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Study: Swallowing Foreign Objects Costs Millions Each Year

20 hours 39 minutes ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 4) -- The country could save millions in health care costs each year if Americans would stop intentionally swallowing foreign objects like pens, batteries and even razorblades. That's the concl ...

Health-Conscious Mayor's Halloween Trick?

21 hours 39 minutes ago |AOL News

(Nov. 5) -- Bitter New Yorkers who are worried that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's "war on candy" will deprive them of their next sugar high may be able to relax. In fact, on Halloween they could look no ...

Cheese at Costco May Have Been Tainted With E. Coli

22 hours 34 minutes ago |AOL News

Paul Sakuma, AP

(Nov. 5) -- Free samples of cheese given out in at least five states may be contaminated with E. coli. At least 25 people who may have eaten samples of Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese at Costco ...

Study: CT Scans Modestly Cut Lung Cancer Deaths

1 day 13 hours ago |AP

WASHINGTON (Nov. 4) -- A major study shows giving heavy smokers special CT scans can detect lung cancer early enough to modestly lower their risk of death - the first clear evidence that a screening ...

Americans Best Brits on Lifespan, But Suffer More Illness

1 day 16 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 4) -- Americans can expect to outlive their British peers, but not without suffering chronic ailments to a greater extent than those living across the Atlantic. A collaborative effort between U ...

Four Loko Bans Rise, Along With Sales Figures

1 day 19 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 4) -- Four Loko, the "blackout in a can" beverage that's being blamed for a series of intoxication-related illnesses and hospitalizations across the country, is facing a growing clampdown on co ...

Tobacco-Based Vaccines Could Pwn Future Pandemics

1 day 21 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 4) -- Pandemics and bio-terror threats might one day be a health hazard of the past. A massive undertaking by the U.S. military is rapidly transforming vaccine production, yielding fast-tracked ...

Corrosion Threatens BP Pipelines in Alaska; Could Lead to More Spills

2 days 13 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 3) -- Though BP's gulf oil spill, now capped, is fading from the headlines, the company could soon be responsible for another all-too-familiar environmental catastrophe: ProPublica, a nonprofit ...

Peanuts During Pregnancy: Nibble Now Could Mean Childhood Allergy Later

2 days 15 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 3) -- Could you go nine months without peanut butter? That's the foreboding potential of an extensive new study, which concludes that that pregnant women who consume peanuts and peanut-based pr ...

For Accurate Health Advice, Don't Rely on Facebook

2 days 16 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 3) -- Do you need to reconsider your insulin dose? Is that mole malignant or just uniquely shaped? For answers to these and all other important health questions, online users would be wise to s ...

GOP Gains Mean More Challenges to Health Care

2 days 17 hours ago |Politics Daily

Win McNamee, Getty Images

Challenges to President Obama's new health care law are going to surge right along with the Republican surges in Congress, state legislatures and governor's mansions. It's unclear, however, how many ...

Dining Tip: For Flavorful Food, Slave Over the Stove

2 days 19 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 3) -- For food that's ultimately appetizing, you need to sweat over a hot stove and give your meal ample time and attention. That's the advice from a team of scientists at Johns Hopkins, who t ...