http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/print?nav=rss_health/printNews (www.washingtonpost.com)en-us1514020http://www.washingtonpost.comhttp://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7000-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7000-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printTue, 3 Feb 2004 9:47:15 GMT You failed the blood test. Locked in fat cells and circulating through your blood is a potentially toxic cocktail of thousands of industrial chemicals, some of which have been banned for more than a decade. They have names with pronunciations as frightful as the chemicals... By Christopher Wanjek.By Christopher Wanjekhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6999-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6999-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printTue, 3 Feb 2004 9:47:15 GMTI hadn't seen my sister in more than five years, and when we met I could tell right away that something odd had happened. It wasn't the gray hair or the new wrinkles -- with both of us in our forties, we expected that. By Bob Guldin.By Bob Guldinhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6998-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6998-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printTue, 3 Feb 2004 9:47:15 GMTTo a politician, every outstretched hand represents a potential supporter, every baby held aloft a conduit to a voting adult. People vying for elected office don't appear to think twice before shaking those hands or kissing those babies. By Jennifer Huget.By Jennifer Hugethttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7245-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7245-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printTue, 3 Feb 2004 9:47:15 GMTHerb Cohen has been involved in negotiations with hijackers, terrorists, hostage-takers and corporations executing hostile takeovers. As a highly regarded negotiator and author, most recently of "Negotiate This! By Caring . . . But Not T-H-A-T Much" (Warner Business, 2003), Cohen has held tense arguments with some of the world's toughest foes. But whom does he count as his most formidable? By Jennifer Huget.By Jennifer Hugethttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7246-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7246-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printTue, 3 Feb 2004 9:47:15 GMTAbigail Trafford is on assignment. The My Time column will resume when she returns. By My Time.By My Timehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7225-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7225-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printTue, 3 Feb 2004 9:47:15 GMTJoint Dilemma Is there a contradiction between the "Products" table and the "Experts" recommended dosages in the section "A Dose of Supplemental Caution" [Jan. 27]?http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7229-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7229-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printTue, 3 Feb 2004 9:47:15 GMT"Right now it's not a good [time]" to be looking for a nursing home, said Curmet Forte, who lived in a D.C. nursing home for 10 years and now visits homes on behalf of advocacy groups. "Staff is really getting shorter and shorter."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7224-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7224-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printTue, 3 Feb 2004 9:47:15 GMTDIFFERENT STUDY, SAME OUTCOME Another trial of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been stopped early due to increased health risks in the test subjects, the British journal The Lancet reports today in an early online release of a study to be published Feb. 7. A Swedish study established to assess the effect of HRT on women with a history of breast cancer showed "unacceptably high" risks of breast cancer recurrence among HRT users , the report concludes.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7228-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7228-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printTue, 3 Feb 2004 9:47:15 GMTMarion Reh Gurfein's age-related macular degeneration has stolen some of her eyesight but not her sharp wit. Instead of cursing her fate or her difficulty playing piano or using a computer, the former watercolor artist from Crystal City says she laughs and compensates as best she can with technology: audio books, a 4x12 monocular that brings faces and television into focus and her video eye, which enlarges newspaper print. And, oh yes, she writes poems poking fun at her condition. Like the one she calls "Macular Mayhem":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7227-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7227-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/printTue, 3 Feb 2004 9:47:15 GMTEnough with the fretful back-and-forth about hormone replacement and will it or won't it kill you, say the authors of this attention-getter. All that talk about untamable hot flashes, powdery bones and excessive soy consumption could get a newly menopausal gal down.