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• Common antibiotics tied to birth defects
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  • Researchers studying antibiotics in pregnancy have found a surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections with birth defects.
• Dangerous liaisons: Why we find vampires sexy
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  • Modern-day vampires are being featured in major Hollywood movies, a hit HBO series and referenced on runways and in a new energy drink that comes in hospital blood bags. So why the resurgence of interest? And why are they always so hot?
• Coffee lovers don’t face higher risk of heart ills
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  • Contrary to findings from an earlier study, new research suggests that coffee lovers do not face an increased risk of heart failure.
• Low cholesterol may ward off prostate cancer
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  • A new study suggests that men may be able to lower their risk of getting the most aggressive form of prostate cancer by keeping their cholesterol in a healthy range.
• Side effects not always due to swine flu shot
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  • As millions of people worldwide begin getting the new swine flu shot, public health officials are bracing for rumors about dangerous side effects linked to the vaccine.
• Millions die because of high malaria drug prices
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  • Nearly a million people die from malaria each year because they cannot afford the most effective treatment and instead often buy old drugs to which the malaria parasite has become resistant, researchers said on Monday.
• Swine flu closes more than 600 schools in U.S.
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  • Across the country schools are closing by the dozen as officials say theyre being hit so hard by swine flu that they feel shutting down for a few days is the only feasible option.
• Why memory lane is such a mortifying stroll
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  • Humiliating memories may not cause as much emotional pain as the trauma of war or injury or abuse, but they do tend to get lodged in the brain and fester in a similar manner.
• H1N1 shots to be sent to 100 developing nations
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  • The World Health Organization plans to distribute 200 million doses of swine flu vaccine to 100 developing countries.
• More medical schools teaching alt. remedies
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  • Future doctors and nurses are learning about acupuncture and herbs along with anatomy and physiology at a growing number of medical schools. The government has spent millions to fund programs, but critics worry the lesson plans are biased tow…
• Mortifying memories: Your past humiliations
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  • Whether it happened 20 seconds ago or 20 years ago, embarrassing memories have a way of sticking around, no matter how hard we try to forget. In response to a recent msnbc.com story , readers shared their own humiliations from their past.
• New vaccine offers hope in malaria battle
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  • Final stages of testing are under way in malaria-plagued Africa on a vaccine that appears to be able to prevent the disease in about 50 percent of children.
• UN: $39 billion needed for pneumonia
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  • On the first World Pneumonia Day on Monday, the World Health Organization and UNICEF are releasing a global plan aiming to save more than 5 million children from dying of pneumonia by 2015.
• Stroke risk linked to anemia drug, study finds
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  • A new study raises fresh safety concerns about widely used anemia medicines, finding that the drug Aranesp nearly doubled the risk of stroke in people with diabetes and chronic kidney problems who are not yet sick enough to need dialysis.
• More insurers paying for alternative remedies
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  • Acupuncture, not pain pills that "make me loopy," is what Cynde Durnford-Branecki wants for her aching back, and a treatment costs her only a $20 copayment.
• Hospital fined $150,000 in wrong-site surgery
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  • Rhode Island health officials have fined a hospital $150,000 and ordered it to install video cameras in its operating rooms after it had its fifth wrong-site surgery since 2007.
• Ground beef recalled over E. coli death
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  • A New York meat company has recalled almost 546,000 pounds of ground beef because, according to health officials, contaminated meat has caused illness and one death.
• Maryland will monitor doctors’ hand washing
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  • Maryland is starting to keep tabs on how often doctors and nurses wash their hands at hospitals.
• Sleepless in ... West Virginia?
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  • Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to a government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness.
• Video: Making LaRouche a bad name
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  • Oct. 28: Rachel Maddow explains the confusion after a counter protester threw paint at volunteers for pharmaceutical company Hoffman-La Rouche thinking they were working for political extremist Lyndon LaRouche.(Other)
• Video: Wasteful F-22 program terminated
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  • Oct. 28: Rachel Re: President Obama signed the Defense spending bill into law today, which put an end to the building of F-22 jets. Rachel Maddow takes a look at the history of the folly that was the F-22 project.(Other)
• Video: Battle tempo ‘around the clock’ in Afghanistan
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  • Oct. 28: Reporting from Afghanistan, NBCs Brian Williams joins the Morning Joe gang to discuss the morale of U.S. troops, as well as potential changes to battle strategy amid increasing levels of violence.(Other)
• Video: Leitch predicts World Series win for Yanks
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  • OCT. 28: Contributing Editor for New York Magazine Will Leitch, joins Willie to discuss the Yankees-Phillies World Series match-up and the powerhouse pitching of Cole Hamels and CC Sabathia.(Other)
• Video: Reid-ing between the lines of health debate
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  • Oct. 28: Msnbc political analyst Harold Ford, Jr. joins the Morning Joe gang to discuss the politics of Sen. Harry Reids push for a government-sponsored insurance plan.(Other)
• Video: Is a ‘flexible timetable’ needed in Afghanistan?
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  • Oct. 28: Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisc., joins the Morning Joe gang to discuss the future of the conflict in Afghanistan.(Other)