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Dad's in-home smoking may harm family's health
Fathers-to-be who smoke and want to protect the health of their families should take it outside, suggests new research from Korea.
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Health Highlights: Nov. 20, 2008
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
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Zimbabwe deadlock reaps 'health and food emergency': US
Cholera and starvation are spreading in Zimbabwe as a political deadlock and economic meltdown trigger a manmade "food and health emergency," the US ambassador to Harare James McGee said Thursday.
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Bed shortage forces L.A. County mental health staff to rely on police
Under current law, patients must be admitted if they are brought in by police -- but not if they are brought in by a mental health worker. Commissioners seek a quick solution to the problem. Alarmed by reports that Los Angeles County mental health staff -- hobbled by a countywide shortage of beds for the mentally ill -- are increasingly forwarding emergency calls to police, commissioners ...
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Doctor: Leaders must have health exams
LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Candidates for prime minister or president should have an independent health examination to ensure their ability to govern, a British doctor argues.
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Health Insurers Offer to Accept All Applicants, on Condition
The health insurance industry said it would support a plan requiring insurers to accept all customers, but asked that Congress require all Americans to have coverage in return.
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Zimbabwe health service in 'state of collapse,' doctors say
Zimbabwe's health system, once the envy of many African nations, is "in a state of collapse" -- with many hospitals either completely shut down or unable to admit new patients, a leading doctors' group said Thursday.
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Were the World Mine (2008)
Tanner Cohen, left, and Nathaniel David Becker in “Were the World Mine,” inspired by “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Model Karolina Kurkova world's sexiest woman: report
Lingerie model Karolina Kurkova has been voted the world's sexiest woman by E! entertainment television, beating sultry actresses Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson for the honor.
NATO ready to help Africa, but is not world's policeman: chief
NATO is ready to strengthen its ties with Africa, but Africa should come up with solutions to its problems and not expect NATO to police the world, its secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday.
World stocks down amid fears of deep recession
World stocks fell sharply Thursday as fears of a deep global recession gripped markets and sent oil prices below $50 a barrel to levels not seen in more than three years.
World Bank Arm Backs Small Palm Growers on Climate (Update1)
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The International Finance Corp. , the World Bank's investment arm, said it will help lenders in Indonesia to finance small-scale palm oil growers to encourage so-called sustainable practices and forestall climate change.
Google to shut down virtual world Lively at year-end
The Internet giant, which launched the site less than five months ago, says it wants to focus on its core search business. Not all Google Inc. endeavors turn into gold. Lively, a virtual world the Internet giant launched less than five months ago, will be shut down at the end of the year so Google can focus on its bread-and-butter search business.
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