Waiting for the cure

Imagine worrying there is something wrong with your child -- a child that for months since birth has appeared perfectly normal. Then, without warning, your child has stopped progressing, withdraws from the world, exhibits behavioural problems.

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Parents fight Coppell schools for son's education

Amy and Ray Sosa spent a year battling with Coppell ISD about the education and treatment of their teenage son with learning disabilities. Finally, they decided to enroll Alex, 14, in a private school.

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Judge is sacked for jailing 46 over mobile phone ring

A judge in New York state lost his job after taking 46 people into custody after they all refused to admit whose mobile phone rang while court was in session, court sources said Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT

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FDA Mulls Cutting Salt in Processed Foods

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold a hearing on Thursday to debate just how much salt is too much in the processed foods Americans eat.

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Women Must Work Harder

The joke, "Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good," may not be totally off the mark in the workplace.

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Maternity Workforce Shortages Must Be Tackled, New Zealand

Maternity workforce shortages must be tackled urgently, says the New Zealand Medical Association.

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Food Costs Take A Big Bite Of The Income Pie For Low-income British Columbians, Canada

Imagine spending 42% of your income after taxes on food. That's how much a family of four receiving income assistance in BC would need to spend to purchase enough healthy food.

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Even Minute Levels Of Lead Cause Brain Damage In Children

Even very small amounts of lead in children's blood -- amounts well below the current federal standard -- are associated with reduced IQ scores, finds a new six-year Cornell study.

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Tobacco Marketers Targeting Teens Near Schools

oe Camel may be long gone, but that doesn't mean tobacco marketers have abandoned their efforts to get young people hooked on smoking.

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Violent TV, Games Pack A Powerful Public Health Threat

Watching media violence significantly increases the risk that a viewer or video game player will behave aggressively in both the short and long term, according to a University of Michigan study published yesterday in a special issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.

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Children herded like cattle into Maryland courthouse for forced vaccinations as armed police and attack dogs stand guard

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Newsvine - Study: Money Can Prod One to Lose Weight

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