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Could grilling meat cause cancer?

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:22:53 GMT

Could your grilled burger cause cancer?

Report: 390 kids per year drown in pools

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:20:45 GMT

An average of 390 children, most younger than age 5, drown in pools across the U.S. each year according to two new reports.

Report: Nation's kids need more exercise

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:41 GMT

The Institute of Medicine is recommending that schools provide opportunities for at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day for students, and that P.E. be designated a core subject.

Plans set for new health care exchange

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:52 GMT

The state's largest health insurers, including Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente, will be among 13 plans competing for policies from millions of Californians who are expected to purchase coverage through the state's new health exchange, officials announced Thursday.

J&J planning 10 new drug applications

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:58:50 GMT

Johnson & Johnson says it plans to submit more than 10 new treatments to regulators for approval and 25 applications for additional uses of approved drugs by 2017.

American Cancer Society hits 100

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:42:28 GMT

The American Cancer Society is 100 years old this week.

Is your birth control making you sick?

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:40:30 GMT

Could your birth control be killing you?� Several women claim it almost did.

UC health care workers walk picket line

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:37:41 GMT

Health care workers at UC San Diego Medical Center will walk the picket line for the second day in a row Wednesday as part of a two-day strike that has forced non-emergency surgeries and other procedures to be postponed.

New food map updates nutrition facts

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:15:35 GMT

A new food map developed by researchers at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows updated nutrition facts that differ from government data.

Study: E.coli found in most public pools

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:21:10 GMT

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the majority of public pools are contaminated with E.�coli.