Egg industry alarmed at cage limits
Even before the recent salmonella outbreak, America's egg industry was struggling to fend off another threat: allegations that it was cruel to chickens.


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Abstinence program partners Chinese officials with U.S. evangelicals
BEIJING - If all goes according to plan, this fall a girl somewhere in China's Yunnan province will tell her boyfriend she can't have sex with him. And he'll have an abstinence program from the United States to thank.


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Employers shifting health-care costs to workers, survey shows
Amid high unemployment and a weak economy, employers have been shifting health care costs to workers, according to a study released Thursday.


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New workout programs show that pools can attract exercisers of all ages
Sean Stephens hasn't told his friends he does water aerobics. "I guess until now," the 36-year-old joked last week as we wiggled into the pool at LivingWell, the health club at the Washington Hilton.


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Physicians use photos from patients' cellphones to deliver 'mobile health'
In May, an emergency physician at George Washington University Hospital began a six-month study examining how accurately emergency doctors and physician assistants could diagnose wounds from patient-generated cellphone images.


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Be skeptical of health-care credit cards
These days, you may leave your dentist's office with more than a toothbrush and dental floss in your bag. Thousands of dentists are offering patients health-care credit cards to cover the work that needs to be done, with seemingly hard-to-resist repayment terms. If you need care and don't have in...


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Even with malpractice insurance, doctors opt for expensive, defensive medicine
Some months ago, the receptionist in my clinic handed me a registered letter. The name of the sender seemed familiar. "Dear Sir," the letter read. "Please be advised that this letter serves as official notice that I am considering a potential claim against you in a medical Malpractice claim in re...



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Inspectors find unsanitary conditions at egg farms
Federal investigators found piles of manure up to eight feet tall, live mice, pigeons and other birds inside the hen houses at two egg farms suspected of causing a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness, officials said Monday.



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First tests for stem cell therapy are near
Even as supporters of human embryonic stem cell research are reeling from last week's sudden cutoff of federal funding, another portentous landmark is quietly approaching: the world's first attempt to carefully test the cells in people.


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Study links poverty to depression among mothers
More than half of babies in poverty are being raised by mothers who show symptoms of mild to severe depression, potentially creating problems in parenting and in child development, according to a new study.


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