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Tight airspace, poor communications hinder aid effort

Headline News - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 20:49
Limited runway space and battered telecommunications networks are hindering efforts to get food, water and medical aid into the hands of desperate Haitians amid the devastation of last week's earthquake, relief agencies said Monday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=hJIhGYuxOYQ:3r6d7YIzO2s:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=hJIhGYuxOYQ:3r6d7YIzO2s:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=hJIhGYuxOYQ:3r6d7YIzO2s:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=hJIhGYuxOYQ:3r6d7YIzO2s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=hJIhGYuxOYQ:3r6d7YIzO2s:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=hJIhGYuxOYQ:3r6d7YIzO2s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=hJIhGYuxOYQ:3r6d7YIzO2s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/hJIhGYuxOYQ" height="1" width="1"/
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More than 70 pulled from Haiti rubble

Headline News - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 20:43
Amid the heartbreak permeating the quake-struck Haitian capital, rescue crews continued to offer glimmers of hope as they combed through mounds of concrete and pulled more people out alive.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=7xHIdCfYi80:NZU00yDxlT8:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=7xHIdCfYi80:NZU00yDxlT8:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=7xHIdCfYi80:NZU00yDxlT8:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=7xHIdCfYi80:NZU00yDxlT8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=7xHIdCfYi80:NZU00yDxlT8:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=7xHIdCfYi80:NZU00yDxlT8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=7xHIdCfYi80:NZU00yDxlT8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/7xHIdCfYi80" height="1" width="1"/
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'A frenzy of looting' seen in Haiti's capital

Headline News - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 20:25
With the people of Haiti hungry, desperate and frustrated nearly a week after a powerful earthquake, sporadic violence and looting are erupting in the badly damaged capital.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=36AG26PH91E:-WKdGNz3Mwc:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=36AG26PH91E:-WKdGNz3Mwc:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=36AG26PH91E:-WKdGNz3Mwc:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=36AG26PH91E:-WKdGNz3Mwc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=36AG26PH91E:-WKdGNz3Mwc:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=36AG26PH91E:-WKdGNz3Mwc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=36AG26PH91E:-WKdGNz3Mwc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/36AG26PH91E" height="1" width="1"/
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UN chief asks Haitians for patience

Headline News - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 20:19
The supply line to Haiti is clogged by airport congestion and blocked roads, forcing thousands of earthquake survivors to scrounge for food and emergency aid. But the head of the United Nations is calling for calm among the increasingly desperate populations.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=WmbybGVrIJA:b9qTSUvnvx0:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=WmbybGVrIJA:b9qTSUvnvx0:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=WmbybGVrIJA:b9qTSUvnvx0:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=WmbybGVrIJA:b9qTSUvnvx0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=WmbybGVrIJA:b9qTSUvnvx0:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=WmbybGVrIJA:b9qTSUvnvx0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=WmbybGVrIJA:b9qTSUvnvx0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/WmbybGVrIJA" height="1" width="1"/
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Rescuers' joy mingles with agony

Headline News - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 19:25
In the eerie light of a supermarket storage room, an international team of rescue workers waited for a miracle.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=C9Z4h6lozoA:AO0gBCNyLg0:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=C9Z4h6lozoA:AO0gBCNyLg0:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=C9Z4h6lozoA:AO0gBCNyLg0:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=C9Z4h6lozoA:AO0gBCNyLg0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=C9Z4h6lozoA:AO0gBCNyLg0:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=C9Z4h6lozoA:AO0gBCNyLg0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=C9Z4h6lozoA:AO0gBCNyLg0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/C9Z4h6lozoA" height="1" width="1"/
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FDA debates tougher cancer warning on tanning beds (AP)

Health Headlines - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 18:41
AP - Just as millions head to tanning beds to prepare for spring break, the Food and Drug Administration will be debating how to toughen warnings that those sunlamps pose a cancer risk. Yes, sunburns are particularly dangerous. But there's increasing scientific consensus that there's no such thing as a safe tan, either.
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Even legitimate opioid use may cause overdose (Reuters)

Health Headlines - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 18:25
Reuters - Perhaps it's not surprising, but people who take high doses of opioid painkillers even for legitimate medical reasons are at risk of overdosing, new research shows.
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Experts urge screening for obesity in kids (Reuters)

Health Headlines - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 18:18
Reuters - Doctors should screen children and teens between 6 and 18 years for extra pounds, a federal task force recommends.
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U.S. works to expedite adoptions of Haitian children

