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Millions of young abusing cough medicine
Jan 10 2008 8:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - About 3.1 million people between the ages of 12-25 have used cough and cold medicine to get high, the government reported Wednesday.
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Proteins found that AIDS virus preys on
Jan 10 2008 8:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The AIDS virus has to hijack human proteins to do its damage, but scientists until now have known only a few dozen of its targets. On Thursday, Harvard researchers unveiled a surprisingly longer list, an important first step in the hunt for new drugs.
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Group: Bird flu pandemic risk overblown
Jan 10 2008 7:00PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Fears of a flu pandemic originating from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus were overblown, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health said Thursday.
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FDA cracks down on custom-made hormones
Jan 10 2008 6:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Government health officials on Wednesday began cracking down on Internet sales of custom-mixed hormones for menopausal women, a market born when doctors deemed prescription estrogen therapy too risky for many.
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