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FDA issues new warnings on anemia drugs
Mar 9 2007 10:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials issued stern new warnings Friday for doctors to more carefully prescribe widely used anemia drugs that can increase the risk of death and other serious problems in patients with cancer and kidney disease.
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Prescription drug sales rise 8.3 percent
Mar 9 2007 6:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. prescription drug sales rose 8.3 percent to $274.9 billion last year, fueled by the Medicare drug benefit, increased use of generic medicines and new treatments for diseases such as cancer and diabetes, according to a new report. This year, the pace of sales growth is expected to slow but remain in a compounded annual rate of between 6 percent and 9 percent through 2010 as the Medicare drug benefit is annualized and more generic products enter the market, according to the re
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Madison, Wis., named 'most walkable'
Mar 9 2007 6:54PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - With the thermometer hovering at 22, and the wind ripping off a frozen Lake Mendota, Rink DaVee and his brother Jim decided to take a stroll. And why not? After all, according to a recent top 10 list, there's no better place in the country for walking than the capital city of a state known more for cheese and beer than exercising.
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Madison, Wis., named 'most walkable'
Mar 9 2007 6:54PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - With the thermometer hovering at 22, and the wind ripping off a frozen Lake Mendota, Rink DaVee and his brother Jim decided to take a stroll. And why not? After all, according to a recent top 10 list, there's no better place in the country for walking than the capital city of a state known more for cheese and beer than exercising.
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Study probes odor, sleep and memory link
Mar 9 2007 6:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Doctors have long advised that a good night's sleep is important for memory _ but researchers now say a familiar scent wafting in the bedroom might help sometimes, too. The caveat: In the study, being published Friday in the journal Science, it only worked for some kinds of memories and during one stage of sleep, meaning it's not the answer for people hunting a quick memory boost.
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