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| Obama Offers ‘Accommodation’ on Birth Control Rule |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The president’s plan would require that insurance companies, not religious institutions, offer contraceptive coverage at no cost.
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Author: By HELENE COOPER |
Category: Obama, Barack |
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| Bishops Planned Battle on Birth Control Coverage Rule |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Roman Catholic bishops began mobilizing months ago for a major campaign against a requirement that religious-affiliated institutions cover birth control in their insurance plans.
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Author: By LAURIE GOODSTEIN |
Category: Birth Control and Family Planning |
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| The New Old Age: Tables Reserved for the Healthiest |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Controversy erupts after a retirement community in Virginia excludes residents in assisted living and nursing care from its main dining room.
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Author: By PAULA SPAN |
Category: assisted living |
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| Study Explores Electrical Stimulation to Aid Memory |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A small study shows promise that could lead to clues to encoding memory and treating neurological diseases.
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Author: By BENEDICT CAREY |
Category: Memory |
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| Heart Disease Risk May Be Tied to Y Chromosome |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Men’s higher risk for heart disease may result in part from genetic variants on the one chromosome unique to men, researchers have found.
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Author: By GINA KOLATA |
Category: Heart |
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| Phys Ed: Phys Ed: Does Foot Form Explain Running Injuries? |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Researchers combed through four years' worth of data about Harvard runners to produce the surprisingly controversial finding that how a person runs may affect whether he or she winds up hurt.
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Author: By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS |
Category: barefoot running |
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| Recipes for Health: Mushrooms and Chard — Recipes for Health |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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This earthy and nutritious dish stays moist with a little cooking water from the grains.
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Category: Chard (Vegetable) |
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| After Outcry, Karen Handel Resigns From Komen |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Karen Handel’s resignation came just days after the cancer foundation reversed its decision to cut funds to Planned Parenthood.
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Author: By JENNIFER PRESTON |
Category: Handel, Karen C |
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| Mindful Eating as Way to Fight Bingeing |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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A concept based on Buddhist teachings encourages people to eat slowly, paying close attention to the sensation and purpose of each morsel.
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Author: By JEFF GORDINIER |
Category: Food |
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| House and Senate at Impasse on Medicare |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Lawmakers in both parties say they want to give doctors a small increase in Medicare payments, but they cannot agree on how to pay for it.
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Author: By ROBERT PEAR |
Category: Medicare |
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| Fallout From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Retraction Is Far and Wide |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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As the published evidence for the source of chronic fatigue syndrome fell apart, a legal melodrama erupted, dismaying and demoralizing patients and many members of the scientific community.
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Author: By DAVID TULLER |
Category: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
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| Essay: Breast Cancer Screening Matters, but Prevention Is the Real Goal |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Perhaps too much emphasis is placed on looking for existing breast cancer when the search should focus on prevention and the possibility of finding a vaccine.
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Author: By SUSAN LOVE, M.D. |
Category: Breast Cancer |
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| The Consumer: New Weight Watchers Plan Leaves Some Grumbling |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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An overhaul to Weight Watchers' diet plan has caused many longtime members to complain about slow weight loss.
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Author: By RONI CARYN RABIN |
Category: Consumer |
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| Exemestane, Thought to Prevent Cancer, Also Causes Bone Loss |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A drug that scientists had hoped would help prevent breast cancer has a significant side effect.
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Author: By ANDREW POLLACK |
Category: Women and Girls |
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| G.E. Ends Bid to Create a Supply of Technetium 99m |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Continued obstacles plague the effort to provide a reliable supply of technetium 99m, a radioisotope crucial to identifying heart and kidney disease and assisting in breast cancer surgery.
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Author: By MATTHEW L. WALD |
Category: Isotopes |
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| Global Update: Did Malaria Kill 655,000 People in 2011 or Twice That? |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The numbers are being quietly fought over in e-mails among malaria specialists at the World Health Organization and the University of Washington.
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Author: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. |
Category: Malaria |
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| Well Blog: Hearty Winter Recipes for Health |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Heat up your winter dinners with these hot vegetable dishes from Martha Rose Shulman.
