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Andrew Schneider

Senior Public Health Correspondent

A two-time Pulitzer winner, Andrew is an investigative reporter who uncovered the nation's largest environmental disaster, among dozens of other stories. He writes at Cold Truth.

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Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Make Popcorn

posted: 17 days 12 hours ago

(Dec. 10) -- Two years ago, Orville Redenbacher soared from the graveyard and announced in weeks of TV ads that his popcorn was now free of diacetyl. That's the chemical in artificial butter flavorin ...

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A Creative Plan for Fighting Cancer --ÃÂ And Slashing Medical Costs

posted: 23 days 12 hours ago

About 400 physicians are gathered today in Lansing, Mich., to hear an unlikely message: A major health insurance company wants them to test symptom-free patients to determine whether they have or may ...

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Oink! Scientists Create Lab-Grown Pork

posted: 27 days 10 hours ago

(Nov. 30) -- Scientists in the Netherlands have created pig in a test tube. Debate has already started on whether it will save the world, or just throw vegetarians into a quandary. In the meantime, ...

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Plant With Waffle Shortage Had Listeria Problem

posted: 32 days 10 hours ago

(Nov. 25) -- According to Kellogg, the nationwide shortage of Eggo waffles is due to technical difficulties: equipment problems in one factory, a flood in another. But the deluge at the plant in Atla ...

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Opinion: The FDA's Battle With Bogus Drug Claims

posted: 34 days 11 hours ago

(Nov. 23) - We've all sat in front of the TV listening to an earnest-looking man in a white coat confiding in us that the new drug he holds will save – or at least markedly improve – our ...

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Critics Blast Advice About Mammograms

posted: 39 days 14 hours ago

(Nov. 18) -- Reactions to new government guidelines for breast cancer screenings have been visceral and immediate, and have sparked instant disagreement among doctors. Those objecting to the shift s ...

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Household Toxics Reach Babies Even in Womb

posted: 40 days 12 hours ago

(Nov. 17) -- It is one of the worst nightmares for a mother-to-be: She's poisoning the baby in her belly, and there is little she can do about it. Now new research out Tuesday has put hard numbers t ...

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Uninsured Trauma Victims Face High Death Rate

posted: 41 days 8 hours ago

(Nov. 16) -- It's federal law: All seriously injured emergency and trauma patients must be given equal lifesaving care, whether or not they can pay for it. But that's not happening, according to a ne ...

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List: Products Containing Nanosilver

posted: 53 days 12 hours ago

(Nov. 4) -- The list of products containing nanosilver particles is long, varied and growing. What's listed below came from the Internet or a continuously updated Web site of consumer nano products c ...

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Experts Explore Risks of Nanotechnology in Clothes

posted: 53 days 15 hours ago

(Dec. 4) -- Tiny particles so small that at least a million of them can fit on a pinhead are keeping your bras, panties, socks and children's clothing smelling sweet. But are these silver nanoparticl ...

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