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12/03/2008

Texans' health risks are growing, survey finds
Texas had the nation’s most dramatic drop in a national health-care ranking measuring the prevalence of smoking, obesity and percentage of children in poverty.

Link: America's Health Rankings

11/30/2008

Experts: U.S. health care system wastes millions
Talk to the chief executives of America's pre-eminent health-care institutions, and you might be surprised by what you hear: When it comes to medical care, the U.S. isn't getting its money's worth. Not even close.

Swiss approve pioneering legal heroin program
A pioneering Swiss program to give addicts government-authorized heroin was overwhelmingly approved Sunday by voters who simultaneously rejected the decriminalization of marijuana.

11/26/2008

Atlantic hurricane season blows away records
The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends Sunday, seemed to strike the United States and Cuba as if on redial, setting at least five weather records for persistence and repeatedly striking the same areas.

11/25/2008

Thanksgiving in space: stiff turkey, bland yams
Endeavour's seven astronauts and the three crew members at the international space station will take a break from their chores and gather for their special meal Thanksgiving Day. The last time a space shuttle crew ate their holiday meal in space was six years ago.

11/23/2008

New tobacco product Camel Snus alarms some health officials
They're discreet, flavorful and come in cute tin boxes with names like "frost" and "spice." And the folks who created Joe Camel are hoping Camel Snus will become a hit with tobacco lovers tired of being forced outside for a smoke.

11/20/2008

HIV tests not yet as routine as cholesterol checks
Two years after the government urged making HIV tests as common as cholesterol checks, there are small gains but still one in five people infected with the AIDS virus doesn't know it, scientists say.

Study: Internet teaches kids valuable technological, social skills
Good news for worried parents: All those hours their teenagers spend socializing on the Internet are not a bad thing, according to a new study by the MacArthur Foundation.