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Brazilian Blowout: California Fines Company $600,000 for Toxic Hair Straightening Treatment

Toxic hair straightening, a new drug for cystic fibrosis, a religious battle over birth control and more from our Daily Briefing.

Creating Livable Cities -- A PBS Documentary Offers Lessons for Sane and Healthy Lives

How does our urban environment affect our health? A new PBS documentary series hosted by public health expert Dr. Richard Jackson examines the issue in depth.

Rick Warren: Megachurch Sheds Megapounds with Biblical Weight Loss Program

Biblical weight loss, good news about whooping cough, and health wonkery from the Daily Show's Jon Stewart, plus more from our Daily Briefing.

More Bad News for Tamiflu

Tamiflu woes, obesity at a standstill, appendicitis mysteries and more from our Daily Briefing.

American Red Cross Fined $9.6 Million for Unsafe Blood Collection

The American Red Cross, the largest supplier of donated blood in the U.S., was fined $9.6 million after federal inspectors found hundreds of blood safety violations at 16 of the organization’s 36 blood collection centers nationwide.

Parkinson's Alley

Recent studies have found statistical links between pesticide use and an outbreak of Parkinson's disease in California farm towns. Researchers even know which chemicals are the likely culprits. What's the government doing about it? Not much.

A Healthy New Year's Resolution with a Social Twist

The December issue of Wired Mag­azine pro­files David Kirchhoff, CEO of Weight Watchers, in a story on new ways to measure calories and food. It’s an inter­esting piece, with several points worth con­tem­plating at the start of the year.

Participating in and changing the conversation about health

What is health? How does it impact my neighborhood? What can we do about it? What is a healthy community?

Examining local universal care: How San Francisco took an independent — and expensive — approach to covering the uninsured

In 2007, San Francisco embarked on a rare and bold experiment, resolving to provide universal health care to its residents. Four years later, Healthy San Francisco has an enrollment of 54,000 people — between half and three-quarters of the estimated uninsured population. But the city has dug deep, and the program has earned less than expected from other sources. Can this ambitious program be sustained financially?

Patient-Journalists Multiply at a Major Medical Conference

Journalists from big name organizations better move over. The notebook or microphone next to you at medical conferences is now likely to be in the hand of someone living with the diagnosis being discussed.

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