Nancy-Ann DeParle, President Barack Obama’s health policy czar, served as a director of corporations that faced scores of federal investigations, whistleblower lawsuits and other regulatory actions, according to government records reviewed by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University.
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Complaints about headaches and heart palpitations persist. But so does monosodium glutamate.
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Reuters - Drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease show promise as a new way to stem the rise of drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Medication used to control asthma may be
used every day, without the fear of becoming addicted, the American
Academy of Family Physicians says.
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Babies delivered by cesarean
section experience changes to the DNA of white blood cells, which might
explain why they're at increased risk for immunological diseases such as
diabetes and asthma later in life, Swedish researchers say.
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer is a major threat to
certain species of wildlife, which need to be protected through health
monitoring, researchers say.
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Children with type 1
diabetes are more likely to be overweight than those without the disease,
increasing their risk of serious health complications, researchers
say.
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Middle-aged adults who live
alone are twice as likely to develop dementia or Alzheimer's disease later
in life compared to those who are married or live with a partner. And the
risk is three times higher among those who are divorced or widowed,
according to a new study by Swedish and Finnish researchers.
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A federal investigation has found that heart attack survivors enrolled in a study of a controversial alternative medicine treatment were not told enough about potential dangers from the drug being tested, including death.
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Reuters - There may be an association between high birth weight and an increased risk of overall leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The increased risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) appears to be associated with the high and low extremes of birth weight.
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