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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Health - Google News - Google News Retailers Jockey to Market Swine-Flu Shots - Wall Street Journal December 28, 2009 at 9:42 pm CBC.ca Retailers Jockey to Market Swine-Flu Shots Wall Street Journal Pharmacies, supermarkets and other retailers are jockeying to become the go-to provider for swine-flu vaccinations, in a bid to attract more customers and, in many cases, promote their in-store health clinics. ... H1N1 Risky for Pregnant, Postpartum WomenWebMD Officials: Get vaccine before flu's third waveMansfield Today Flu clinics set for countyDaily American Online Fort Worth Star Telegram -Wicked Local Middleton -Seattle Times all 326 news articles » The mystery of Taco Bell's Drive-Thru Diet - Los Angeles Times (blog) December 28, 2009 at 8:09 pm Thaindian.com The mystery of Taco Bell's Drive-Thru Diet Los Angeles Times (blog) Taco Bell's "Fresco" menu items long ago joined the ranks of healthful fast-food options, which already included McDonald's limited-edition Go Active! Happy Meals for adults (complete with pedometer) and Pizza Hut's "Fit N Delicious" line. ... Freeloader alert: Free Fresco Tacos at Taco BellSeattle Times Taco Bell Drive Thru Diet - Christine Dougherty Story (Photo)Post Chronicle Taco Bell Markets Itself As HealthyPortfolio.com (blog) Thaindian.com -TopNews New Zealand -Examiner.com all 26 news articles » Public option may be dropped from final health care bill - CNN December 28, 2009 at 6:02 pm Reuters Public option may be dropped from final health care bill CNN Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina has said he could vote for a bill without the government insurance plan. Washington (CNN) -- House Democrats are signaling that a final health care bill will drop the government-run public health insurance option ... Health reform and you: A new guidemsnbc.com Americans would feel varying effects from health billUSA Today Businesses to Push for Modifications to Senate BillWall Street Journal The Virginian-Pilot -New York Times -Workday Minnesota all 1,028 news articles » Blood Donors Can Win Prizes - WCTV December 28, 2009 at 5:36 pm ABC Online Blood Donors Can Win Prizes WCTV Now through March 31st, people who give blood or platelets will be entered into a drawing to win prizes. The Valdosta branch says there is a constant need for blood and hopes this will get people to donate. The American Red Cross says every 2 seconds ... Weather impacts Red Cross blood donationsImperial Republican Red Cross needs more blood donationsWFXL Fox 31 Blood donations down in Iredell CountyStatesville Record & Landmark Lansdale Reporter -Nashua Telegraph -Milford Daily News all 49 news articles » Alma Langlois: Anthrax once struck in Manchester - The Union Leader December 28, 2009 at 4:42 pm The Money Times Alma Langlois: Anthrax once struck in Manchester The Union Leader A Strafford County woman with gastrointestinal anthrax is in critical condition in an out-of-state hospital. State health officials say the infection may have been caused by naturally occurring spores carried in African instruments. ... NH investigates 1st US case of digestive anthraxWCAX New Hampshire Woman Being Treated For AnthraxRTT News NH health officials to update on anthrax caseNashua Telegraph BioPrepWatch.com -The Money Times -NECN all 57 news articles » H1N1 Risky for Pregnant, Postpartum Women - WebMD December 28, 2009 at 4:34 pm CBC.ca H1N1 Risky for Pregnant, Postpartum Women WebMD Dec. 28, 2009 -- H1N1 influenza poses a special risk to pregnant women and new mothers, but life-threatening treatment delays are common in this group, a new study confirms. Researchers from the CDC and the California Department of ... Dayton clinic to re-vaccinate frozen H1N1 vaccine recipientsBizjournals.com WHIO Local News Ohio Dept. of Health orders additional H1N1 vaccineWHIO Radio Seasonal Flu Shot Augments H1N1 Protection in AnimalsMedPage Today WTHR -Boston Globe -14WFIE.com all 279 news articles » Immigration reform facing long odds - Houston Chronicle December 28, 2009 at 4:25 pm Reuters Immigration reform facing long odds Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON — Immigration reform is increasingly looking like a political albatross that could hurt Democrats in the 2010 midterm elections whether President Obama succeeds or fails in overhauling today's widely disliked ... Is this about health care or spiritual care?San Francisco Chronicle