Health News
With Online Training, You Can Run With Elite Coaches by Your Side (Jul 7, 2009 04:00)
I had already joined a local running group to begin gearing up for the Oct. 11 Chicago Marathon when Runner's World called to ask if I wanted to talk to Bart Yasso about the magazine's new online training program.
What 'Organic' Really Means Under the Law (Jul 3, 2009 04:00)
What "organic" really means under federal law: "100 Percent Organic" products must show an ingredient list, the name and address of the handler (bottler, distributor, importer, manufacturer, packer, processor) of the finished product, and the name a..
Integrity of Federal 'Organic' Label Questioned (Jul 3, 2009 04:00)
Three years ago, U.S. Department of Agriculture employees determined that synthetic additives in organic baby formula violated federal standards and should be banned from a product carrying the federal organic label. Today the same additives, purpor..
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Arlington Man's Death Is Second Tied to Swine Flu in Va. (Jul 2, 2009 04:00)
An Arlington County area man whose health was already compromised has died after coming down with swine flu, becoming Virginia's second fatality related to the virus, state health officials said.
Dog 'Guilt' Probably Just Reaction to Owners' Cues, Study Finds (Jul 2, 2009 04:00)
Many dog owners have had this experience: Arriving home, they discover their pooch looking sheepish, with its head down, ears pulled back, tail tucked between the legs, maybe slinking behind the sofa. Puzzled, they soon discover the reason: a favori..
Odenton Couple Has Brand-New Quadruplets (Jul 2, 2009 04:00)
Doctors at Howard University Hospital successfully delivered quadruplets yesterday and said Folashade Omoyele and her three sons and daughter were doing well.
Obama Tries to Rally Support for Health Care Reform at Town Hall Meeting (Jul 1, 2009 19:58)
President Obama offered today a wonkish defense of his embattled health care reform effort during an hour-long town hall meeting in Annandale that featured seven questions, including one sent in via Twitter and several from a hand-picked audience of..
Acetaminophen Worries (Jul 1, 2009 14:10)
The Food and Drug Administration is pondering what to do about the wildly popular painkiller in Tylenol, Excedrin, Vicodin, Percocet and many other commonly used drugs to treat aches and pains and alleviate fevers. That's after an FDA panel called f..
Advisers to FDA Urge Bans on Percocet, Vicodin (Jul 1, 2009 04:00)
The prescription painkillers Percocet and Vicodin should be banned, and Tylenol, sold over the counter, should be taken in reduced doses, because one of the three medications' ingredients, acetaminophen, is linked to liver damage, federal advisers s..
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