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FDA Recalls Small Batch of CilantroFDA Alerts

FDA Recalls Small Batch of Cilantro

One lot of cilantro recalled for potential Salmonella contamination

December 9, 2010·2 min read
Smoked DNA?Health News

Smoked DNA?

Tobacco report finds that even brief secondhand exposure has serious effects

December 9, 2010·4 min read
Gaming the System Health News

Gaming the System

Kids paid to play video games, which increase their fruit and vegetable intake

December 9, 2010·2 min read
Hey, If It Worked for Woody Allen ...Health News

Hey, If It Worked for Woody Allen ...

Neurotic newlyweds need to have more sex to be satisfied with their relationships

December 9, 2010·2 min read
It's Turner's Turn for a Better DiagnosisHealth News

It's Turner's Turn for a Better Diagnosis

Scientists develop a new test for early diagnosis of Turner's Syndrome

December 9, 2010·2 min read
Talk It OutMental Health

Talk It Out

Brain scan may be help determine treatment for kids with anxiety disorder

December 9, 2010·3 min read
Bad-News BiomarkerHealth News

Bad-News Biomarker

Biomarker for heart attack may also point to coronary artery disease, heart failure, kidney disease

December 9, 2010·4 min read
The Whey to Reduce High Blood PressureNatural

The Whey to Reduce High Blood Pressure

Low-cost, whey-based protein reduces high blood pressure

December 9, 2010·2 min read
Toddlers Take AimMental Health

Toddlers Take Aim

Toddlers with autism show improved social skills, better eye contact with targeted treatment

December 9, 2010·3 min read
Fatty Acids Fight the Blues?Mental Health

Fatty Acids Fight the Blues?

Omega-3 supplements may help alleviate depression

December 9, 2010·1 min read
High School Students Can Breathe a Little EasierHealth News

High School Students Can Breathe a Little Easier

Eight-week initiative helps urban teens manage asthma symptoms

December 9, 2010·1 min read
Is It the Patient or the Treatment That's Resistant?Health News

Is It the Patient or the Treatment That's Resistant?

Study: half of treatment-resistant asthma cases could be corrected using conventional therapies

December 9, 2010·1 min read
Cigarette? Oui, S'il Vous PlaîtMental Health

Cigarette? Oui, S'il Vous Plaît

French men are kicking smoking, but the country's women keep puffing

December 9, 2010·1 min read
Following Microbubbles to the Tumor Health News

Following Microbubbles to the Tumor

Researchers develop new ultrasound tool for identifying prostate cancer

December 9, 2010·3 min read
Balancing ActNatural

Balancing Act

Low AND high vitamin D levels linked to frailty in older women

December 9, 2010·2 min read
Kids with Two Strikes Against ThemMental Health

Kids with Two Strikes Against Them

Study correlates ADHD and developmental reading disability (RD)

December 9, 2010·1 min read
No Place Like HomeHealth News

No Place Like Home

Home healthcare may address a number of looming problems facing the medical industry

December 9, 2010·1 min read
Addictive RewardsMental Health

Addictive Rewards

New insights into the brain's reward system

December 8, 2010·3 min read
Complicating ChemoHealth News

Complicating Chemo

Complications after colorectal cancer surgery can delay chemotherapy

December 8, 2010·2 min read
Good News for Open WoundsHealth News

Good News for Open Wounds

Open surgery reduces risk of infection for a small group of patients

December 8, 2010·4 min read
Out of SyncNatural

Out of Sync

Researchers find potential biomarker of epilepsy

December 8, 2010·2 min read
Wreading and RightingMental Health

Wreading and Righting

Two new studies on language-based learning disabilities

December 8, 2010·2 min read
Hormonal WatersNatural

Hormonal Waters

Oral contraceptives are not to blame for estrogen in the water supply

December 8, 2010·1 min read
Fireflies...Not Just Pretty to Look AtHealth News

Fireflies...Not Just Pretty to Look At

Scientists finding more uses of firefly's special enzyme

December 8, 2010·1 min read