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Some Students Fear Openness On Mental Health
In the wake of the shootings at Virginia Tech, colleges and universities are paying more attention to students with mental health problems. But in some cases, that has meant that students who complain of serious depression or suicidal thoughts are quickly suspended or expelled.

Plant Health Care and American Soybean Association announce success of ?N-Hibit Seed Treatment Satisfaction Guarantee? ...
Plant Health Care, Inc. (PHC) and the American Soybean Association (ASA) have announced that the 2008 growing season ?N-Hibit Seed Treatment Satisfaction Guarantee? program was an unqualified success.

Health Needs of Autistic Children Often Unmet
Title: Health Needs of Autistic Children Often Unmet Category: Health News Created: 12/2/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/2/2008

Rising Costs Affect Women's Health
Title: Rising Costs Affect Women's Health Category: Health News Created: 12/2/2008 Last Editorial Review: 12/2/2008

Health Highlights: Dec. 1, 2008
Title: Health Highlights: Dec. 1, 2008 Category: Health News Created: 12/2/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/2/2008

Health Tip: Be Sure to Get a Flu Shot
Title: Health Tip: Be Sure to Get a Flu Shot Category: Health News Created: 12/2/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/2/2008

Health Halo Can Hide the Calories
Have Americans been seduced into overeating by the so-called health halo associated with certain foods and restaurants?

The Checkup: Health in the News and in Your Life
Cancer: Here Today . . . Can breast cancer just disappear on its own? Per-Henrik Zahl of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo and colleagues compared breast cancer rates in two groups of more than 100,000 women ages 50 to 64. One group got mammograms every two years, while the second got...

Health officials, doctors urge smoking ban
LANSING ? Health officials and doctors are urging the Michigan Legislature to pass a workplace smoking ban before adjourning for the year.

State health officials urge quick passage of smoking ban
LANSING -- State health officials today urged Michigan lawmakers to quickly enact legislation to ban smoking in public workplaces -- even if Detroit casinos and cigar bars are carved out of the ban.

Alberta ombudsman to examine out-of-province health funding program
Complaints from people who've been denied funding by Alberta's out-of-province health program prompted Alberta ombudsman Gord Button to launch an investigation Tuesday.

NM health officials issue TB warning to Colo.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Health officials Tuesday issued a tuberculosis alert to passengers of a commercial bus that traveled through New Mexico from Texas to Colorado in August.

NM health officials issue TB alert
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Health officials have issued a tuberculosis alert to passengers of a commercial bus that traveled through New Mexico from Texas to Colorado in August.

Military marches toward mental health
The military finally is getting ahead in the head business -- tackling the psychological health and traumatic brain injuries of soldiers and their families in a comprehensive way.

People's Health Clinic names new chief
Judy Sobin has accepted the position of executive director at the People's Health Clinic in Park City, an announcement from the organization states.

NM health officials issue TB warning
Associated Press - December 2, 2008 6:35 PM ET SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Health officials today issued a tuberculosis alert to passengers of a commercial bus that traveled through New Mexico from...

Health Officials, Doctors Urge Mich. Smoking Ban
Health officials and doctors are urging the Michigan Legislature to pass a workplace smoking ban before adjourning for the year. They told reporters Tuesday that eliminating secondhand smoke inside workplaces would improve the health of residents, including wait staff at bars and restaurants.

Health Dept.: Bus passenger carried TB
Health officials on Tuesday said a person recently diagnosed with infectious tuberculosis rode a commercial bus line and may have exposed other bus passengers to the disease.

Health officials, doctors urge Michigan smoking ban
Public health officials and doctors on Tuesday implored the Legislature to ban smoking inside bars, restaurants and other workplaces before adjourning for the year, saying lives are at stake. "We know what will happen if we do nothing," Michigan Department...