Headline News - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 18:07
The State Department said Monday it is working with the Department of Homeland Security and the Haitian government on processing nearly 300 cases of Americans who are waiting to adopt Haitian children.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=uf_MRj-y2IA:6TsIrxrAEng:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=uf_MRj-y2IA:6TsIrxrAEng:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=uf_MRj-y2IA:6TsIrxrAEng:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=uf_MRj-y2IA:6TsIrxrAEng:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=uf_MRj-y2IA:6TsIrxrAEng:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=uf_MRj-y2IA:6TsIrxrAEng:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=uf_MRj-y2IA:6TsIrxrAEng:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/uf_MRj-y2IA" height="1" width="1"/
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Immune Response Better With Skin Scratch Vaccination (HealthDay)

Health Headlines - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 18:05
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Giving a vaccine through a scratch on the skin (scarification) triggers a stronger immune response than injected vaccines, say U.S. researchers, who also found that scarification requires 100 times less vaccine to prompt an immune response.
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Women's Natural Scent Most Attractive to Men (HealthDay)

Health Headlines - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 18:05
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Women who want to attract a man's attention shouldn't wear perfume, new research suggests.
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Health Tip: Prevent Injuries From Toys (HealthDay)

Health Headlines - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 18:05
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Toys may be meant for fun and play, but toys in the wrong little hands can lead to serious injury.
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Health Tip: Applying First Aid to a Minor Burn (HealthDay)

Health Headlines - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 18:05
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A minor burn can be caused by fire, steam, or a hot liquid or object, and can scald the skin. The skin may be painful, turn red, and blister or peel.
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Newly Identified Gene Variants Linked to Diabetes (HealthDay)

Health Headlines - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 18:05
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified 10 new gene variants associated with blood sugar or insulin levels, which they believe could lead to new treatments for type 2 diabetes.
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Parents Not Taking Concussions Seriously Enough (HealthDay)

Health Headlines - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 18:05
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Children who suffer a concussion don't just have a minor head bump, but a brain injury that parents, coaches and teachers need to take more seriously, Canadian researchers warn.
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Federal Panel Urges Obesity Screening for Kids Ages 6 and Up (HealthDay)

Health Headlines - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 18:05
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- A federal panel of health experts has issued new recommendations encouraging U.S. doctors to screen children aged 6 and older for obesity, and to offer them a referral to intensive weight management programs when necessary.
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Taliban attack in downtown Kabul

Headline News - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 16:42
An attack in which the Taliban claimed to have infiltrated key government sites in central Kabul killed five people on Monday morning, hospital officials said. Thirty-eight other people were injured.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=m521FvICA_w:5HVy7w3Ko_8:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=m521FvICA_w:5HVy7w3Ko_8:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=m521FvICA_w:5HVy7w3Ko_8:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=m521FvICA_w:5HVy7w3Ko_8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=m521FvICA_w:5HVy7w3Ko_8:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=m521FvICA_w:5HVy7w3Ko_8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=m521FvICA_w:5HVy7w3Ko_8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/m521FvICA_w" height="1" width="1"/
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Beyond survival, health crisis looms

Headline News - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 16:03
Surviving the massive quake that rocked Haiti was just the beginning. Experts say the new dangers -- among them, deaths from untreated wounds and disease outbreak -- may be compounded by Haiti's old problem: poverty.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=ky5u6gftU2E:1ahzhjYktoQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=ky5u6gftU2E:1ahzhjYktoQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=ky5u6gftU2E:1ahzhjYktoQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=ky5u6gftU2E:1ahzhjYktoQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=ky5u6gftU2E:1ahzhjYktoQ:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=ky5u6gftU2E:1ahzhjYktoQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=ky5u6gftU2E:1ahzhjYktoQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/ky5u6gftU2E" height="1" width="1"/
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Gunmen kill aid workers in Baghdad

Headline News - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 14:30
In a rare attack against a humanitarian group, militants killed five workers and wounded two security officers Monday, officials said.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=pfgAjd5e4O8:p3_LdqKiDlI:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=pfgAjd5e4O8:p3_LdqKiDlI:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=pfgAjd5e4O8:p3_LdqKiDlI:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=pfgAjd5e4O8:p3_LdqKiDlI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=pfgAjd5e4O8:p3_LdqKiDlI:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=pfgAjd5e4O8:p3_LdqKiDlI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=pfgAjd5e4O8:p3_LdqKiDlI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/pfgAjd5e4O8" height="1" width="1"/
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Organized medicine pushes back on expansions of scope of practice

Profession News - Mon, 01/18/2010 - 08:00
Physicians ask legislatures to establish scope-of-practice review committees. They say court cases in Texas and Iowa highlight the need to preserve patient safety.
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