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- Sparring continues over Michigan stem cell bills
- LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Supporters of expanded embryonic stem cell research in Michigan continue to criticize legislation that could soon be voted on by a state Senate committee.
University of Michigan researcher Sean Morrison says Tuesday... Full story
- FDA debates tougher cancer warning on tanning beds
- WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is considering tougher warnings for users of tanning beds.
The Food and Drug Administration says they're putting themselves at risk of skin cancer.
Before spring, it will hold a public hearing to... Full story
- UM-designed ultrasound treats enlarged prostate
- ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Five University of Michigan inventors have lined up $11 million for a company that will make their ultrasound tool for treating prostate disease without surgery.
The university said Monday that HistoSonics Inc. will... Full story
Focus on Fitness
- Fine-tune workout to rule slopes
- Milo Bryant - The Gazette
- Folks, ski season is coming. And more than a few of you have asked questions about getting in skiing shape.
Even when we're in great shape there are things we can do to help improve our ability to ski better and, if you ski as badly as I do,... Full story
- U.S. needs czar to coordinate health efforts
- America needs a trainer.
- By Milo Bryant, The Gazette
- America needs a trainer.
The country needs somebody qualified to help whip our butts into shape. That somebody would have the power to command, influence and draw resources from various aspects of the government to help us get in better shape.... Full story
- Gradual shift in habits helps avoid fitness-program rebellion
- Impatience can kill even the best fitness programs.
- By Milo Bryant, The Gazette
- Impatience can kill even the best fitness programs.
Folks are aware that too many kids in the United States are overweight or obese. We even know how to reverse the situation and how to prevent it. We know that more physical activity helps. We know... Full story
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- Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found....
- Ethics debate over blood from newborn safety tests WASHINGTON (AP) -- A critical safety net for babies - that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn - is facing an ethics attack....
- Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday....
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