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Health and Beauty

Created: June 7, 2009, Parts: 17

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Shared Lesssons: 168

Title and Description	Time	Level	Preview
Experts Urge Limits on Widely Used Pain Drug A committee advises US officials that current recommended doses of acetaminophen are too high. Liver	3:57	Advanced 1	Play
Smoking and the Risk to Women's Lungs A new study finds that cigarettes may harm women faster than men.	3:59	Advanced 1	Play
Study Says Smoking Bans Do Not Hurt Jobs in Bars, Restaurants Findings come as Wisconsin and North Carolina - America's top tobacco producing state - pass smoke-f	3:57	Advanced 1	Play
Hands-Only CPR Is a Simpler Way to Save Lives The American Heart Association updated its guidelines in 2008 for what to do when a person's heart s	3:59	Intermediate 2	Play
Saving Preterm Babies With an Idea From Nature A program in Senegal teaches mothers about the kangaroo method of skin-to-skin contact.	3:57	Advanced 1	Play
US Eases H1N1 Flu Policy for Schools Schools are advised not to close anymore when they have cases.	3:57	Advanced 1	Play
The Global Snakebite Initiative Is Working to Improve Treatment for Victims Scientists say the people most often bitten may be the least able to get good treatment.	3:58	Advanced 2	Play
Happy Thoughts for Future = More Time to Live It? A study in women suggests that hopeful individuals are less likely than others to suffer an early de	3:55	Intermediate 2	Play
Male Circumcision Reduces Chances of Human Papillomavirus A new study shows a lower risk of herpes and HPV in men who are circumcised.	3:56	Advanced 1	Play
Service Organizations Help Prevent Loss of Eyesight in India Rotary Clubs help provide eye care to poor people living far from cities and others in need of treat	3:59	Advanced 1	Play
New Test Could Speed Tuberculosis Results Scientists have developed a faster way to identify drug-resistant cases of TB.	3:57	Advanced 1	Play
Take This Medicine: The Story of the Sign 'Rx' How a special sign came to mean a doctor’s prescription.	4:56	Advanced 1	Play
Doctor Spock, 1903-1998: The World’s Most Famous Baby Doctor His famous book told parents: “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do”.	15:35	Intermediate 2	Play
Teaching HIV Prevention to the Young and Not-So-Young A look at projects in Kenya and Brazil. Also, a researcher says South Africa's former government cou	3:58	Advanced 2	Play
Study Links Weather to Migraine Headaches Researchers compared hospital visits to weather conditions and found that the higher the temperature	3:58	Intermediate 2	Play