Read more illness stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4799/illness.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:20:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67419/go-easy-on-the-candles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDon't go overboard on the candles, researchers warn. The fumes of paraffin wax candles can contribute to cancer and asthma, though it would take years of heavy use to cause a problem, the BBC reports. “An occasional paraffin candle and its emissions will not likely affect you,” says one scientist...http://www.newser.com/story/67419/go-easy-on-the-candles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 13:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66741/reform-we-need-a-revolution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDiane McWhorter’s experience with a doctor caring for her elderly mother has her hoping for more than health care reform. “Socialized medicine, hell,” she writes on DoubleX. “How about a cultural revolution?” Her mom’s doctor, due for a vacation, dumped her on a “hospitalist” after he diagnosed a “dangerous build-up...http://www.newser.com/story/66741/reform-we-need-a-revolution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 17:02:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66289/calif-plant-recalls-ground-beef-on-salmonella-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA California meatpacking plant has issued a recall for 800,000 pounds of ground beef it fears may be tainted with salmonella, the Los Angeles Times reports. The ground beef from Beef Packers, Inc. is sold under various retail names in California, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. The recall came after...http://www.newser.com/story/66289/calif-plant-recalls-ground-beef-on-salmonella-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 15:54:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62262/cronkite-gravely-ill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWalter Cronkite, the legendary CBS News anchor and reporter, is “gravely ill,” sources tell Mediabistro columnist Gail Shister. The network began updating its obituary package for the 92-year-old last week, one added. Newsday ’s Verne Gay writes that he, too, has heard the rumors: “Walter could be with us for...http://www.newser.com/story/62262/cronkite-gravely-ill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 16:47:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57568/steve-jobs-too-sick-to-make-meeting-on-fate-of-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagApple CEO Steve Jobs was too ill to attend a California town council meeting last night over the fate of a historic home he owns in Woodside, the San Jose Mercury News reports. “I don't think he would be strong enough if we were here until 1 am, and I...http://www.newser.com/story/57568/steve-jobs-too-sick-to-make-meeting-on-fate-of-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Apr 2009 14:02:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57503/swine-flu-shuts-2nd-ny-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA second school in Queens has been shut down after dozens of students suffered symptoms of swine flu, reports the New York Daily News . Cases have also been found in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and an outbreak is suspected at a Catholic school in Manhattan. The public school closed yesterday,...http://www.newser.com/story/57503/swine-flu-shuts-2nd-ny-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Apr 2009 2:25:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56055/als-patient-chronicled-her-struggle-chose-her-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen writer Catherine Royce became an ALS patient, she shared with NPR her passionate belief that she should be able to meet her decline and eventual death on her own terms. "Every day, I choose not only how I will live, but if I will live," she said 2 1/2...http://www.newser.com/story/56055/als-patient-chronicled-her-struggle-chose-her-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Apr 2009 12:32:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52128/slumdog-star-very-sick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of Slumdog Millionaire ’s child stars is severely ill after returning to India from his whirlwind American tour, the Telegraph reports. Ten-year-old Azharuddin Ismail developed a temperature of 103 and started vomiting after arriving at his Mumbai slum home. His illness comes as critics slam the psychological effects of...http://www.newser.com/story/52128/slumdog-star-very-sick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Mar 2009 15:18:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51720/salmonella-toll-hits-666-sick-and-climbing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeanut-linked salmonella has sickened 666 people and counting, despite a massive food recall, Reuters reports. The illness has killed nine. “To date, 19 clusters of infections in five states have been reported in schools and other institutions,” said a health official. “King Nut brand peanut butter was present in all...http://www.newser.com/story/51720/salmonella-toll-hits-666-sick-and-climbing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Feb 2009 6:30:00 CST