Health reform and you: A new guidemsnbc.com 12-30-09 Both Versions Of Health Care Reform Have Major FlawsThe Shopper Online USA Today -National Underwriter Property And Casualty Insurance News -San Angelo Standard Times all 561 news articles » Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture - BusinessWeek December 28, 2009 at 3:56 pm Columbia Missourian Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture BusinessWeek The mystery started the day farmer Russ Kremer got between a jealous boar and a sow in heat. The boar gored Kremer in the knee with a razor-sharp tusk. The burly pig farmer shrugged it off, figuring: "You pour the ... Pressure Rises to Stop Antibiotics in AgricultureABC News Problems with drugs in pigColumbia Missourian Calls For Ban On Antibiotic Use on Farm AnimalsInjuryBoard.com (blog) all 86 news articles » Oklahoma Company Recalls 248000 Pounds of Beef - ABC News December 28, 2009 at 3:34 pm Thaindian.com Oklahoma Company Recalls 248000 Pounds of Beef ABC News AP National Steak and Poultry is voluntarily recalling about 248000 pounds of beef it said might be contaminated with a strain of E. coli bacteria. The company said the meat could be linked to illnesses in six states. The Owasso-based company and the ... E. coli contaminated beef steak shipped into MichiganThe Saginaw News - MLive.com National Steak and Poultry E. coli Beef RecallFood Product Design Oklahoma Company Recalls Thousands Of Pounds Of BeefRTT News Tulsa World -Reuters -Portfolio.com (blog) all 253 news articles » Extremely Resistant TB Case Reported in Florida - MedPage Today December 28, 2009 at 1:07 pm CBS News Extremely Resistant TB Case Reported in Florida MedPage Today A case of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis -- being referred to as XXDR-TB -- in Florida is one of only a handful reported worldwide. Both multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively ... First Case of Highly Drug-Resistant TB Found in USABC News First case of a highly drug-resistant TB Strain Found in US !TorrentBomb US gets first drug-resistant TB caseTopNews United States UN Dispatch -Visit Bulgaria -SodaHead News all 262 news articles » Oklahoma Company Voluntarily Recalls Beef Products - ABC News December 28, 2009 at 12:16 pm dBTechno Oklahoma Company Voluntarily Recalls Beef Products ABC News AP An Oklahoma-based company is voluntarily recalling about 248000 pounds of beef it says might be contaminated with a strain of E. coli bacteria. National Steak and Poultry and the US Agriculture Department announced the recall on Thursday. ... Oklahoma Company Recalls Thousands Of Pounds Of BeefRTT News Owasso company to recall thousands of pounds of beefTulsa World Oklahoma Meat Company Recalling Beef Over E. Coli FeardBTechno AHN -Northwest Cable News -Reuters all 122 news articles » Medicare and the Chiropractic Practice, Part 4 - Dynamic Chiropractic December 28, 2009 at 12:16 pm New Yorker Medicare and the Chiropractic Practice, Part 4 Dynamic Chiropractic Many DCs are unaware (or even unconcerned) about the Medicare medical review (MR) process until they receive notice of audit. This article is to help inform the profession about this process before notice of an audit is ... New year brings insurance boost for mental health carePalm Beach Post Fifth WheelNew Yorker Don't stop trying to cure health careUtica Observer Dispatch Phoenix Business Journal -Wall Street Journal -Memphis Commercial Appeal all 43 news articles » Egypt Debates Transplant Law, Hopes to Cut Organ Trade - ABC News December 28, 2009 at 12:13 pm Reuters Egypt Debates Transplant Law, Hopes to Cut Organ Trade ABC News CAIRO (Reuters) - Soheila, an Egyptian village housewife, traded her kidney for $2185 to pay off debt -- the best option the desperate mother of three could find to keep food on the family table. The 32-year-old from the fertile Nile ... Officials Re-examining Organ Transplant RulesNew York Times New appeal for more organ donorsBBC News Diseased kidney transplant prompts a re-assessment of organ transplant rulesTopNews United States Austin American-Statesman -Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette -The Star-Ledger - NJ.com all 26 news articles » Dayton clinic to re-vaccinate frozen H1N1 vaccine recipients - Bizjournals.com December 28, 2009 at 11:28 am CBC.ca Dayton clinic to re-vaccinate frozen H1N1 vaccine recipients Bizjournals.com A Dayton area health department will be hosting yet another H1N1 clinic to make up for thousands of residents