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Author: By TARA PARKER-POPE |
Category: Recipes for Health |
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| Well Blog: Caesarean Sections Pose Lung Risks for Small Premature Infants |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Very small babies delivered prematurely by Caesarean section because they were not growing properly in the womb developed more respiratory problems than those who had induced vaginal deliveries.
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Author: By RONI CARYN RABIN |
Category: Caesarean section |
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| Well: Tai Chi Benefits Patients With Parkinson's |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Tai chi may help retrain the brain to improve balance and movement control in people with Parkinson's disease.
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Author: By TARA PARKER-POPE |
Category: parkinsons |
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| Doctor and Patient: Doctor and Patient: What Body Language Says About Doctors |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Subtle gestures, body positions, eye contact, touch and expressions that pass between individuals is as critical a part of doctor-patient communication as verbal expression, new research shows.
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Author: By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D. |
Category: communication |
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| Well Blog: Blood Levels of Trans Fats Are Declining in Americans |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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A new report shows that since 2000, levels of trans fats in Americans' bloodstreams have plummeted nearly 60 percent.
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Author: By ANAHAD O'CONNOR |
Category: Eat Well |
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| The New Old Age Blog: Fair Pay for Home Health Aides |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Should home health aides receive minimum wage and overtime pay protections?
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Author: By PAULA SPAN |
Category: home health aides |
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| The New Old Age: Drinking in Assisted Living |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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A surprising number of residents in assisted living facilities may be drinking alcohol, a new report finds.
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Author: By PAULA SPAN |
Category: alcohol |
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| The New Old Age Blog: The Pet Problem |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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A pet trust offers owners some assurances that after they die, their pets will be cared for.
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Author: By ALYSON MARTIN and NUSHIN RASHIDIAN |
Category: Pets |
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| The New Old Age Blog: How Alzheimer's Disease Spreads |
(Thu, 02 Feb 2012)
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Two new studies provide clues to how Alzheimer's disease spreads in the brain.
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Author: By THE NEW YORK TIMES |
Category: Alzheimer's |
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| Personal Health: Personal Health: Giving City Streets Built-In Safety Features |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Safer road designs can slow motor vehicles and separate them from pedestrians and cyclists, and also enhance the physical activity and health of residents.
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Author: By JANE E. BRODY |
Category: bike safety |
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| Really?: The Claim: Long Work Hours Can Cause Depression |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Studies indicate that putting in extra hours at the office can elevate the risk of developing anxiety and depression.
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Author: By ANAHAD O'CONNOR |
Category: depression |
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| Letters: Business of Circumcision (2 Letters) |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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Letters to the editor.
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| Letters: Caregivers in Harm’s Way (1 Letter) |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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A letter to the editor.
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| Letters: Know Your Surgeons (1 Letter) |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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A letter to the editor.
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| Letters: Only Human, Nothing More (1 Letter) |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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A letter to the editor.
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| Books: In Search of the Elusive Definition of Heterosexuality |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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A concept that didn’t seem to need naming until quite recently.
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Author: By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D. |
Category: Homosexuality |
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| Patient Voices: Changed, but Not Defined, by Hemophilia |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Three people living with hemophilia talk about how the condition affects their lives.
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Author: By KAREN BARROW |
Category: Hemophilia |
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| Cases: Feeling Strain When Violent Patients Need Care |
(Thu, 02 Feb 2012)
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A rising number of registered nurses rank "on-the-job assault" as one of their three greatest safety concerns.
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Author: By THERESA BROWN, R.N. |
Category: nursing |
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| Really?: The Claim: Excess Weight Raises the Risk of Acne |
(Mon, 23 Jan 2012)
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Researchers have found, once again, that weight gain and moderate to severe acne go hand in hand, particularly among young women.
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Author: By ANAHAD O'CONNOR |
Category: Acne |
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| New Definition of Autism May Exclude Many, Study Suggests |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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Changes to the way autism is diagnosed may make it harder for many people who would no longer meet the criteria to get health, educational and social services, researchers say.
