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Parents Can Take Steps to Boost Kids' Health, Well...

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) -- As children head back to school, parents can help make sure their little ones stay healthy and happy all year, an expert suggests.

Study on Forced Pregnancy: Help for Women Who Face...

Time.com - A new study suggests that a few simple questions from health care providers can protect women whose partners want to force them to have children, known as reproductive coercion

Urinary incontinence common in older men too ...

Reuters - It's not just women who suffer from urinary incontinence: Nearly one in twenty U.S. men have moderate to severe forms of the condition, which is as common as one in six among elderly men, a new study finds.

Ind. ruling halts caregiver choices based on race ...

In this July 30, 2010 photo, Brenda Chaney poses in her attorney Denise LaRue's office , in Indianapolis. Chaney worked in a Plainfield, Ind., nursing home that issued her an assignment sheet including a daily reminder that one woman in her unit 'Prefers No Black CNAs.' Nursing home residents have the right to choose who's going to take care of them, except when those choices are based on color, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Chaney's case in July. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - Certified nursing assistant Brenda Chaney was on duty in an Indiana nursing home one day when she discovered a patient lying on the floor, unable to stand.

Prescription Painkillers Could Be New 'Gateway' Dr...

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Prescription medicines are the way that many drug addicts first get hooked, making these legal medicines the new "gateway" drugs, new study findings show.

Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 27, 2010 (Health...

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

Some Fake ADHD to Get Meds, Special Treatment ...

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- While attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a real and pervasive condition, new research suggests there is a cluster of kids and adults who successfully fake the condition either to get drugs or gain special privileges in school.

Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 31, 2010 (Health...

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

Milwaukee teachers fight for Viagra drug coverage ...

FILE - This April 1999 file photo shows some Viagra at Brooks Pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. With the district in a financial crisis and hundreds of its members facing layoffs, the Milwaukee teachers union is taking a peculiar stand: fighting to get their taxpayer-funded Viagra back. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - With the district in a financial crisis and hundreds of its members facing layoffs, the Milwaukee teachers union is taking a peculiar stand: fighting to get its taxpayer-funded Viagra back.
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