Thursday, June 2, 2011

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A study may explain why some people exposed to blasts have symptoms despite normal CT and M.R.I. scans.

E. Coli Strain Was Previously Unknown, Official Says

The strain, which a World Health Organization official called unique in news reports on Thursday, has sickened 1,500 people in Germany, and killed at least 16.

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Second Appellate Panel Hears Arguments on Health Care Law

Another step in a battle that could lead to the Supreme Court is deciding whether President Obama’s legislation goes beyond Congress’s authority to regulate interstate commerce.

Report Finds Inequities in Payments for Medicare

A National Academy of Sciences panel says formulas for reimbursing doctors and hospitals are deeply flawed.

U.S. Says New Indiana Law Improperly Limits Medicaid

The Obama administration prohibited Indiana on Wednesday from cutting funding to Planned Parenthood clinics that provide health care to low-income women on Medicaid.

Recipes for Health

Granola Bars With Chocolate

Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times

Granola bars are often too sweet, but these contain less honey — and dark chocolate.

2 Studies Examine Syndrome of Fatigue

Two new studies raised serious doubts about earlier reports that the disabling disease is linked to infection with XMRV, a poorly understood retrovirus.

U.S. Orders Review of Risks of Some Birth Control Pills

The review will focus on the hormone drospirenone, which is found in Bayer’s Yaz, Yasmin, Beyaz and Safyral products.

Sales Tactics on Implants Raise Doubts

Because there is no independent study on which implants work best or last longest, doctors may be swayed by sales tactics.

Gluten-Free: Flavor-Free No More

A slew of cookbooks have been published to help bakers navigate a gluten-free kitchen.

In Germany, Answers Are Elusive as E. Coli Outbreak Rages

Hamburg’s intensive care units are trying to handle the more than 1,000 people sickened by the bacteria, as officials try to crack a public health mystery.

The Doctor’s World

30 Years In, We Are Still Learning From AIDS

Ken Meeks, photographed in San Francisco in September 1986, died three days later. His skin lesions were the result of Kaposi's sarcoma, a rare cancer that was a harbinger of the AIDS epidemic.
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Ken Meeks, photographed in San Francisco in September 1986, died three days later. His skin lesions were the result of Kaposi's sarcoma, a rare cancer that was a harbinger of the AIDS epidemic.

The fight against the disease has altered medicine, shaped research and highlighted the challenges that remain.

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