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ATLANTA – When the nation’s swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be “messy.” They were right.
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed contrasting images.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department on Wednesday eased restrictions on who should receive swine flu vaccinations, moving young children back to the head of the line.
SEATTLE – Premature birth rates in the Pacific Northwest are among the lowest in the nation, but the March of Dimes says that still only earns Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska C’s on the organization’s premature birth report card.
The University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital researchers are looking for 110 6-month-old infants in the Puget Sound area to participate in a new study.
ORLANDO, Fla. – A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin – drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work.
On defense for flu season? Doctors will tell you your best shot is to get a shot. But that won’t cut it for Sue Berman of Blue Heron Wellness in Silver Spring, Md. To keep sniffles at bay, she plans to spend a whole lot more time with needles.
A high-fat, high-sugar diet does more than pump calories into your body. It also alters the composition of bacteria in your intestines, making it easier to gain weight and harder to lose it, research in mice suggests. And the changeover can happen in as little as 24 hours, much faster than researchers had suspected, according to a report Wednesday in the new journal Science Translational Medicine.
ROME – Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem of world hunger.
Scientists at the University of California campuses in Irvine and San Francisco have found a potential new use for human embryonic stem cells – helping cancer patients recover the cognitive function lost when their brains are treated with radiation.
Franciscan Health Services will partner with the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department to hold an H1N1 vaccine clinic today for health care workers.
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives on Saturday passed, by a 220-215 vote, health care overhaul legislation that would require virtually all Americans to obtain health insurance and create a government-run insurance plan to help them do so.
HOODSPORT – About a year ago, following a routine mammogram, Barbara Gray was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The second public swine flu vaccine clinic in Pierce County will be held Saturday at Clover Park High School in Lakewood, county Health Department officials announced Tuesday.
LONDON – To fight pneumonia, the world’s top killer of children, United Nations officials say they need $39 billion over the next six years.
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