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Hospitals urged to avert more drug errors
Jan 25 2006 10:02PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Hospitals should intensify efforts to highlight medications on medical charts to avoid drug errors that often occur when patients are transferred or discharged, an accrediting group said Wednesday.
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Blacks are more likely to get lung cancer
Jan 25 2006 8:20PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Blacks who smoke up to a pack a day are far more likely than whites who smoke similar amounts to develop lung cancer, suggesting genes may help explain the racial differences long seen in the disease, researchers say.
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Study questions safety of heart drug
Jan 25 2006 7:33PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A drug commonly used to prevent excessive bleeding in heart surgery patients greatly increased the risk of kidney failure, a new international study found.
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China lowers estimate of HIV cases
Jan 25 2006 5:03PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Wednesday revised down the number of people living in the country with the HIV virus, but international health agencies warned that with 70,000 new infections last year, there was no room for complacency.
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Administration pitches new salmon policy
Jan 25 2006 2:58PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Conceding that using hatcheries to supplement dwindling salmon populations is harming wild salmon species in some cases, the Bush administration plans to move away from the practice in favor of a more direct solution: Catch fewer fish.
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Administration pitches new salmon policy
Jan 25 2006 2:58PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Conceding that using hatcheries to supplement dwindling salmon populations is harming wild salmon species in some cases, the Bush administration plans to move away from the practice in favor of a more direct solution: Catch fewer fish.
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Fish oil may not help prevent cancer
Jan 25 2006 9:48AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Fish oil, seen as beneficial for reducing heart disease risks, probably doesn't help prevent cancer, according to a review of studies involving more than 700,000 patients.
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W.Va. schools get game to fight obesity
Jan 25 2006 9:48AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia, which has one of the nation's worst obesity problems, is expanding a project that uses a video game to boost students' physical activity.
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