Campaign Targets Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Kids (HealthDay) HealthDay - SATURDAY, Feb. 9 (
HealthDay News) -- About one in eight -- or about 5 million -- American youngsters have noise-induced hearing loss, something that's entirely preventable, says the American Academy of Audiology.
Source: news.yahoo.comFDA links anti-wrinkle drugs to deaths (AP)
AP - The popular anti-wrinkle drug Botox and a competitor have been linked to dangerous botulism symptoms in some users, cases so bad that a few children given the drugs for muscle spasms have died, the government warned Friday.
Source: news.yahoo.comCompany builds $1 billion juice business (AP) AP - On stage at a sales convention, XanGo executive vice president Joseph Morton said that when he first stumbled across mangosteen, a tropical fruit with purported curative powers, "I didn't have to have it confirmed in the New England medical journal before I would listen."
Source: news.yahoo.comDoctors use Wii games for rehab therapy (AP)
AP - Some call it "Wiihabilitation." Nintendo's Wii video game system, whose popularity already extends beyond the teen gaming set, is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries.
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