Latest Health Headlines
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December 9, 2009 | 3:30 PM PST
General Mills Cuts Sugar in Kids' Cereal
Maker of Lucky Charms, Trix and Cocoa Puffs Plans to Reduce Sugar in 10 of Its Cereals to Single-Digit Grams Per Serving
Healthy Living
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Play CBS Video December 9, 2009 | 1:30 PM PST
Rebuilding Community Health Centers
President Obama has plans to spend nearly $600 million to build community health centers and provide the peace of mind that their health care will be there for them and their families.
Politics
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December 9, 2009 | 10:00 AM PST
Alternatives to Insulin for Diabetics?
Dr. Jennifer Ashton Answers Viewers' Questions About Diabetes, Tinnitus and Frostbite in "Ask It Early" Series
The Early Show: Health
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December 9, 2009 | 9:30 AM PST
Flu-Fighting Foods
Dr. Jennifer Ashton Points to Foods that May Help Your Immune System Take on the Bug This Season
The Early Show: Health
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December 9, 2009 | 8:00 AM PST
Fast Food Safer than School Lunch?
Meat Served to U.S. Students Doesn't Meet Safety Standards of Fast Food Chains, Report Claims
Health
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Play CBS Video December 9, 2009 | 6:30 AM PST
Ask It Early with Dr. Jennifer Ashton
CBS News Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton answers viewer's medical questions live on the air via Skype and Twitter.
The Early Show
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December 9, 2009 | 6:30 AM PST
FDA's Drug Monitoring Slammed in Report
GAO: Post-Vioxx Scandal, Agency Gives Decision-Making Power to Wrong Scientists
Health
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Play CBS Video December 9, 2009 | 11:13 AM PST
Flu Fighting Foods
Dr. Jennifer Ashton joins The Early Show's Harry Smith to discuss a few simple diet choices to make which can help combat and even aid in preventing the flu.
The Early Show
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December 9, 2009 | 4:40 AM PST
Report: States Slash Anti-Tobacco Funding
Battered by Recession, States Plugging Budget Gaps with Money from Big Tobacco Legal Settlements, Feds
Business
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December 9, 2009 | 4:42 AM PST
N. Korea Reports First H1N1 Flu Cases
Government Confirms 9 Infected with No Deaths, External Sources Say Dozens Dead Already
World
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December 9, 2009 | 4:20 AM PST
8 Cases of Mutated H1N1 Flu Virus in China
But Officials Say Flu Drugs and Vaccines Still Work against It
Health
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December 9, 2009 | 5:00 AM PST
Obama to Pledge $600M for Small Clinics
Money Aimed at Bolstering Community Health Centers
Politics
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December 8, 2009 | 11:45 AM PST
2 Infant Deaths Lead to Baby Bed Recall
CPSC Orders Recall of 24,000 Amby Baby Motion Beds; Hammock-like Beds Marketed to Parents of Babies with Colic or Reflux
Health
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December 8, 2009 | 12:30 PM PST
Experts Question Effectiveness of Tamiflu
Study of Data on Antiviral Used for Flu Says No Clear Evidence It Prevents Complications in Otherwise Healthy Adults
Health
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December 8, 2009 | 11:30 AM PST
US Spends Most on Health Care; Results Lag
Health Care Spending Nearly Triple Average; Life Expectancy Ranks Behind Poland, Mexico
Health
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December 8, 2009 | 10:30 AM PST
Sick This Holiday Season?
Dr. Jennifer Ashton Gives Advice on How to Handle Emergencies, Ailments Over Holidays
The Early Show: Health
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Play CBS Video December 8, 2009 | 8:46 AM PST
Dentistry 101
Do teeth whitening agents really work? Do you know how to properly floss? Dr. Jennifer Ashton talks to Dr. Patricia DeSalvo about the ins and outs of proper dental care.
Health and Wellness
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December 8, 2009 | 8:30 AM PST
Report: Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water
New York Times Analysis Shows That Since 2004 More than 20% of U.S. Water Systems Have Violated Law, Few Punished
Health
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Play CBS Video December 8, 2009 | 6:42 AM PST
Cancer Deaths Decreasing
Dr. Jennifer Ashton spoke about the reported drop in overall cancer death rates and new cases per year.
The Early Show
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December 8, 2009 | 2:08 AM PST
H1N1 Flu Less Widespread, CDC Reports
But the Number of Children who Died with the Illness Rose by about 30
Health
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December 7, 2009 | 6:00 PM PST
CDC: Frogs Source of Salmonella Outbreak
Strain Found in Pet Frogs Kept in Aquariums in Three Homes Where Illness Occurred
Health
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Play CBS Video December 7, 2009 | 4:29 PM PST
Trouble in Paradise
As the debate continues over climate change and global regulations, CBS News' Mark Phillips reports from the Maldives, an island country which may be at most risk as a result of greenhouse emissions.
CBS Evening News
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Play CBS Video December 8, 2009 | 8:19 AM PST
New Cancer Report Promising
Katie Couric speaks with Dr. Mark Pochapin from New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Med. Center about a new government study which indicates an emerging trend of decreased death rates for cancer patients.
CBS Evening News
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Play CBS Video December 7, 2009 | 4:32 PM PST
EPA: Greenhouse Gases Harmful
In a monumental first for the U.S. government, the Environmental Protection Agency has declared that greenhouses gases pose a significant health risk. Wyatt Andrews reports on this historic ruling.
CBS Evening News
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Play CBS Video December 7, 2009 | 1:34 PM PST
D.C. Debates Abortion & Reform
A congressional showdown is now underway in Washington, as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle debate whether health care reform will provide abortion coverage. CBS News' Joel Brown reports.
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