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Two more in Indonesia from bird flu
Jan 12 2007 10:48PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Two more Indonesian women have died from bird flu, a health official said Saturday, pushing the toll this week to four in the latest cases to strike the country worst hit by the virus.
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Ky. center seeks new heart treatments
Jan 12 2007 8:08PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Noted heart surgeon Laman Gray Jr. still wasn't settled into his office, but researchers were busy upstairs working on devices that someday might save people with failing hearts.
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DNA tests to determine warfarin dose
Jan 12 2007 8:02PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Personalized medicine, the tailored treatments that a few patients now get based on their own DNA, is finally headed for the masses: the many heart patients at risk of deadly blood clots.
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USDA to probe dog's death during demo
Jan 12 2007 8:02PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will send an inspector to the Cleveland Clinic to probe the killing of a dog that was used in a sales training session, the agency said Friday.
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Chile blocks free morning-after pills
Jan 12 2007 2:00PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Chile's Constitutional Court on Friday halted a four-month-old program that supplies the morning-after pill to girls as young as 14, citing a technicality in the way the program was approved by the government.
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'Faith-specific' care urged for Muslims
Jan 12 2007 1:58PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A British Muslim academic called on Friday for "faith specific" health care for the country's largest minority faith community. Writing in the British Medical Journal, Professor Aziz Sheikh of Edinburgh University argued that Britain's 1.6 million Muslims have the poorest health profile of any minority.
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New outbreak of bird flu hits Nigeria
Jan 12 2007 11:12AM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A new outbreak of H5N1 bird flu has hit Nigeria, and one new state has reported its first cases in birds after months without any known infections in Africa's most-populous nation, officials said Friday.
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Artificial heart donated to Smithsonian
Jan 12 2007 7:09AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The pioneering artificial heart developed by Dr. Robert Jarvik will go on display at the Smithsonian Institution next month.
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Artificial heart donated to Smithsonian
Jan 12 2007 7:09AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The pioneering artificial heart developed by Dr. Robert Jarvik will go on display at the Smithsonian Institution next month.
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Indonesian bird flu death toll hits 59
Jan 12 2007 5:19AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - One of two Indonesian women diagnosed with bird flu died and the other was reported in critical condition on Friday, part of a new spate of cases ending a lull in the country where the virus has claimed the most lives.
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Indonesian bird flu death toll hits 59
Jan 12 2007 5:19AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - One of two Indonesian women diagnosed with bird flu died and the other was reported in critical condition on Friday, part of a new spate of cases ending a lull in the country where the virus has claimed the most lives.
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Indonesian bird flu death toll hits 59
Jan 12 2007 5:19AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - One of two Indonesian women diagnosed with bird flu died and the other was reported in critical condition on Friday, part of a new spate of cases ending a lull in the country where the virus has claimed the most lives.
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Arthritis, rheumatism cost U.S. $128B
Jan 12 2007 12:38AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The nation's costs for arthritis and related conditions rose to $128 billion in 2003, and the tab will continue to grow as the U.S. population gets older and heavier, the government said Thursday.
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