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Health-care voting time: Battle lines
The Swampby Mark Silva As the Senate Finance Committee sets out to vote today on a health-care overhaul which supporters say will offer heatlh insurance to millions of more Americans -- with the Congressional Budget Office setting the cost at about......Tags: Major League Baseball, Government Health Care, Government, Credit and Debt, Business
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Lovecraft comes to life
Jacket CopyAlthough he acknowledged a debt to Poe, H.P. Lovecraft is now recognized as a master of his own kind of horror, fantasy and science fiction. He created a fictional world -- complete with monsters and gods -- and encourages his...... -
The healthcare reform disconnect
Opinion L.A.A new Associated Press poll, done by Stanford University and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, provides more evidence that the public wants comprehensive healthcare reform but rejects just about everything that implies.... -
FDA urged to better police food, supplements
The SwampA new report released this morning by the influential Institute of Medicine proposes calls for the Food and Drug Administration to apply the same scientific rigor to evaluating health claims for food and nutritional supplements as it does to determining...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Food Industry, Science and Technology, Utah, Drugs and Medicines
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The Look for Less: Adjustable-screw industrial stools at not-so-screwy prices
L.A. at HomeNothing says I live in a loft (or would like you to think I do) with more immediacy than the humble work stool with a seat that adjusts on a visible industrial screw. You can find the odd one at various prices from vintage furniture stores and flea... -
Walgreens Halts Sale of Genetic Test
Chicago Tribune Staff WritersWalgreens late Wednesday reversed a decision to carry genetic test kits in its stores after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began an investigation of the supplier and product. Deerfield-based Walgreen Co. had planned to begin stocking thousands...Tags: James Woods, Medical Procedures and Tests, Homes, San Diego (San Diego, California), Walgreen Co.
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Walgreens shelves plans to sell genetic test
Walgreens late Wednesday reversed a decision to carry genetic test kits from a San Diego company in its stores after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began an investigation of the supplier and product.
Walgreen Co. had planned to begin stocking...Tags: James Woods, Medical Procedures and Tests, Homes, San Diego (San Diego, California), Walgreen Co.
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School nurses are in short supply
Staff WriterWhether your child is in good health or not, a registered nurse at school can recognize medical issues you may have missed and be a powerful advocate to ensure your school has life-saving equipment. But thanks to strapped education budgets, many...Tags: Vermont, High Blood Pressure, Children, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Planning
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Michelle Obama's guests: State of Union
The Swampby Michael Muskal Part of the ceremony surrounding any presidential speech to Congress is who gets to be singled out and who gets invited to sit with the first family. First Lady Michelle Obama is bringing quite a crowd. This......Tags: U.S. Marine Corps, Defense, Albuquerque, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Planning
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First Lady Michelle Obama's State of the Union guests -- list here
Top of the TicketEvery president since Ronald Reagan has used the State of the Union address to showcase heroes of the past year -- and convey a sense that they are still connected to the voters and the issues that propelled them to...... -
Minimally invasive surgery great for patients, not so hot for surgeons
Booster ShotsMinimally invasive surgery, known formally as laparoscopic surgery, has proved a boon for patients over the last 20 years, minimizing hospital stays, speeding recovery and reducing the cosmetic consequences of operations. But new evidence suggests the... -
Freeze? What freeze? FDA in line for another budget boost
Booster ShotsThe Food and Drug Administration is a screaming exception to the Obama administration’s freeze on discretionary spending in the 2011 budget. Overall, the FDA budget could grow by as much as 23% to just over $4 billion from the current......
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