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Health

Saturday August 8, 2009 Updated 1:41 AM PDT

This Week

Special Reports

Health Care Waste

Supplies head overseas rather than trash can.

Sounding The Alarm

Noise from traffic poses health risks for S.F. residents.

An Ailing System

What happens when the health care system breaks down.

TODAY'S CHRONICLE

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Girls get hands-on orthopedic experience

Girls get hands-on orthopedic experience

The teenage girls peered behind Dr. Lisa Lattanza as the physician pointed inside the patient's elbow to...

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Salmonella cases spur Fresno ground beef recall

More than 800,000 pounds of ground beef from a Fresno processing plant have been recalled because of...

Demonstrators disrupt health care forums 1:31 AM
Obese TX inmate hides gun in his flabs of fat 1:29 AM
Autopsy: Cocaine contributed to Billy Mays' death 1:15 AM
Oakland boy shot in face while playing with gun 1:06 AM
Jackson show insurance excluded 'illicit' drug use 1:41 AM

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Flu shot? Try 3 flu shots

Get ready to roll up your sleeve three times for flu shots this fall. That's right, three times. This year's flu season is shaping up...

Chronicle 8.7.09 4:00 AM

'Khaki Pants Offensive in the Health Care War'

I know I should be mortified by the lobbyist-organized mobs of angry Brooks Brothers mannequins who are now making headlines by...

Chronicle 8.7.09 4:00 AM

'Cash for clunkers' effort hurts nonprofits

The cheers accompanying Thursday's $2 billion extension of the "cash for clunkers" program are not shared by Point Richmond's Vehicle...

Chronicle 8.7.09 4:00 AM

Rowdy protesters overrun health care meetings

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent her chamber home for the summer recess with a list of talking points to respond to constituents...

Chronicle 8.5.09 8:25 PM

Koala rescued from fire faces dangerous surgery

A koala made famous by a photograph of her drinking from a firefighter's water bottle as wildfires ravaged Australia this year is...

Chronicle 8.6.09 4:00 AM

Cement for backs ineffective

A common treatment that uses medical cement to fix cracks in the spinal bones of elderly people worked no better than a sham treatment...

Chronicle 8.6.09 4:00 AM

Fear of pandemic boosts demand for flu vaccine

The swine flu pandemic is spurring makers of seasonal flu vaccines to ship them to the U.S. market well ahead of schedule, and...

Chronicle 8.6.09 4:00 AM

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