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Sunscreens: Dos and Don'ts

Denise Charles — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:43:31 GMT

A research group found that only 25 percent of sunscreen type products offer strong enough protection for the outdoorsy type.

AMA declares obesity a disease

Anica Padilla — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:22:53 GMT

The American Medical Association?s decision to recognize obesity as a disease could boost sales and continued development of prescription diet drugs, according to Forbes.

23K pounds of ground beef recalled

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:36:44 GMT

National Beef Packing Co., a Liberal,�Kan., company, is recalling approximately 22,737 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli�O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.

Not guilty plea in butt-injection case

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:42 GMT

A Mississippi woman has pleaded not guilty to killing a woman by giving silicone injections as a buttocks enhancement.

HypnoBirthing may reduce delivery pain

Tanya Spencer — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:23:45 GMT

HypnoBirthing is a natural birthing method that could help to relieve some of the pain of delivery and some experts predict the method will grow in popularity.

US adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:32:42 GMT

The results of the latest national health survey by the government finds the percentage of smokers in the United States has dropped to 18 percent in 2012.

Carlsbad teen given diploma in hospital

Marie Coronel — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:53:16 GMT

A Carlsbad High School senior unable to walk with his graduating class after a tumor was discovered in his brain received his diploma Monday in a ceremony in his hospital room.

Breast cancer charity names new CEO

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:39:42 GMT

Susan G. Komen for the Cure has a new CEO.

Scientists want to 'grow' organs

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:50:34 GMT

Growing lungs and other organs for transplant is still in the future, but scientists are working toward that goal.

Questions over UCSD's Nevada clinic

JW August — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:03:51 GMT

What looked like a win-win proposition to UC San Diego Health System administrators has now turned into an $18 million money pit, Team 10 learned.

Couple inspires study of coconut oil

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:32:19 GMT

In those first two years, her husband used chopsticks again. He also oiled door hinges, slow-danced at a party, remembered his hairdresser's name. He re-watched "When Harry Met Sally" and blurted "I'll have what she's having!" before the woman in the diner did.

Only synthetic DNA can be patented

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:51:32 GMT

The Supreme Court says companies cannot patent human genes, a decision that could profoundly affect the medical and biotechnology industries.

Whooping cough's resurrgence explained

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:27:03 GMT

Resurgent outbreaks of whooping cough in the United States and much of the developed world have drawn a flurry of research to understand why the vaccine-controlled disease, pertussis, is making a comeback.