[Health] Elgin Community College counselor spreads word on breast cancer

Elgin Community College counselor spreads word on breast cancer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/ct-tl-elgin-ecc-cancer-20121030,0,3528642.story
Angela Ogburn, counselor at Elgin Community College, painted a pink ribbon in her hair to draw attention to her message of early detection of cancer.

Pediatricians OK Embryonic Stem Cell Research
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/StemCellResearch/35647
The American Academy of Pediatrics has thrown its support behind human embryonic stem cell research. Point out that the policy statement acknowledged the ethical concerns stemming from the need to destroy an embryo to derive cell lines and the ...

Cheap New Nanoparticle HIV Test Gives Fast Results Visible To The Naked Eye
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-10/cheap-new-nanoparticle-hiv-test-produces-results-visible-naked-eye
Researchers at Imperial College London have created a simple and quick HIV test that is both more sensitive and 10 times cheaper than existing methods.

Post-Sandy water safety tips
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/topstories/article/280298/483/Some-Central-Jersey-towns-under-boil-water-advisory-following-Sandy
Ever heard the line, “Water, water, everywhere and not a drop to drink?" Never is that more true than during a hurricane. Superstorm Sandy came ashore Monday night, flooding parts of the East Coast.

Using Canada's Health System as Model Might Cut U.S. Costs: Study
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/10/30/using-canadas-health-system-as-model-might-cut-us-costs-study
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Since 1980, health care costs in the United States could have been about $2.15 trillion less if Canadian cost-saving measures had been used, according to a new study.

Halloween: Best and worst candy for teeth
http://www.frenchtribune.com/teneur/1214200-halloween-candy-would-no-more-be-fear-say-doctors
PHOENIX -- Millions of ghosts and goblins are hitting the streets tomorrow to collect as much candy as they possibly can. With the average trick-or-treat bucket holding about 250-300 pieces of candy any given child, given the opportunity, is expected to ...

No, the public option is not back from the dead
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/30/163929221/can-romney-really-repeal-obamacare
Robert Pear wrote this weekend about the “multi-state health plans” that the United States will soon launch. The federal government will negotiate the “premiums and benefits” for this insurance coverage, which legislators included as a substitute for the public ...