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Germs on a plane — not so scary after all

In fact, the airport air breathed by passengers before boarding and supplied to planes from ground units before the aircraft leave the ground could pose the highest risk to passenger and crew health, the research suggested.

Cigarette machine sports wrinkle-recognition

Underage smoking has been on a decline in Japan, but a health ministry survey in 2004 showed 13 percent of boys and 4 percent of girls in the third year of high school — those aged 17 to 18 — smoked every day.

Get laundry clean while staying green

Marisa Belger is a writer and editor with more than 10 years of experience covering health and wellness. She was a founding editor of Lime.com, a multiplatform media company specializing in health, wellness and sustainable living.

Woman Says Health Care Not Providing Service

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A woman said she is starving, and she said she's doing it at the tax-payer's expense. Dorothy Bradley, a Tenn-Care patient, said that her home health care nurse, whose salary is paid for by tax dollars, seldom shows up at her house ...

U.S.: Clashes persist Baghdad despite truce

Iraqi health officials on Monday said the latest clashes left two people dead and 25 wounded. It was not clear if there were any militants among the casualties.

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