Posts Tagged obama

March 2, 2010 / Cancer, Medical News

Snacks mean kids engage in ‘constant eating’

Children eat an average three snacks a day on top of three regular meals, a finding that could explain why the childhood obesity rate has risen to more than 16 percent, researchers said on Tuesday.

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March 1, 2010 / Medical Video

February 26, 2010 / Cancer, Medical News, Pregnancy

Bunny’s last days: If a living will isn’t enough

Bunny Olenick, 87, thought she had planned for everything. She had a living will, an advance directive and had named her sons as health care proxies. But a massive stroke left her family facing compl

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February 26, 2010 / Healthy Life

US health summit ends in deadlock

US President Barack Obama will face top Republicans later as he hosts a live TV summit on healthcare, in a fresh bid to save his troubled reform plans. About 40 congressional Democrats and Republican

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February 26, 2010 / Healthy Life

Battle lines

By Richard Lister BBC News, Washington Rarely have so many members of Congress talked for so long, with such restraint, before so many TV cameras, to so little obvious effect. After more than seven h

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February 25, 2010 / Medical News

Live from D.C.: Obama’s health care summit

President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies are pleading their case for health care overhaul in an extraordinary summit with Republicans, broadcast live to a divided public on daytime TV. d2e5

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February 23, 2010 / Cancer, Medical Blog, Pregnancy

Delaware pediatrician accused of abusing patients (Reuters)

Reuters - A Delaware pediatrician faces 471 counts of child rape and sexual exploitation after being accused of abusing his young patients for more than a decade, according to a grand jury indictment.

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February 22, 2010 / Healthy Life

Obama unveils new healthcare plan

US President Barack Obama is to unveil new proposals to advance legislation to overhaul the US healthcare system. One of the key proposals is expected to give the US government new power to block hea

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February 19, 2010 / Cancer, Medical Blog

First lady takes obesity campaign to Philly school (AP)

AP - First lady Michelle Obama says too many people across the country don't have a grocery store nearby where they can get fresh food. View original post here: First lady takes obesity campai

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February 19, 2010 / Medical Blog

Obama keeps all-Democratic health care option open (AP)

AP - The White House signaled Thursday that an aggressive, all-Democratic strategy for overhauling the nation's health care system remains a serious option, even as President Barack Obama invites Rep

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