HealthDay – SATURDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) — Chemicals with the
tongue-twisting name of phthalates (pronounced THAL ates) are nearly
ubiquitous in consumer products, found in items from soaps, lotion and
cosmetics to plastics and toys.
HealthDay – SATURDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) — Family stability —
regardless of whether it’s a one- or two-parent household — may help a
child succeed in school and life, a new study shows.
AP – The Senate’s chief Democratic negotiator on a health care bill is indicating it’s time to act and has told his colleagues he won’t wait much longer for a Republican compromise.
Reuters – A key U.S. Senate Democrat may seek to end a stalemate on healthcare legislation by offering a proposal next week prior to President Barack Obama’s highly anticipated address to Congress, Democratic aides said on Saturday.
AP – Group Health Cooperative was created in Washington state more than six decades ago, started up by members of local granges, unions and cooperatives who were inspired by a physician who had established America’s first cooperative hospital in Elk City, Oklahoma.