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• ACLU: Death row inmates denied health care
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Death row inmates at the federal prison in Terre Haute are routinely denied access to medical, dental and mental health care, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday in a letter to a governmental official. A yearlong ...
• Why women are more prone to cavities
Women had poor dental health compared to men back in the hunter-gatherer era, and it got worse as societies turned to farming. Now an anthropologist is pointing to an overlooked explanation — hormonal and dietary changes related to higher pregnancy ...
• New sushi guides address sustainability
The Environmental Defense Fund's guide is slightly more focused than the other two on the health of the consumer as well as the health of the oceans, with some items — wild Alaskan salmon, farmed oysters — identified as being "high in heart ...
• Many still avoiding annual mammograms
Amal Trivedi, lead author of the study and assistant professor in the department of community health at Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School. In a review of more than 366,000 women between the ages of 65 and 69 who were in Medicare managed-care plans ...
• Bottled Water Found To Be Full Of Contaminants
In general, the report is based on the faulty premise that if any substance is present in a bottled water product, even if it does not exceed the established regulatory limit or no standard has been set, then it's a health concern," said IBWA ...