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Dad's in-home smoking may harm family's health (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Fathers-to-be who smoke and want to protect the health of their families should take it outside, suggests new research from Korea.
Health Highlights: Nov. 20, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Zimbabwe deadlock reaps 'health and food emergency': US (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Cholera and starvation are spreading in Zimbabwe as a political deadlock and economic meltdown trigger a manmade "food and health emergency," the US ambassador to Harare James McGee said Thursday.
Bed shortage forces L.A. County mental health staff to rely on police (Los Angeles Times)
Under current law, patients must be admitted if they are brought in by police -- but not if they are brought in by a mental health worker. Commissioners seek a quick solution to the problem. Alarmed by reports that Los Angeles County mental health staff -- hobbled by a countywide shortage of beds for the mentally ill -- are increasingly forwarding emergency calls to police, commissioners ...
Doctor: Leaders must have health exams (UPI)
LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Candidates for prime minister or president should have an independent health examination to ensure their ability to govern, a British doctor argues.
Health Insurers Offer to Accept All Applicants, on Condition (New York Times)
The health insurance industry said it would support a plan requiring insurers to accept all customers, but asked that Congress require all Americans to have coverage in return.
Zimbabwe health service in 'state of collapse,' doctors say (CNN)
Zimbabwe's health system, once the envy of many African nations, is "in a state of collapse" -- with many hospitals either completely shut down or unable to admit new patients, a leading doctors' group said Thursday.
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News (UPI)
Vast water glaciers found on Mars ... Abuse of politicians' DNA feared ... 25,000 Americans don't know they have HIV ... Study: Females bond through language ... Health/Science news from UPI.
Valley seniors' health woes rise (The Fresno Bee)
Diabetes and other chronic diseases have grown more common among elderly San Joaquin Valley residents since the beginning of this decade, according to a new survey of California health trends.
Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of some top health care equipment companies were down at the close of trading: Becton Dickinson fell $1.66 or 2.7 percent, to $60.26.
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