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W.Va. program turns to Weight Watchers
Jan 26 2007 7:57PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Facing more than $100 million in annual costs linked to obesity, the Medicaid program in one of the country's most overweight states is turning to a familiar name to help residents slim down.
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Suit settled over towel found in patient
Jan 26 2007 7:35PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - The Cleveland Clinic settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who died seven years after a surgeon left a rolled-up towel inside her chest.
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Panel questions magnet therapy results
Jan 26 2007 7:32PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A novel machine designed to treat depression by zapping the brain with magnetic pulses shows no clear evidence of working, federal health advisers concluded Friday.
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NJ weighs new vaccine rules for kids
Jan 26 2007 7:28PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Children in New Jersey would be the first to need flu and pneumonia vaccinations to attend preschool or a licensed day care under a proposal that brought angry parents to a public hearing Friday.
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Norway may ease stem cell research ban
Jan 26 2007 9:50AM (CT)
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Norway's government proposed lifting a national ban on using human embryonic stem cells for research, saying Friday that the change might help find cures to a broad range of diseases.
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Study: Most diabetics don't exercise
Jan 26 2007 6:33AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Bad news when it comes to diabetics and exercise: Most people with Type 2 diabetes or at risk for it apparently ignore their doctors' advice to be active.
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