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• More Americans obese than merely overweight
WASHINGTON - The number of obese American adults outweighs the number of those who are merely overweight, according to the latest statistics from the federal government. Numbers posted by the National Center for Health Statistics show that more than ...
• Consumer group blasts FDA melamine decision
... milk-based liquid Nestle Good Start Supreme Infant Formula with Iron contained traces of melamine while three different cans of Mead Johnson's Enfamil LIPIL with Iron had traces of cyanuric acid. The FDA says studies show potentially dangerous health ...
• Daschle: Health care too expensive, mediocre
WASHINGTON - Expensive, mediocre and too often unavailable. That about sums up the nation's health care system, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head health and human services, said Thursday. Daschle ...
• Turn to generics slows ‘07 health care spending
WASHINGTON - Spending on health care slowed slightly in 2007 as consumers turned more to generic drugs instead of brand-names to fill their medicine cabinets, the government reported Monday. Although the cost of buying drugs, visiting the doctor or ...
• Illinois House impeaches Gov. Rod Blagojevich
... the people of Illinois and said he's confident he'll be "properly exonerated" at a Senate trial. "The causes of the impeachment are because I've done things to fight for families," said Blagojevich, who was joined by some beneficiaries of his health ...