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Meningitis Death Toll Rises to 11

International Herald Tribune - Posted: October 9th, 2012, 11:27pm EDT

Lawmakers Tuesday called for new laws to ensure federal oversight of the type of pharmacy that made the medicine that has so far killed 11 people in a national outbreak of meningitis.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/244d8947/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/146820987773/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/244d8947/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/146820987773/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/244d8947/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/146820987773/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/244d8947/a2t.img" border="0"/

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After Losing St. Vincent’s Hospital, Manhattan Sees Rise in Clinic Care

International Herald Tribune - Posted: October 9th, 2012, 10:07pm EDT

The demise of St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village two years ago has led to a struggle for health care supremacy, offering a glimpse at what might be the future of urban medicine.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/244d7f0c/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/146820986374/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/244d7f0c/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/146820986374/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/244d7f0c/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/146820986374/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/244d7f0c/a2t.img" border="0"/

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Worries About Lead for New York’s Garden-Fresh Eggs

International Herald Tribune - Posted: October 9th, 2012, 5:05pm EDT

A study suggests eggs from neighborhood gardens show elevated levels of lead, but whether the amounts are alarming is not clear.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/244d7f0d/mf.gif' border='0'/

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Attention Disorder or Not, Children Prescribed Pills to Help in School

International Herald Tribune - Posted: October 9th, 2012, 1:10am EDT

Drugs that normally are used to increase focus are used in some cases simply to improve performance at school.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/2443b255/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/146820946841/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2443b255/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/146820946841/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2443b255/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/146820946841/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/2443b255/a2t.img" border="0"/

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