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Swine flu has claimed its fifth victim in Pierce County, a man in his 70s, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department reported Tuesday.
Is the H1N1 vaccine clinic Saturday in Puyallup the only confirmed school clinic in Pierce County?
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Tonya Moraffah takes a deep drag on her cigarette, feels the soothing surge of nicotine and explains what extinguished her 30-year, pack-a-day smoking habit.
Giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get childhood vaccinations could backfire and make the shots a little less effective, surprising new research suggests.
CHICAGO – Max Gomez was a bright-eyed 5-year-old happy to have just started kindergarten when he developed sniffles and a fever. His mother figured it was only a cold.
WASHINGTON – The House is inching closer to voting on a comprehensive health care bill, even as the chamber appears so divided that the measure might not attract a single Republican supporter.
The first small shipments of swine flu vaccine began arriving in Pierce County on Friday and should be available from many medical providers early next week, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department confirmed today that West Nile virus has been found in the county, the first such detection in the county.
I’m working on a nutrition-related project and came upon quite a few nice-to-knows about vitamins.
Rafael Navarro and Duncan MacLeod are busy working men, which accounts for their diet being heavy on sodas, frozen burritos, sweets and late-night snacking, They were the perfect couple for nutrition expert Emily Ventura to choose when looking for examples of what busy people can do to keep their diets healthy.
For seven muffled years, Loris Kasner put off her doctor’s advice to get a hearing aid. Among the obstacles: The Tacoma woman was in her mid-50s and worried what people would think. Would they view the former hairdresser and Puyallup Fair employee as old? Less capable?
CHICAGO – The congressional plans for health care overhaul could mean a major restructuring of Medicare. Dozens of changes are being proposed in hopes of transforming the program from one that rewards doctors for each procedure they do into one that improves people’s health and keeps them out of the hospital.
Health: Washington among 15 states where flu might exceed facilities WASHINGTON – If a third of people wind up catching swine flu, 15 states, including Washington, could run out of hospital beds around the time the outbreak peaks, a new report warns Thursday.
WASHINGTON – More than 3,000 people a day have a heart attack. If you’re one of them the day after your swine flu shot, will you worry the vaccine was to blame and not the more likely culprit, all those burgers and fries?
CHICAGO – More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treatment and sometimes hospitalization, new research shows.
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