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123rfBy Kate StinchfieldMONDAY, Dec. 1, 2008 (Health.com) Pregnant women who take the epilepsy drug valproate may be more likely to have a child with autism than those who dont take the seizure-controlling drug, according to a study But before long, if unemployment climbs as predicted to 8 percent or 9 percent next year, the worsening economic crisis will deepen the health insurance crisis. And the combination of job losses and the loss of insurance that is To figure out why Americans are so sad in the sack, Women's Health magazine visited Greece, Brazil, Sweden and Israel, four countries topping the list for sexual satisfaction, to see what we could learn from them. This chapter was part of an online effort by the Center for American Progress Action Fund and New Democracy Project to offer expert advice to the new administration as part of its Change for America book project Dr. Raynard S. Kington, acting director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced the appointment of Linda S. Birnbaum, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., A.T.S., as director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences The US spends more than $2 trillion dollars a year on health care, but experts reckon that as much as half of the money is doing nothing to improve the health of Americans.