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How Can the Flu Kill You?

ABC News' Matt Davis and Michelle Schlief report: We spent some time talking with pathologists, medical examiners and infectious disease experts to find out exactly how the flu can kill a person. Swine flu, like any flu, is transmitted when...

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May 7, 2009 in Health Insider | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Facing America's Doctor Disparity

ABC News Medical Editor Dr. Tim Johnson reports: In response to my report on Primary Care on “World News” Thursday, I have received several comments requesting some ideas on how to improve the supply of primary care doctors -- general...

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April 10, 2009 in Health Insider | Permalink | User Comments (7)

No End in Sight for Peanut Product Recalls

ABC News' Lisa Stark reports: They keep appearing in my e-mail inbox -- more recall notices linked to the salmonella outbreak blamed on peanut products. It's certainly unusual to have additional recalls more than two months after the Centers for...

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March 18, 2009 in Health Insider | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Dr. Tim: Inside the White House Forum on Health Care

ABC News’ medical editor Dr. Tim Johnson reports: Thursday I attended the White House Forum on Health Care. Below are some of my observations on this interesting and important event. 1. As an "event," it was enormously successful, particularly in...

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March 6, 2009 in Health Insider | Permalink | User Comments (8)

Health Policy Experts Mull Impact of Wyeth Ruling

By AUDREY GRAYSON, ABC News Medical Unit The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today against the drugmaker Wyeth, holding that pharmaceutical companies can be held liable for harm from medicines that carry warnings approved by federal regulators. In a 6-3 vote,...

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March 4, 2009 in Health Insider | Permalink | User Comments (2)

Health Coverage for All -- Is It on the Way?

On Friday, the New York Times revealed that major players in the nation’s health care debate -- including big insurance companies, lobbyists representing consumers, physicians, hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry -- may soon unveil a consensus plan advocating comprehensive legislation...

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February 20, 2009 in Health Insider | Permalink | User Comments (54)

This Is Your Brain on Envy

By MICHELLE SCHLIEF, ABC News Medical Unit Morrissey’s indie tune about envy -- “We hate it when our friends become successful” -- was inescapable if you listened to college radio in the ‘90s. The object of jealousy in the song...

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February 12, 2009 in Health Insider | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Is a Virus Making You Obese? Fat Chance

By DAN CHILDS, ABC News Medical Unit What if obesity was an insidious infection you could catch from your friends and colleagues? Such is the scenario proposed in new research on an adenovirus known as AD-36. A team of scientists...

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January 26, 2009 in Health Insider | Permalink | User Comments (27)

Video Gamers May Be 'Virtually' on Their Own

By AUDREY GRAYSON, ABC News Medical Unit I have a dark secret from my past. It involves a phase in my life which I am not proud to admit that I went through. From the age of about 12 to...

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January 23, 2009 in Health Insider | Permalink | User Comments (14)

Think Birth Control Pills Are Dangerous? Try Pregnancy

By JOANNA SCHAFFHAUSEN, ABC News Medical Unit Since hormonal birth control first appeared in the 1960s, nearly 80 percent of women have taken it at some point in their lives. The pills and patches are so commonplace now that many...

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January 15, 2009 in Health Insider | Permalink | User Comments (34)