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Health News from the Seattle Times

• CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella March 11, 2010
  As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds across the country, federal health investigators... […]
• For first time, Seattle team cracks genome of entire family March 11, 2010
  The people who have had their genetic blueprints fully deciphered wouldn't fill a typical coffee shop. Now, Seattle scientists have ushered a family of four into that elite group. […]
• Long-term use of osteoporosis drugs questioned March 10, 2010
  Medications called bisphosphonates are standard tools for the treatment of osteoporosis. They include Fosamax, Boniva, Actonel and Reclast. But new data released Wednesday raise some concern about whether the drugs are safe for long-term use. […]