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U. of Ky. professor charged in Botox case
Mar 22 2005 10:34PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - An ophthalmology professor was charged with distributing fake Botox as an anti-wrinkle treatment, according to a federal grand jury indictment issued Tuesday.
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Gov't to cover smoking cessation programs
Mar 22 2005 8:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - You're never too old to quit smoking, government officials said Tuesday, announcing that Medicare will immediately start covering the cost of counseling for certain beneficiaries who want to quit tobacco.
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States consider obesity surgery coverage
Mar 22 2005 3:22PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A proposal before Connecticut lawmakers would require insurance companies to cover the surgery for people with a body-mass index of 30 or more if a doctor deems the surgery medically necessary. The BMI is a widely used formula based on height and weight.
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China province to test workers for AIDS
Mar 22 2005 11:24AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China's southwestern province of Yunnan will require annual AIDS tests for people working in hotels, nightclubs and other entertainment outlets, a local official and the government's Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday.
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Minnesota to tap Britain for cheaper drugs
Mar 22 2005 7:41AM (CT)
ST. PAUL (AP) - Minnesota, the first state to operate a Web site that helps residents import cheaper medications from Canada, plans to expand the program to include British mail-order pharmacies, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Friday.
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Vegetative state can give false hope
Mar 22 2005 7:36AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In the family video played over and over on TV, Terri Schiavo seems to gaze fondly at her mother, with the hint of a smile. On Sunday night, as Congress took up debate on her case, her father told reporters that she responded to his teasing by making a face at him. "It tells us she's still with us," he said. But in Schiavo's condition, described as a persistent vegetative state, family members can be deceived by things like eye movements and reflexes, experts say.
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Expert: Asia flu cases may be undercounted
Mar 22 2005 7:06AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The incidence of a particularly lethal variation of influenza in Southeast Asia is probably greater than has been reported so far, a flu expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
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Waistline good indicator of diabetes risk
Mar 22 2005 6:16AM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - A man's waist size seems to be a stronger indicator of diabetes risk than the body-mass index, new research suggests Johns Hopkins scientists reviewed data from 27,270 men tracked over 13 years and put them into five groups according to their waist size; 884 of the men had diabetes.
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