Thursday, November 29, 2012

[Health] Fireproof chemicals in your couch linked to cancer in study

Fireproof chemicals in your couch linked to cancer in study
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/home-garden/Home-couches-found-to-contain-toxic-chemicals/articleshow/17415072.cms
Most of us tend to eat a little more around the holidays, but it is not recommended to sleep it off on the couch. A study involving 104 couches determined that 85 percent of them had been treated with known toxic chemical flame-retardants or others about ...

Passaic's St. Mary's Hospital bought by for-profit California company
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/st_marys_last_hospital_in_pass.html
st-marys-hospital.jpg The board of St. Mary's Hospital, the last hospital in Passaic, announced today that it has reached an agreement to be bought by Prime Healthcare Services, a for profit chain based in California.

US birth rate plummets to its lowest since 1920
http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/US-Birth-Rate-Falls-to-Record-Low-Report-Says-181414221.html
The U.S. birth rate plunged last year to a record low, with the decline being led by immigrant women hit hard by the recession, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Research Center.

Generic Drug Maker Stops Making Cholesterol Pill
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/healthcare/biotech/pharmaceuticals/ranbaxy-laboratories-halts-generic-lipitor-production-after-recall-usfda/articleshow/17420957.cms
Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, the largest producer of the generic version of Lipitor, has halted all production of the drug until it can figure out why glass particles may have ended up in pills that were distributed to the public, the Food and Drug Administration ...

US firm won't enforce AIDS drug patents in poor countries
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g19Aax2nTyLK3F_wzuayQJkt_wBw?docId=CNG.826c89df111c6e8fb5cfa6bd1cabd75e.271
WASHINGTON - Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson announced Thursday that it would not enforce its patents on its AIDS drug Prezista in the world's poorest countries and throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

Seeking A Tastier Way To Shave? Then Bring On The Bacon!
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2012/11/29/seeking-a-tastier-way-to-shave-then-bring-on-the-bacon/
HOUSTON (CBS Houston) There's a tastier way to shave and stay groomed and it's all about รข€œbringin' home the bacon, literally!

'Shame on you.' Backlash builds over Gilda's Club charity name change
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/28/nyc-gildas-club-ceo-questions-wisconsin-branchs-move-to-change-name/
Gilda Radner, the force behind the 1970s 'Saturday Night Live' character Roseanne Roseannadanna, isn't well known among recent generations - so the 'Gilda's Club' charity established after Radner died of ovarian cancer is now changing its name.

N.C. Reports First 2 Deaths Of The Season In Triad
http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/256545/57/NC-Reports-First-2-Deaths-Of-The-Season-In-Triad
Raleigh, NC - North Carolina has reported the state's first two deaths from flu for the 2012-2013 flu season. Both victims were adults from the Triad.

New smartphone accessories analyze your body to keep the doctor away
http://mobihealthnews.com/19288/scanadu-unveils-smartphone-enabled-home-diagnostics/
Going to the doctor is a pain in the neck for most people. Especially if you are going to just have routine checkups. According to Forbes, Scanadu (not to be confused with Xanadu, the Olivia Newton-John fantasy musical romp from 1980) hopes to lessen the ...

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