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ATLANTA The globe-trotting tuberculosis patient who sparked an international public health incident in May said Friday he was tricked into a federal quarantine.
Andrew Speaker, a 31-year-old Atlanta attorney, he would have gladly gone into isolation if health officials had asked him to. Instead, he said they asked him to swing by a New […]

Resting Energy Expenditure in Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Original Articles Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition. 45(3):342-346, September 2007.
Hill, RJ *; Cleghorn, GJ *,+; Withers, GD +; Lewindon, PJ +; Ee, LC +; Connor, F +; Davies, PSW *
Abstract:
Objectives: There is controversy in the literature regarding the effect of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) […]

WASHINGTON It has been 14 years since first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s health care reform plan sank like a stone, swallowed by fears of a big-government power grab. In the years since, wary presidential candidates at first avoided the issue altogether, then gingerly dipped one toe, then another, back into the pool.
This year, […]

Pediatric Jejunal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Diagnosed by Wireless Capsule Endoscopy.
Case Reports Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition. 45(3):358-360, September 2007.
Viola, Sheila *; Dray, Xavier +; Boudjemaa, Sabah ++; Meklati, Moncef +; Challier, Pierre *; Kotobi, Henri [S]; Tounian, Patrick *; Girardet, Jean-Philippe *; Vahedi, Kouroche +

Babies exposed in the womb to chemicals used in non-stick cookware and other products may be born slightly smaller than other infants, two new studies report.
Earlier tests on animals have linked two chemicals, perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), to cancer and developmental problems.
Studies also show that the chemicals can remain in the […]