who received a frozen vaccine earlier this month. Public Health — Dayton & Montgomery County will hold a clinic primarily for those ... Somerville adds flu shot clinicsBoston Globe More than 50 get H1N1 vaccine at local school before breakImperial Republican H1N1 clinic Tuesday includes those who got frozen vaccineDayton Daily News KELA -Leesburg Today -Gaston Gazette all 157 news articles » Weather impacts Red Cross blood donations - Imperial Republican December 28, 2009 at 11:26 am ABC Online Weather impacts Red Cross blood donations Imperial Republican Severe winter weather in the Midwest has impacted the steady flow of blood and platelet donations through the American Red Cross. Because donors are not able to safely travel to their donation appointments, area blood drives have been cancelled. ... Blood donations down in Iredell CountyStatesville Record & Landmark Red Cross offers donation incentiveLansdale Reporter Union: Conn. Red Cross layoffs 'act of reprisal'Nashua Telegraph Milford Daily News -Savannah Morning News -Online Athens all 46 news articles » New Year resolutions for top celebrities - Inquirer.net December 28, 2009 at 11:07 am WVNS-TV New Year resolutions for top celebrities Inquirer.net AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO 2010, we all promise ourselves to do more and do better than we did this year. That's what New Year's resolutions are for, even if we end up not fulfilling them most of the time. Be that as it may, ... New Authors Look At New Year's ResolutionsWebWorkerDaily (blog) The Fifth Column: Happy New Year, Me TooLoudoun Independent Make a New Years Resolution You Know You Can KeepGather.com News Chief -WBOY-TV -San Angelo Standard Times all 30 news articles » COBRA extension's a gift for the unemployed - MiamiHerald.com December 28, 2009 at 10:54 am COBRA extension's a gift for the unemployed MiamiHerald.com Millions of Americans got a great gift when Congress passed and President Obama signed a bill that included a provision to extend a subsidy helping those out of work continue their health insurance coverage. ... COBRA Subsidy ExtendedCity Town Info Education Channel COBRA extension can help laid-off workersLos Angeles Times COBRA Subsidy Extension: Michigan's Unemployed Receive Holiday GiftAssociated Content TIME -WHYY all 12 news articles » Health Advisory Lifted at Luxury Miami Hotel - FOXNews December 28, 2009 at 7:22 am dBTechno Health Advisory Lifted at Luxury Miami Hotel FOXNews MIAMI — A health advisory has been lifted for a luxury Miami hotel that was forced to relocate guests because of possible bacteria in its water system. Miami-Dade County health officials issued the advisory earlier this month after three former guests ... Luxury Hotel Once Again Open Following Water ScaredBTechno Epic hotel reopens after health scareSouth Florida Business Journal The EPIC Hotel Has Reopened to GuestsHotelChatter SmartAboutHealth -MiamiHerald.com -AHN all 41 news articles » A/H1N1 flu death toll reaches 112 in Egypt - Xinhua December 28, 2009 at 6:30 am CBC.ca A/H1N1 flu death toll reaches 112 in Egypt Xinhua CAIRO, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Egypt Monday reported three more death cases of influenza A/H1N1, bringing the nationwide death toll to 109, said the Health Ministry in a statement. A 61-year-old man in Cairo, another 40-year-old man and 34-year-old man in ... TOP 12: Locals, world, try to fend off H1N1Attleboro Sun Chronicle The Road Back: Aiding the public and fighting H1N1St. Cloud Times Top Stories of '09 - No. 5: Swine flu affects local communitiesStarNewsOnline.com phillyBurbs.com -Newnan Times-Herald -ENC Today all 106 news articles » Washington considering legalizing marijuana - The Money Times December 28, 2009 at 6:03 am ABC News Washington considering legalizing marijuana The Money Times New York, December -- Joining California, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, Washington has become the latest state to step up efforts to legalize and regulate marijuana. Legalization bill was introduced ... Four states push to legalize marijuanaWKOW-TV.com Grass may get greener for tokersBoston Herald all 264 news articles » Recommendations for cancer screening are under review - Los Angeles Times December 28, 2009 at 3:00 am eFitnessNow Recommendations for cancer screening are under review Los Angeles Times Ideas about who should be screened and how often vary widely among physicians and agencies. By Jill U. Adams You'd think there could be no