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Raw milk is bottled at a dairy in Pennsylvania that was identified as the source of a campylobacter outbreak. (image credit Markell DeLoatch/AP)

Raw Milk Causes Most Dairy Illnesses, Study Finds

8:36 AM, Feb 22, 2012

Unpasteurized milk, is 150 times more likely to cause food-borne illness outbreaks than pasteurized milk, and such outbreaks had a hospitalization rate 13 times higher than those involving pasteurized dairy products, a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds.

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FDA To Ease Cancer Drug Shortage

7:26 AM, Feb 22, 2012

(CBS/AP) The federal government is stepping in to help ease the shortage of two life-saving cancer drugs, Doxil and methotrexate, regulators announced Tuesday.

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Women Less Likely to Get Immediate Heart Attack Treatment

4:28 PM, Feb 21, 2012

Women having heart attacks are less likely than men to get immediate treatment and more likely to die in the hospital, says a groundbreaking new study that tracked more than 1.1 million patients.

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Healthy Skepticism is Good For Heart

9:36 AM, Feb 21, 2012

While consumers have access to more information about heart disease, much of it is incorrect or even dangerous

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Boomers More At Risk for Hepatitis-C

1:42 PM, Feb 20, 2012

Deaths from liver-destroying hepatitis C are on the rise, and new data shows baby boomers especially should take heed - they are most at risk.

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Sex-Change Treatment for Kids on The Rise

10:31 AM, Feb 20, 2012

A small but growing number children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors

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Do Seniors Really Want to Know Life Expectancy?

7:39 AM, Feb 20, 2012

"How long do I have, doc?" That may not be a question many elderly adults come right out and ask their doctors.

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Recall Issued for Some Infant Tylenol

11:12 AM, Feb 17, 2012

(AP) - A Johnson & Johnson consumer health unit plagued by product recalls says it is pulling some versions of infant Tylenol off store shelves due to problems with a device that helps measure doses.

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Critics See Federal Overreach in School Lunch Swap

9:30 AM, Feb 17, 2012

It was a tale of government meddling that outraged radio talk show hosts and a pair of Congress members: A 4-year-old was forced to dump her packed lunch and eat a state-dictated cafeteria lunch of chicken nuggets.

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Outside physicisians say the MicroCHIPS Inc. device looks promising for delivering all kinds of injectable drugs, similar to an insulin pump for diabetes. (image courtesy USA Today)

Chip Implant Delivers Bone Drug

3:51 PM, Feb 16, 2012

Medication via remote-control instead of a shot? Scientists implanted microchips in seven women that did just that

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States Weigh Vaccine Opt-Out Laws

8:39 AM, Feb 16, 2012

Lawmakers in seven states are considering legislation that would make it easier for parents to opt out of mandatory immunization requirements for their children,

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Voicebox Surgery Illustration, by The Detroit Free Press

1st Voice Box Surgery Gives Woman Her Life Back

8:39 AM, Feb 15, 2012

It is the first time this type of surgery has been done successfully.

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Fight Against Health Care Fraud Recovers $4.1 Billion

7:06 AM, Feb 15, 2012

WASHINGTON - Investigators recovered a record-breaking $4.1 billion in health care fraud money during 2011, a reflection of the Obama administration's increased focus on fighting fraud, Justice Department officials announced Tuesday.