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Only 40 percent of U.S. adults tested for HIV - Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:58:37 GMT
U.S. efforts to test nearly everyone for the AIDS virus have stalled and just 40 percent of adults in the country have ever been tested for the fatal and incurable virus, according to a government report on Thursday.
Surprises in landmark U.S. adoption survey - Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:52:17 GMT
The first federal survey of both men and women on adoption challenges some stereotypes and offers some surprising findings.
You, too, can train like an Olympian - Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:30:05 GMT

Michael Phelps won six gold medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. "In order to slice through water with deftness and speed, you have to be strong in multiple planes of motion. I have Michael do medicine-ball exercises to achieve that end," says his swimming coach, Bob Bowman.The nation's top Olympic coaches reveal their secret training tips. Tap into their power to build muscle faster, torch fat quicker, and avoid niggling injuries.


Body Odd: Exercise pill is a cheat - Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:43:28 GMT

Body Odd: Getting buff without the sweat not as great as you might think.Body Odd: Getting buff without the sweat not as great as you might think.


California firm recalls beef due to E. coli - Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:12:38 GMT
The U.S. Agriculture Department said S&S Foods LLC is recalling about 153,630 lbs. of frozen ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli.
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Shaky science casts doubt on doping results - Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:06:29 GMT

Bernard Lagat, who is expected to run both the 1,500 meters and the 5,000 meters for the U.S. in Beijing, tested positive for doping with EPO, a hormone that stimulates red blood cell production. Lagat protested his innocence, but was banned from the world championships. Subsequent tests, however, cleared him. Later, doping agency officials tacitly admitted that they had introduced the EPO test prematurely by changing the protocols. On the eve of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing,  a prominent biomedical researcher is arguing that the international anti-doping system is critically flawed.


Shock therapy makes a quiet comeback - Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:22:38 GMT

Bill Russell struggled for years with a depression so strong that neither antidepressants nor therapy could ease it. Desperate, he underwent electroconvulsive therapy, demonstrated above, a treatment mired in a stigma that lingers from the 1940s. (msnbc.com)Most people associate shock therapy more with torture rather than healing. But since the 1980s, the number of patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy has tripled to 100,000 a year.


Flight crews, airports well prepared for emergencies - Thu, 7 Aug 2008 13:27:44 GMT
A 61-year-old woman who recently died in an airplane bathroom has Harriet Baskas thinking about in-flight safety. What has she learned? Airports and flight crews are ready for emergencies — and you should be, too.
FBI: Hospital used homeless as 'human pawns' - Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:12:51 GMT
A hospital CEO was arrested in what authorities said was a scheme to recruit homeless people as phony patients and bill government programs for unnecessary health services.
Average ER waiting time nears 1 hour - Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:46:00 GMT

Aug. 6: Emergency room visits have risen 32 percent over the past decade, but hospitals are closing them down due to lack of profitability. NBC's Robert Bazell reports on a health care system that's growing more stressed. (Nightly News)The average time that hospital emergency rooms patients wait to see a doctor has grown from about 38 minutes to almost an hour over the past decade, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday.


PTSD tied to early death from heart disease - Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:28:09 GMT
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) significantly raises the risk of premature death from heart disease, according to results of a long-term study of Vietnam veterans.
If trends continue, we’ll all be fat in 40 years - Wed, 6 Aug 2008 19:34:51 GMT
If the trends of the past three decades continue, it’s possible that every American adult could be overweight 40 years from now, a government-funded study projects.
Even viruses can get sick, study finds - Wed, 6 Aug 2008 19:37:06 GMT
Even viruses can go down with a viral infection, French scientists reported on Wednesday, in a discovery that may help explain how they swap genes and evolve so rapidly.

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