Too many kids breathe others’ smoke in cars: CDC (AP)

by lowes1 on February 6, 2012

AP – Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren’t all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.

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Mass.: Bone Marrow Donor Recruiting Cases Settled – ABC News

by lowes1 on February 6, 2012


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Mass.: Bone Marrow Donor Recruiting Cases Settled
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A bone marrow registry and medical laboratory company that used fashion models wearing high heels and short skirts to recruit potential donors will pay the states of Massachusetts and New Hampshire $770000 for engaging in an improper marketing practice …
Monta Vista graduate, 23, needs bone marrow transplant to surviveSan Jose Mercury News
'Outrageous' tactics net marrow registry finesBoston Herald
Paying for stem cells: A bad ideaLos Angeles Times
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Komen reversal on Planned Parenthood doesn’t end controversy – USA TODAY

February 6, 2012

Los Angeles Times Komen reversal on Planned Parenthood doesn't end controversyUSA TODAYBy Liz Szabo and Gary Strauss, USA TODAY Some cancer survivors and advocates say Susan G. Komen for the Cure will have to work hard to win back supporters, even after the breast cancer organization reversed course on a controversial decision to end …Social [...]

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Hundreds Turn Out for Bone Marrow Drive – KATV

February 6, 2012

WSBT-TV Hundreds Turn Out for Bone Marrow DriveKATVBy Heather Crawford – bio | email In the true spirit of Arkansas hundreds turned out Sunday to get swabbed to see if they could be a potential match for a Little Rock mom who is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant.Mass.: Bone Marrow Donor Recruiting [...]

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Rick Santorum doesn’t believe federal funding should go to Planned Parenthood … – Daily Mail

February 6, 2012

Daily Mail Rick Santorum doesn't believe federal funding should go to Planned Parenthood …Daily MailBy Beth Stebner Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum was the latest to comment on the Susan G. Komen for the cure decision to fund breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood. He told Fox News Sunday: 'I don't believe breast cancer research [...]

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Green tea drinkers show less disability with age: study (Reuters)

February 6, 2012

Reuters – Elderly adults who regularly drink green tea may stay more agile and independent than their peers over time, according to a Japanese study that covered thousands of people. View full post on Yahoo! News: Health News

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Officials say raw milk sickens dozens – phillyBurbs.com

February 6, 2012

msnbc.com Officials say raw milk sickens dozensphillyBurbs.comRaw milk from a farm in Franklin County is to believed to be the origin for an outbreak of illness that's sickened more than three dozen people in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia and Maryland, including two in Bucks, according to officials.Latest illnesses point to raw milk's popularityDeseret NewsPopularity [...]

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Matthew Dowd: Susan G. Komen-Planned Parenthood Debate Shows ‘Poisonous Part … – Yahoo! Contributors Network

February 6, 2012

Los Angeles Times Matthew Dowd: Susan G. Komen-Planned Parenthood Debate Shows 'Poisonous Part …Yahoo! Contributors NetworkBy George Stephanopoulos | ABC OTUS News – 2 hrs 13 mins ago ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd said that the debate this week over funding between the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Planned Parenthood shows the "corrupt nature [...]

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Can Komen Recover From PR Crisis? – AdAge.com

February 5, 2012

Los Angeles Times Can Komen Recover From PR Crisis?AdAge.comIn a case for the marketing textbooks, Susan G. Komen for the Cure showed how a brand can boomerang from one of the most loved into one of the most reviled in a head-snapping two days. The story of how Komen got consumers seeing red, rather than [...]

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Matthew Dowd: Susan G. Komen-Planned Parenthood Debate Shows ‘Poisonous Part … – ABC News (blog)

February 5, 2012

ABC News (blog) Matthew Dowd: Susan G. Komen-Planned Parenthood Debate Shows 'Poisonous Part …ABC News (blog)ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd said that the debate this week over funding between the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Planned Parenthood shows the “corrupt nature that's happened in politics” is now impacting private groups. “This is a corrupt, [...]

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