies of essential plant-based drugs to combat malaria, says a report.

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