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Study: Lifting weights attacks belly fat
Mar 3 2006 9:18PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - By just lifting weights twice a week for an hour, women can battle the buildup of tummy fat that often takes hold with aging, a new study suggests. And they didn't even diet.
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Pesticides found in most rivers, streams
Mar 3 2006 8:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most of the nation's rivers and streams _ and the fish in them _ are contaminated with pesticides linked to cancer, birth defects and neurological disorders, but not at levels that can harm humans.
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FDA: Drug companies drop ball on studies
Mar 3 2006 7:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Drug companies sometimes are allowed to hurry medicines to market in exchange for a promise to continue studying their safety and effectiveness. Those studies haven't begun in two-thirds of cases, the government reported Friday.
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Report: Canada mad cow case points to feed
Mar 3 2006 7:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Canada's latest case of mad cow disease probably came from tainted feed, raising questions about safeguards designed to keep the disease from spreading.
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Five states sue government over Medicare
Mar 3 2006 5:05PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas and four other states sued the federal government Friday, alleging they are being forced to help fund the new Medicare prescription drug program in violation of the Constitution.
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House mulls bill on food label removal
Mar 3 2006 4:50AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Worried about arsenic in your bottled water, mercury in your fish or pesticides in your vegetables? These are among hundreds of different warnings required by states _ warnings that could disappear under a measure moving toward House approval.
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Report: More people seeking meth treatment
Mar 3 2006 2:23AM (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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Stroke victims may regain weak arm use
Mar 3 2006 1:04AM (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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