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Stroke victims may regain weak arm use
Mar 2 2006 10:58PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - As long as five years after suffering a stroke, people were able to regain use of a weak arm when their strong arm was restrained during two weeks of intensive therapy, new research shows.
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Report: meth treatment numbers increase
Mar 2 2006 7:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Drug treatment centers have seen a substantial rise in the number of people seeking help for methamphetamine abuse, a report released Thursday said.
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Guidelines may speed vaccine development
Mar 2 2006 5:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators published draft guidelines Thursday on ways to speed new flu vaccines to market for common winter influenza as well as an even deadlier strain of the virus, such as bird flu that has health officials worldwide worried about a pandemic.
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Two deaths linked to lead-removal drug
Mar 2 2006 3:51PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A drug that is sometimes used to treat lead poisoning _ and is also believed by some parents to be effective against autism _ caused the deaths of two children last year, the government said Thursday.
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Ethicists blast study testing fake blood
Mar 2 2006 11:59AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Imagine being in a car crash, lying unconscious and bleeding in an ambulance. With no blood on board, paramedics give you an experimental substitute, but even at the hospital, you get fake blood for several hours before doctors try the real thing.
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Public smoking ban takes effect in Uruguay
Mar 2 2006 11:59AM (CT)
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - Uruguayans are saying "adios" to tobacco smoke in the workplace, shopping malls and many other enclosed public spaces, thanks to a new law promoted by a local cancer specialist _ who also happens to be the nation's president.
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