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Reuters: Bedwetting, being overweight linked to sleep apnea

Fri Jul 3, 10:44 am ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children who are overweight and wet the bed at night may have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), researchers report. Both being overweight and wetting the bed are associated with the nighttime breathing disorder, they found. However, overweight and bedwetting are not associated with each other. To read... [Read more]

RECALL: E. coli Outbreak Linked to Eating Raw Cookie Dough

If you like eating raw, prepackaged cookie dough, think twice! The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning consumers not to eat any varieties of prepackaged NESTLÉ Toll House refrigerated cookie dough due to the risk of contamination with E. coli O157:H7 (a bacterium that causes food borne illness).... [Read more]

CDC: Shortage of childhood infection vaccine over

By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer – Thu Jun 25, 2:31 pm ET ATLANTA – The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has declared an end to a shortage of a childhood vaccine that protects against bacterial meningitis, pneumonia and other serious infections. The shortage began in late 2007, when vaccine maker Merck & Co. announced a recall of the vaccine... [Read more]

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