Bay News 9 - Your News Channel http://www.baynews9.com Health: Health, Medical, Hospitals, Cancer, Drugs, Medicine, Surgery, Doctors, AIDS, STDs, Muscle, Blood, Disease, Bones, Disabled en-us Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:08 EST Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:08 EST Copyright 2011 Bay News 9 comments@baynews9.com (Bay News 9 Comments) webmaster@baynews9.com (WebMaster) 30 FDA proposes more calorie count information Health / National Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:00 EST http://www.baynews9.com/Chat.cfm?event=evtAddThread&ThreadTypeId=1&ContentId=646185 http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/4/2/646185.html?title=FDA%20proposes%20more%20calorie%20count%20information%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss
FDA proposes calorie counts on menus in chain restaurants, grocery stores, coffee shops
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Somalis Health / National Sat, 02 Apr 2011 13:00 EST http://www.baynews9.com/Chat.cfm?event=evtAddThread&ThreadTypeId=1&ContentId=646118 http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/4/2/646118.html?title=Autism%20fears%2C%20measles%20spike%20among%20Minn%2E%20Somalis%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss Fighting measles spike among Minn. Somalis complicated by autism fears, disgraced researcher]]> http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/4/2/646118.html?title=Autism%20fears%2C%20measles%20spike%20among%20Minn%2E%20Somalis%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss Welsh girls to get morning-after pill for free Health / National Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:00 EST http://www.baynews9.com/Chat.cfm?event=evtAddThread&ThreadTypeId=1&ContentId=645781 http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/4/1/645781.html?title=Welsh%20girls%20to%20get%20morning%2Dafter%20pill%20for%20free%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss Welsh girls as young as 13 to get morning-after pill for free, gov't tackles teen pregnancies]]> http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/4/1/645781.html?title=Welsh%20girls%20to%20get%20morning%2Dafter%20pill%20for%20free%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss Study: Prostate cancer test doesn't cut death risk Health / National Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00 EST http://www.baynews9.com/Chat.cfm?event=evtAddThread&ThreadTypeId=1&ContentId=645706 http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/4/1/645706.html?title=Study%3A%20Prostate%20cancer%20test%20doesn%27t%20cut%20death%20risk%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss Study: Prostate cancer test doesn't cut deaths, experts still advise against routine screening]]> http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/4/1/645706.html?title=Study%3A%20Prostate%20cancer%20test%20doesn%27t%20cut%20death%20risk%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss FDA panel votes to study food dyes, hyperactivity Health / National Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:00 EST http://www.baynews9.com/Chat.cfm?event=evtAddThread&ThreadTypeId=1&ContentId=645609 http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/31/645609.html?title=FDA%20panel%20votes%20to%20study%20food%20dyes%2C%20hyperactivity%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss FDA panel votes to further study food coloring, hyperactivity in children]]> http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/31/645609.html?title=FDA%20panel%20votes%20to%20study%20food%20dyes%2C%20hyperactivity%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss Death rate for lung cancer among women declines Health / National Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:00 EST http://www.baynews9.com/Chat.cfm?event=evtAddThread&ThreadTypeId=1&ContentId=645580 http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/31/645580.html?title=Death%20rate%20for%20lung%20cancer%20among%20women%20declines%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss Report: Women's death rate from lung cancer drops, as overall cancer survival keeps improving]]> http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/31/645580.html?title=Death%20rate%20for%20lung%20cancer%20among%20women%20declines%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss GOP trying to use tax law to limit abortions Health / National Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:00 EST http://www.baynews9.com/Chat.cfm?event=evtAddThread&ThreadTypeId=1&ContentId=645488 http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/31/645488.html?title=GOP%20trying%20to%20use%20tax%20law%20to%20limit%20abortions%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss House GOP trying to limit abortions, aiming at tax breaks for insurance that covers procedure]]> http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/31/645488.html?title=GOP%20trying%20to%20use%20tax%20law%20to%20limit%20abortions%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss UN: High radiation outside Japan's exclusion zone Health / National Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:00 EST http://www.baynews9.com/Chat.cfm?event=evtAddThread&ThreadTypeId=1&ContentId=645198 http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/30/645198.html?title=UN%3A%20High%20radiation%20outside%20Japan%27s%20exclusion%20zone%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss UN nuclear agency says high radiation detected outside Japan's nuclear exclusion zone]]> http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/30/645198.html?title=UN%3A%20High%20radiation%20outside%20Japan%27s%20exclusion%20zone%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss Nuke crisis reignites debate on protective pills Health / National Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:00 EST http://www.baynews9.com/Chat.cfm?event=evtAddThread&ThreadTypeId=1&ContentId=644981 http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/30/644981.html?title=Nuke%20crisis%20reignites%20debate%20on%20protective%20pills%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss
Japan nuclear crisis reignites debate on anti-cancer pills in US
]]> http://www.baynews9.com/images/news/ap/smb6948c8c-58ed-4aa8-b73f-288e6f58d4a4.jpg http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/30/644981.html?title=Nuke%20crisis%20reignites%20debate%20on%20protective%20pills%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss US aircraft engage Libyan coastguard vessel Health / National Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:00 EST http://www.baynews9.com/Chat.cfm?event=evtAddThread&ThreadTypeId=1&ContentId=644865 http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/29/644865.html?title=US%20aircraft%20engage%20Libyan%20coastguard%20vessel%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss US aircraft engage Libyan coastguard vessel that fired on merchant ships near Misrata port]]> http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/29/644865.html?title=US%20aircraft%20engage%20Libyan%20coastguard%20vessel%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss FDA warns of risks with Soladek vitamin solution Health / National Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:00 EST http://www.baynews9.com/Chat.cfm?event=evtAddThread&ThreadTypeId=1&ContentId=644392 http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/28/644392.html?title=FDA%20warns%20of%20risks%20with%20Soladek%20vitamin%20solution%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss FDA says Soladek solution contains unsafe vitamin levels and has caused health problems]]> http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/28/644392.html?title=FDA%20warns%20of%20risks%20with%20Soladek%20vitamin%20solution%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss London Olympics pledge for more exercise flops Health / National Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:00 EST http://www.baynews9.com/Chat.cfm?event=evtAddThread&ThreadTypeId=1&ContentId=644309 http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/28/644309.html?title=London%20Olympics%20pledge%20for%20more%20exercise%20flops%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss Slower, fatter, weaker: London's promise to get people moving before 2012 Olympics flops]]> http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/28/644309.html?title=London%20Olympics%20pledge%20for%20more%20exercise%20flops%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss Docs warn about Facebook use and teen depression Health / National Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:00 EST http://www.baynews9.com/Chat.cfm?event=evtAddThread&ThreadTypeId=1&ContentId=644271 http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/28/644271.html?title=Docs%20warn%20about%20Facebook%20use%20and%20teen%20depression%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss Facebook depression is among harms linked to social media sites, pediatricians guidelines warn]]> http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/28/644271.html?title=Docs%20warn%20about%20Facebook%20use%20and%20teen%20depression%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss Folk remedies for colic do not work, review says Health / National Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:00 EST http://www.baynews9.com/Chat.cfm?event=evtAddThread&ThreadTypeId=1&ContentId=644270 http://www.baynews9.com/content/85/2011/3/28/644270.html?title=Folk%20remedies%20for%20colic%20do%20not%20work%2C%20review%20says%0A%20%20%20%20&cid=rss
Crying shame: Alternative remedies for screaming babies' colic don't work, medical review says
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HEALTHBEAT: Experts say risk from radiation in food in Japan low so far, but WHO urges caution
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UN officials, diplomats seek to dispel international fallout worries from Japan
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