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Survey: Most Americans think it's others who are unhealthy (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Despite rising rates of obesity and diabetes, a new survey has found that a majority of Americans believe their health is just fine - it's everyone else who has the problem.
[Yahoo! News: Health News]
Clinton Back Home After Heart 'Tuneup'
Clinton Back Home After Heart 'Tuneup' -
Former President Bill Clinton is recovering at home after leaving a New York hospital, where he underwent a heart procedure Thursday. Doctor's say he didn't have a heart attack. Video courtesy of Fox News. [Wall Street Journal - Health Videos]
News Hub: Why You Can Die of a Broken Heart
News Hub: Why You Can Die of a Broken Heart -
New research shows that dying of a broken heart isn't just a metaphor. WSJ's Ron Winslow talks with Simon Constable about studies that show real, and sometimes fatal, changes can occur in the heart after a traumatic breakup or death of a loved one. [Wall Street Journal - Health Videos]
Health Tip: Protect Your Child at Day Care (HealthDay)
Health Tip: Protect Your Child at Day Care
(HealthDay) - HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Children who attend day care are at increased risk of getting sick or acquiring an infection. [Yahoo! News: Health News]
News Hub: Retracting a Major Study on Autism
News Hub: Retracting a Major Study on Autism -
WSJ's health columnist Melinda Beck talks with Kelsey Hubbard about a retraction of the study showing a link between autism and vaccines by a prominent British medical journal. [Wall Street Journal - Health Videos]
Blood pressure, "rich" blood affect baby's growth (Reuters)
Blood pressure, "rich" blood affect baby's growth
(Reuters) - Reuters - Women with high blood pressure and blood over-rich in red blood cells are more likely to give birth to babies who are too small or born too early, researchers in the Netherlands reported on Tuesday. [Yahoo! News: Health News]
Michelle Obama rallies US to push back child obesity (AFP)
AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors and the media Tuesday to confront the childhood obesity "epidemic" that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters.
[Yahoo! News: Health News]
News Hub: Growing Confusion Over Autism's Cause
News Hub: Growing Confusion Over Autism's Cause -
WSJ's health columnist Melinda Beck talks with Kelsey Hubbard about a retraction of the study showing a link between autism and vaccines by a prominent British medical journal. [Wall Street Journal - Health Videos]
Health Care Reform: The Cost of Doing Nothing
Health Care Reform: The Cost of Doing Nothing -
The impact of not reforming health care could be more dire than first thought. WSJ's David Wessel says there will be more people uninsured and greater costs to employers. As for reducing the deficit? Forget about it. [Wall Street Journal - Health Videos]
Medicare Cost-Saving Moves Can Backfire (HealthDay)
Medicare Cost-Saving Moves Can Backfire
(HealthDay) - HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- After Medicare sweetened payments for simple office-based endoscopic procedures, doctors in one New York City practice performed many more in-office bladder biopsies, but the volume of hospital procedures stayed roughly the same, a new study finds. [Yahoo! News: Health News]