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Author: By BENEDICT CAREY |
Category: Autism |
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| Obama Addresses Ire on Health Insurance Contraception Rule |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Facing criticism from religious-affiliated institutions, the Obama administration promised on Tuesday to explore ways to make a new health insurance requirement more flexible.
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Author: By HELENE COOPER and KATHARINE Q. SEELYE |
Category: Obama, Barack |
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| Assisted Suicide Law in Georgia Is Overturned |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that a law outlawing the promotion of assisted suicide was unconstitutional, a decision likely to shape the national debate over the practice.
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Author: By KIM SEVERSON |
Category: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide |
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| The Texas Tribune: Texans Lead Battle for Women’s Health |
(Sun, 05 Feb 2012)
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In the skirmish between Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Planned Parenthood that intensified over the past week, all roads led to Texas.
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Author: By EMILY RAMSHAW |
Category: Komen, Susan G, for the Cure |
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| Komen Reverses Stance on Planned Parenthood Grants |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation apologized for its decision to cut grants to Planned Parenthood for cancer screening and said it would restore the funding.
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Author: By PAM BELLUCK, JENNIFER PRESTON and GARDINER HARRIS |
Category: Komen, Susan G, for the Cure |
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| Vital Signs: Fructose Consumption Increases Visceral Fat, Study Reports |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Fructose consumption may increase cardiovascular risk factors because it increases visceral fat, the kind that accumulates around internal organs.
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Author: By NICHOLAS BAKALAR |
Category: Blood Pressure |
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| Vital Signs: When Watched and Cheered On, I.C.U. Workers Wash Hands More |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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After the installation of cameras and boards announcing compliance rates, hand washing at an I.C.U. soared, a study shows.
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Author: By NICHOLAS BAKALAR |
Category: Cameras |
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| Vital Signs: Low-Protein Diets May Be Costly to Lean Body Mass |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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On a low-protein diet, the body is forced to get its protein from lean body mass, a study shows.
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Author: By NICHOLAS BAKALAR |
Category: Weight |
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| Alzheimer’s Spreads in the Brain Like a Virus, Studies Find |
(Thu, 02 Feb 2012)
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The discovery in studies of mice solves a mystery surrounding the disease’s grim march and has immediate implications for developing treatments, researchers said.
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Author: By GINA KOLATA |
Category: Medicine and Health |
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| Recipes for Health: Skillet Collards and Winter Squash With Barley — Recipes for Health |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Don’t toss out the barley cooking water: It adds flavor and texture to these sautéed vegetables.
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Author: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN |
Category: Collard Greens |
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| Recipes for Health: Beet Greens With Beets, Lemon and Yogurt — Recipes for Health |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The authentic version of this Greek dish has a lot more olive oil, but its slimmer cousin doesn’t fail to satisfy.
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Author: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN |
Category: Beets |
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| Recipes for Health: Winter Squash and Cabbage and a Winter Vegetable Gratin — Recipes for Health |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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The vegetables in this dish are perfectly happy served with grains, or they can form the basis for a hearty Provençal-style gratin.
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Author: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN |
Category: Recipes |
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| Recipes for Health: Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts and Red Beans With Lemon and Mustard |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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The season’s sturdy roots, squash and greens need little more than a few turns in a hot pan to become appealing partners for a variety of grains.
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Author: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN |
Category: Medicine and Health |
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| Prescriptions Blog: Drug Costs Pose Smaller Financial Burden Amid Generic Boom |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Americans are using more prescription drugs, but the financial burden of those drugs on families is falling, according to a new study. A big reason is the rise of generics.
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Author: By BRUCE JAPSEN |
Category: formulary |
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| Reporter's File: Sickle Cell Disease Outlook Continues to Improve |
(Thu, 19 Jan 2012)
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On most days Giovanna Poli acts like a typical 12-year-old, but she is living with sickle cell disease.
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Author: By CAROLYN SAYRE |
Category: Sickle Cell Anemia |
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