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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/3264 health Health - Time.com en-us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:25:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/3264 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091125/hl_time/08599194282800 time/20091125/08599194282800 Time.com science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:25:00 GMT Time.com - A new study suggests that the East Antarctic ice sheet, which holds about five times as much ice as West Antarctica and Greenland combined, is in decline http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091125/hl_time/08599194248300 time/20091125/08599194248300 Time.com health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:55:00 GMT Time.com - On the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, political journalist Dennis Sewell talks to TIME about how the naturalist's big idea has been harnessed for sinister ends http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091125/hl_time/08599194204400 time/20091125/08599194204400 Time.com health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:55:00 GMT Time.com - Days after a government task force rolled back its mammography screening recommendations, another influential group issued revised guidelines on Pap tests for young women http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091121/hl_time/08599194170000 time/20091121/08599194170000 Time.com health Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:45:00 GMT Time.com - If the brouhaha over new mammogram guidelines has proved anything, it's that even modern medicine does not rely on statistics, scientific facts and clinical outcomes alone http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091120/hl_time/08599194014000 time/20091120/08599194014000 Time.com health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:05:00 GMT Time.com - Among the many reasons for the high preterm birth rate in the U.S.: lack of insurance, cigarette smoking and elective cesarean-section deliveries that are scheduled too early http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091120/hl_time/08599194053800 time/20091120/08599194053800 Time.com health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:05:00 GMT Time.com - An independent government panel this week abandoned its long-standing recommendation that healthy women over 40 get a breast-cancer screen once every year or two years http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091116/hl_time/08599193957500 time/20091116/08599193957500 Time.com health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:20:00 GMT Time.com - Two deaths in people receiving the H1N1 vaccine were reported in China, where an estimated 12 million have been inoculated so far http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091116/hl_time/08599193949300 time/20091116/08599193949300 Time.com health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT Time.com - Twenty-five years after Baby Fae's death following the world's first animal-to-human infant heart transplant, TIME looks back at the history of the procedure http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091115/hl_time/08599193890900 time/20091115/08599193890900 Time.com health Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:35:00 GMT Time.com - In the span of a week, the CDC's official tally of U.S. deaths from swine flu has tripled. But does that say anything about the severity of the disease? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091115/hl_time/08599193802300 time/20091115/08599193802300 Time.com health Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:40:00 GMT Time.com - Diet, exercise and genes aren't the only factors responsible for body weight, say researchers, who are discovering evidence of another component: the bacteria in your gut http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091112/hl_time/08599193677700 time/20091112/08599193677700 Time.com health Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:15:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091112/hl_time/08599193677700"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r2631120382.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=dQ9vjbcQ4hL_mddWIpLCvw--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Italy's new Implementation of Government Programme Minister Gianfranco Rotondi attends the swearing-in ceremony at Quirinale palace in Rome in this May 8, 2008 file photo. Food-loving Italy responded with indignation November 24, 2009 to Rotondi's comments that lunchbreaks -- still a sit-down ritual for many Italian workers -- are bad for waistlines and the economy, and should be skipped. While many European peers nibble a sandwich at their desk, most Italian workers still retire en masse to a "tavola calda" (buffet restaurant) or a works canteen for a slap-up meal, often an hour-long affair involving pasta or meat, a vegetable dish, fruit and coffee. But Rotondi said this encourages shirking and obesity, and makes the working day unnecessarily long, meaning parents get home later to see their children. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli/Files (ITALY POLITICS FOOD)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - New data from a long-term survey suggests that U.S. teens are no less active today than they were in 1991. Yet they've gotten increasingly heavier over the same period</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091112/hl_time/08599193677700"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r2631120382.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=dQ9vjbcQ4hL_mddWIpLCvw--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="Italy's new Implementation of Government Programme Minister Gianfranco Rotondi attends the swearing-in ceremony at Quirinale palace in Rome in this May 8, 2008 file photo. Food-loving Italy responded with indignation November 24, 2009 to Rotondi's comments that lunchbreaks -- still a sit-down ritual for many Italian workers -- are bad for waistlines and the economy, and should be skipped. While many European peers nibble a sandwich at their desk, most Italian workers still retire en masse to a "tavola calda" (buffet restaurant) or a works canteen for a slap-up meal, often an hour-long affair involving pasta or meat, a vegetable dish, fruit and coffee. But Rotondi said this encourages shirking and obesity, and makes the working day unnecessarily long, meaning parents get home later to see their children. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli/Files (ITALY POLITICS FOOD)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091110/hl_time/08599193595900 time/20091110/08599193595900 Time.com health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:20:00 GMT Time.com - The controversy over a video recently produced by the autism advocacy group Autism Speaks highlights the ongoing dissent that characterizes the autism community http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091108/hl_time/08599193482600 time/20091108/08599193482600 Time.com health Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:25:00 GMT Time.com - Iowa public health officials reported on Wednesday the first confirmed case of H1N1 flu in a house pet: a cat http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091105/hl_time/08599193433000 time/20091105/08599193433000 Time.com health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT Time.com - A new study of more than 1,000 cases of hospitalization due to H1N1, or swine flu, in California gives a clearer picture of who is apt to develop severe cases of the disease http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091104/hl_time/08599193419700 time/20091104/08599193419700 Time.com health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Time.com - Without general anesthesia, modern surgery and medical intervention would be crippled. But what do doctors really know about the long-term effects of these mysterious drugs? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091102/hl_time/08599193345300 time/20091102/08599193345300 Time.com health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT Time.com - A debate is heating up in the European Union over fatty acids. Should foodcompanies be required to differentiate on labels between omega-3s that comefrom fish and the slightly less-beneficial kind that come from plants? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091030/hl_time/08599193282600 time/20091030/08599193282600 Time.com health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:40:00 GMT Time.com - Many consumers are feeling deceived now that SIGG has been outed for failing to tell the public that its bottles were not BPA-free, at least not the ones that were manufactured before August 2008 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091027/hl_time/08599193240100 time/20091027/08599193240100 Time.com health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:20:00 GMT Time.com - As Hong Kong and other port cities try to reduce dangerous ship emissions, more and more solar-powered ferries and container ships are getting ready to hit the high seas http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/timehealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091027/hl_time/08599193236600 time/20091027/08599193236600 Time.com health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:20:00 GMT Time.com - The German government has ordered two different batches of swine flu vaccine -- one with fewer side effects for government officials and soldiers, another for everyone else. Not only are Germans irate, but they're also avoiding getting the jab