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Percentage of biopsies done between 2003 and 2008 that were surgical, according to a study in Florida; that rate should be 10% or less, medical guidelines say. Surgical biopsies are more invasive, have a higher risk of infection and scarring, and are more expensive than needle biopsies. [via The New York Times]
A new study finds that despite equal levels of chemicals in their homes, nonwhite toddlers had more exposure to flame retardant toxins than their white peers.
The former Playmate is posing nude again for Playboy. Will McCarthy’s fee bolster the cause of Generation Rescue, her autism research organization that rejects vaccines as dangerous?
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