downside to widespread screening for cancer. But that's not always the case. Studies on Pap smears, for example, ... Science, fear vie in fight over breast screeningBoston Globe New Cancer Screening Guidelines Being ReviewedRTT News Mammograms Save Womens Lives But at What Cost?eFitnessNow SmartAboutHealth -HULIQ -eMaxHealth all 22 news articles » Making Your New Year Resolution - WBOY-TV December 28, 2009 at 2:39 am WVNS-TV Making Your New Year Resolution WBOY-TV New Year's Eve has always been a time for looking back on the past, and more importantly, looking forward to the coming year by establishing a personal resolution. New Years is a day most people use to reflect on the changes they want to make, ... Setting New Year ResolutionsSan Angelo Standard Times Popular resolutions fall into three main categoriesNews Chief Worthwhile Boating New Year ResolutionsAbout - News & Issues (blog) EasyExpat (blog) -Merinews all 15 news articles » Science, fear vie in fight over breast screening - Boston Globe December 28, 2009 at 1:21 am Boston Globe Science, fear vie in fight over breast screening Boston Globe WORCESTER - For Judy Ockene, a University of Massachusetts scientist, breast cancer is not some academic abstraction. It is personal. As a daughter, she watched her mother be diagnosed with the disease at the age of 44 - and survive. ... Recommendations for cancer screening are under reviewLos Angeles Times Confusion Prevails Over New Rules of Breast Cancer ScreeningTopNews United States A closer look at mammogram guidelinesNECN RTT News -SmartAboutHealth -Fredericksburg.com all 24 news articles » Blood donors eligible for $500 gift card - Huntington Herald Dispatch December 28, 2009 at 12:04 am ABC Online Blood donors eligible for $500 gift card Huntington Herald Dispatch HUNTINGTON -- Those who donate blood during designated blood drives before the end of the year could be eligible to win a $500 gift card. Presenting blood and platelet donors at all American Red Cross Greater Alleghenies Region blood drives and donor ... Red Cross announces October, November blood donorsGrand Island Independent American Red Cross feels the pinch during the holidaysSavannah Morning News Red Cross hosting holiday toy and food drive through SaturdayOnline Athens Eastern Arizona Courier -Jackson County Floridan -Somerset Reporter - NJ.com all 34 news articles » New year brings insurance boost for mental health care - Palm Beach Post December 27, 2009 at 11:38 pm New year brings insurance boost for mental health care Palm Beach Post Imagine a health insurance policy that covers only 12 dialysis treatments a year, imposes higher co-pays for estrogen replacement drugs or charges higher deductibles for treating asthma. Insurance companies have routinely placed ... Health care battles will extend into 2010Phoenix Business Journal Nation still divided on health careSeacoastonline.com Memorial Healthcare unit gets high gradeArgus Press The Morning Sun -Twin Falls Times-News -Worcester Business Journal all 31 news articles » Officials Re-examining Organ Transplant Rules - New York Times December 27, 2009 at 11:22 pm Officials Re-examining Organ Transplant Rules New York Times The plight of two kidney transplant patients who contracted a brain infection from an organ donor is prompting health officials to re-examine their policies on using people with certain neurological conditions as donors. ... Diseased organs prompt a look at transplant rulesAustin American-Statesman New Brunswick comedy show free for registered organ donorsScarlet Scuttlebutt Urbana man hopes for a miracle - a kidney donorUrbana/Champaign News-Gazette Telegraph-Journal -Winnipeg Free Press -TopNews Arab Emirates all 15 news articles » Red Cross announces October, November blood donors - Grand Island Independent December 27, 2009 at 11:13 pm ABC Online Red Cross announces October, November blood donors Grand Island Independent More than 734 potential donors turned out to the American Red Cross Central Plains Chapter bloodmobile during October and November. Eighty-nine people were present to donate whole blood at the bloodmobile the week of Oct. 5. ... American Red Cross feels the pinch during the holidaysSavannah Morning News American Red Cross blood factsMirror Give blood and save a lifeEastern Arizona Courier Arizona Republic -Jackson County Floridan -The Saratogian all 34 news articles »   This email was sent to createrofheaven.healthnewsupdates@blogger.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.