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Getting Caffeine Fix as Easy as Taking Deep Breath

Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks...

Anonymous Donor Chain Used in Recent Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplant Chain An anonymous donor chain recently provided three kidney transplants between Minneapolis and Sioux Falls...

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Research Finds People Can Be Allergic to Cold

Cold Weather Allergy If you feel like you're allergic to the cold weather you just may be...

Survey: Meth Fills Hospitals with Burn Patients

A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug: It is filling hospitals with thousands of uninsured burn patients requiring millions of dollars in advanced treatment - a burden so costly that it's contributing to the closure of some burn units...

Possible Autism Guideline Changes

Possible Autism Guideline Changes There could be big changes ahead in the field of autism...

Walker Turning Down $37 Million for Health Care

Gov. Scott Walker says he will turn down $37 million from the federal government that had been awarded to help implement health care exchanges under President Barack Obama's health care reform law...

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Conjoined Twin Separated in 1984 Gives Birth

A Wisconsin woman who, along with her conjoined twin, made headlines 27 years ago when they were surgically separated, is making news again...

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CDC: Young Adults Average 9 Drinks When They Binge

College-age drinkers average nine drinks when they get drunk, government health officials said Tuesday...

Appeals Court: Family Can Sue Over Cancer Misdiagnosis

The Minnesota Court of Appeals says a family can sue a doctor who failed to diagnose cancer in a newborn because the delay in treatment made death more likely...

Health Officials On The Lookout for Swine Flu

The government is on a special lookout for Swine Flu...

More Retailers Pull Formula After Mo. Infant Death

Several more national retailers have joined Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in pulling a batch of powdered infant formula from their shelves after a Missouri newborn who consumed it apparently died of a rare bacterial infection, the companies said Friday...

Study: Size of Your Brain Could Indicate Alzheimer's Risk

Study: Size of Your Brain Could Indicate Alzheimer's Risk The size of your brain could indicate your risk for developing Alzheimer's disease...

Wal-Mart Pulls Formula after Mo. Baby's Death

Wal-Mart has pulled a batch of powdered infant formula from its stores nationwide after a newborn Missouri boy who was given the formula became gravely ill with a suspected bacterial infection and died after being taken off life support, the retailer said Wednesday...

ADHD Drugs Safe for Adults' Hearts, Research Finds

The biggest study of its kind says Ritalin and other drugs used to treat attention deficit disorder are safe for adults' hearts...

FDA Revisits Safety of Newer Birth Control Drugs

Birth control drugs that were heavily promoted as having fewer side effects and the ability to clear up acne and other hormonal bothers are under new scrutiny from safety regulators...

Consumer Reports: Arsenic Found in Some Juice Brands

In September, Dr. Mehmet Oz claimed that several well-known brands of apple juice contained arsenic....

Rise in Vaccination Exemptions Concern Health Experts

More and more children in the U.S. are not getting the traditional immunization shots before heading off to school and it has health experts worried...

FDA Revokes Approval of Avastin for Breast Cancer

The blockbuster drug Avastin should no longer be used in advanced breast cancer patients because there's no proof that it extends their lives or even provides enough temporary benefit to outweigh its dangerous side effects, the government declared Friday...

Court Backs Families in Handling of Newborn Blood

The Minnesota Department of Health has improperly retained and distributed for research tens of thousands of blood samples left over from the state's newborn screening program since 1997, without the written consent of parents, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday...

Supreme Court Promises Thorough Review of Obama Health Care Plan

The Supreme Court on Monday promised an extraordinarily thorough springtime review of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul - more than five hours of argument, unprecedented in modern times - in time for a likely ruling affecting millions of Americans just before the presidential election...

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