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• Man dies after waiting 22 hours at hospital

  A mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding him or helping him use the bathroom, Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:20 PM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness

• Big-mugged men are meaner, study says

  Men with big mugs are more aggressive, a new study of hockey players suggests. Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:53 PM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness

• Coated ventilator tubes cut pneumonia risk

  Ventilator tubes treated with silver to reduce infections cut the risk of pneumonia in gravely ill patients by 36 percent, researchers reported on Tuesday Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:52 PM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness

• Trace arsenic in water may be tied to diabetes

  A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:14 PM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness

• Stem cell advance may boost blood supply

  Scientists say they've found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion supplies Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:31 PM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness

• Bacteria a big killer in 1918 flu pandemic: study

  Bacterial pneumonia may have killed most people during the 1918 flu pandemic, and antibiotics may be as crucial as flu drugs to fight any new pandemic, Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:21 PM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness

• Man says fish salad gave him 9-foot tapeworm

  A man who contends he got a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish has sued a Chicago restaurant. Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:52 AM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness

• California fines 18 hospitals for shoddy care

  Eighteen hospitals in California were fined for state health code violations in which patients died from various mishaps such as an improperly inserted Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:22 AM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness

• More women are having fewer children, if at all

  More women in their early 40s are childless, and those who are having children are having fewer than ever before, the Census Bureau reports. Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:45 AM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness

• Want to boost kids’ grades? Get them moving

  Want to help your kids do better in school this fall? Get them moving. That’s the message from a growing field of research linking physical activity with Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:25 AM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness

• From diet supplements to illegal Net pharmacy

  A Georgia company that manufactures herbal nutritional supplements and three of its executives have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges for Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:03 AM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness

• Mexican peppers posed risk before outbreak

  Federal inspectors at U.S. border crossings repeatedly turned back filthy, disease-ridden shipments of peppers from Mexico in the months before a salmonella Read More... Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 7:58 PM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness

• Sleepless nights can hike teens’ blood pressure

  Poor sleep habits can do more than annoy parents and make teenagers drowsy in school — they can lead to high blood pressure, U.S. researchers reported Read More... Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 6:11 PM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness

• Best way to a clogged heart? Through the wrist

  The best path to a clogged heart may be through the wrist. About a million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States each year, Read More... Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 5:58 PM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness

• Half of college students consider suicide

  More than half of American college students have considered suicide at some points in their lives, a new survey reveals. Read More... Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 5:16 PM from MSNBC.com: Health | (Comments Off) Filed under: Health_Fitness