Health News
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Disney pulls "Jessie" episode that makes fun of gluten-free child
Anger erupts in celiac disease community after a Disney Channel show pokes fun at a kid who can't eat gluten
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Environmental Working Group's top sunscreens for 2013
The Environmental Working Group rated hundreds of sunscreens, here are their top picks
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Vermont governor signs assisted-suicide bill
Vermont now fourth state that allows physicians to prescribe lethal medications to terminally ill patients
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FDA raises concerns about experimental sleep aid suvorexant
Insomnia drug from Merck helped people sleep but caused daytime drowsiness and suicidal thinking, FDA warned
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Ketamine may be quick, effective treatment for untreatable depression
Ketamine is sometimes illegally abused in higher doses as party drug, where users go into a "K-hole"
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Environmental Working Group's 2013 sunscreen guide takes aim at high SPFs
Group's sunscreen guide found only 25 percent of products on market offer strong, broad UV protection and pose few safety concerns
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Measles uptick in Britain: Blame Andrew Wakefield's autism-vaccine study?
Last month, emergency vaccination clinics were held every weekend in Wales, the epicenter of the measles outbreak in U.K.
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Obese kids have different breath than skinny ones, study says
"Breathprints" may contain information on risks for conditions like diabetes, fatty liver disease
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Men who had ADHD as kids may be more likely to be obese as adults
Pediatrics study showed 41 percent of males who had ADHD as kids became obese, compared to 22 percent among adults who weren't hyperactive as kids
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U.S. gov't anthrax adviser was on drugmaker's board
After former Navy secretary urged gov't to stockpile anti-anthrax drug, his biotech firm won $334M in federal contracts beginning in 2006
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Newer whooping cough vaccines less effective than older shots, says study
Older vaccines for whooping cough were phased out in 1990s due to side effects
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Video: New sunscreen labels coming this summer
Despite new government labels on sunscreen due out this summer, one watchdog group says high SPF ratings can give people a false sense of security. Norah O'Donnell reports.
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Researcher "mapping the food genome" of what Americans eat
"The country needs something like this, given all of the questions about our food supply," says lead researcher Barry Popkin
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Video: The psychology of design and color
What's on your walls? What's on your shelves? What pleases your eye may be playing tricks on your mind. Just the color of the room can play a huge role in how we feel and behave. Susan Spencer of "48 Hours" reports.
Web extra: The evolution of the psychoanalyst's office
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The evolution of the psychoanalyst's office
Web extra: Psychoanalyst and photographer Mark Gerald on how the analyst's working space has (or hasn't) changed since Freud
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