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| Health Highlights: Sept. 18, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: |
| FDA defends plastic linked to health risks (The State) With scientists at odds over the safety of a chemical found in plastic baby bottles, metal cans and other food packaging, consumers got minimal guidance Tuesday about how to protect themselves. At a scientific hearing, the Food and Drug Administration defended its assessment that bisphenol A ? or BPA ? is safe, even as the first major study of health effects in people linked it with possible ... |
| AMA Launches New Health Care Ad Blitz (CBS News) The American Medical Association unveiled new print and television ads Thursday, promoting health-care coverage for the country?s 46 million uninsured. In a press conference at the Capitol, AMA president Nancy Nielsen thanked Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Bob Bennett (R-Utah) and Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) for tackling the issue in a bi-partisan fashion. The two new AMA television ads are ... |
| Corzine asks Congress for universal health care (Courier-Post) New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine urged the federal government Thursday to create a system in which all Americans have health insurance, equating universal health care to a moral responsibility for lawmakers. |
| FDA defends plastic linked with health risks (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and LINDSEY TANNER With scientists at odds about the risks of a chemical found in plastic baby bottles, metal cans and other food packaging, the government on Tuesday gave consumers some tips on how to reduce their exposure to BPA even as it said the substance is safe. A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee met as a major study linked bisphenol A to ... |
