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Advocates are back with real health care storiesJuly 2, 2009, 5:41 am by Associated Press HealthwireCHICAGO (AP) -- When carpenter Greg Douglas rolled his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000....
More from Associated Press Healthwire Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating Associated Press Healthwire: March 12, 2010, 7:04 am CHICAGO (AP) -- Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans - maybe even People with variable blood pressure at stroke risk Associated Press Healthwire: March 12, 2010, 6:19 am LONDON (AP) -- People with occasional spikes in their blood pressure could be at higher risk of having a stroke than those with regularly high blood pressure, new Court says thimerosal did not cause autism Associated Press Healthwire: March 12, 2010, 4:03 am WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal court has ruled that the vaccine additive thimerosal does not cause autism.... FDA warning: some patients cannot process Plavix Associated Press Healthwire: March 12, 2010, 2:10 am WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix, cautioning that some patients do not respond to the blockbuster Women on the pill may live longer Associated Press Healthwire: March 12, 2010, 1:06 am LONDON (AP) -- Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says....
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