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NIH halts international AIDS study
Jan 18 2006 6:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A major international study of a drug-conserving AIDS therapy has been halted because patients trying the on-again, off-again strategy got sicker than those who never took a break from the high-powered drugs, U.S. researchers announced Wednesday.
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Nickelodeon, Kellogg targets of lawsuit
Jan 18 2006 5:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Advocacy groups and parents are suing the Nickelodeon TV network and cereal maker Kellogg Co. in an effort to stop junk food marketing to kids.
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Face transplant patient smokes again
Jan 18 2006 5:07PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The world's first face transplant recipient is using her new lips to take up smoking again, which doctors fear could interfere with her healing and raise the risk of tissue rejection.
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World powers offer $1.9B to fight bird flu
Jan 18 2006 4:20PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - After a year of unprecedented appeals for money to cope with the Asian tsunami and the South Asia earthquake, the world dug deeper Wednesday, pledging $1.9 billion to fight bird flu and prepare for a potential pandemic.
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Doctor: Autistic boy died from drug mixup
Jan 18 2006 4:17PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A 5-year-old autistic boy died from a drug mixup, not the lead-poisoning treatment that was attempted to ease his disorder, a federal health official who reviewed the boy's autopsy results said.
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FDA unveils new prescription drug labels
Jan 18 2006 4:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Package inserts that accompany every prescription drug are getting a major makeover that will provide doctors and patients with the clear and concise information they need while cutting down on the small-print warnings that only lawyers seem to understand.
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Iraq investigating possible bird flu death
Jan 18 2006 4:14PM (CT)
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) - Iraq and the World Health Organization are investigating whether bird flu killed a 15-year-old girl who died in a region that is a stopover for migratory birds from Turkey, site of a recent outbreak of the disease, officials said Wednesday.
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Genentech halts clinical trial for drug
Jan 18 2006 2:57PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Biotechnology company Genentech Inc. has stopped a clinical trial of a promising peanut-allergy treatment because of safety concerns raised during the human experiments, a company spokesman said Tuesday.
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Study: Not every hernia needs to be fixed
Jan 18 2006 9:51AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Men with hernias but little or no pain can safely go without surgery unless things really start to hurt, a study found. "Not every hernia needs to be fixed," said Dr. Olga Jonasson of the University of Illinois at Chicago, co-author of the study in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
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