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CDC: Student tobacco use stops its decline
Mar 31 2005 10:29PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Tobacco use is no longer decreasing among middle and high school students, underscoring the need to fully implement smoking-prevention measures targeting youths, the federal government reported Thursday.
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Third Florida fair linked to E. coli
Mar 31 2005 10:16PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Health officials have linked a potentially deadly E. coli outbreak to a third Florida fair, saying Thursday that DNA tests showed the organism may have infected people who attended the Florida State Fair in Tampa.
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British wholesaler files flu shot claim
Mar 31 2005 9:58PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A British wholesaler that Gov. Rod Blagojevich hired to provide thousands of flu vaccine doses for Illinois has filed a complaint demanding nearly $2.6 million that the state's chief financial officer has refused to pay.
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Angola's virus death toll reaches 126
Mar 31 2005 8:01PM (CT)
LUANDA, Angola (AP) - Angola's death toll from an Ebola-like virus has climbed to 126, the Health Ministry and World Health Organization said Thursday, making it the deadliest recorded outbreak of the rare Marburg disease.
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Group uses running to build girls' esteem
Mar 31 2005 7:59PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Concerned that her third-grade daughter is too engrossed with TV and magazine images, Jeanne Alexander sought an after-school program that could teach Kate to accept herself and have a healthy body image. She found it in Girls on the Run, a Charlotte-based nonprofit group that tries to ease the awkward transition from little girl to young lady.
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Doctors help out in Indonesia earthquake
Mar 31 2005 7:59PM (CT)
ABOARD THE SARANYA (AP) - When a huge earthquake struck the remote reef-fringed islands off Indonesia's western coast this week, a small group of surfing doctors was already working in this region famous for its waves _ and it was among the first to provide help.
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Researchers test breast cancer drug
Mar 31 2005 7:57PM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - Researchers in Canada and the United States are embarking on a clinical trial to see if a drug which is highly effective in treating breast cancer could be used to prevent it.
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Tenn. probes potential case of diphtheria
Mar 31 2005 11:44AM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - State and local officials are investigating a potential case of diphtheria, a deadly respiratory disease that occurs about five times a year in the United States.
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FDA to ban inhalers using CFCs after 2008
Mar 31 2005 9:41AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Inhalers using chlorofluorocarbons to dispense the drug albuterol will be banned at the end of 2008, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
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UNM doctors discover way to measure pain
Mar 31 2005 7:43AM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Doctors at the University of New Mexico have discovered that a noticeable amount of two chemicals is released by the brain when it senses pain. They say this knowledge could turn what has been a subjective problem for patients into an objective science in which pain is measurable.
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Survey: HMOs boost customer satisfaction
Mar 31 2005 7:34AM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Health maintenance organizations in Pennsylvania improved their customer satisfaction ratings in 2003, but some hospitalization rates increased, according to a state survey released Thursday.
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3 whooping cough cases confirmed in Neb.
Mar 31 2005 7:18AM (CT)
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - Three cases of whooping cough have been confirmed at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in children ranging in age from infancy to 12 years old, a hospital official says.
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Official: Ignorance to blame for bird flu
Mar 31 2005 7:02AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A top Vietnamese health official on Thursday blamed public ignorance about bird flu, weak surveillance systems, and small-scale farming activities for the re-emergence of the disease, which has killed 48 people in the region.
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Youth smoking on decline in Wash. state
Mar 31 2005 7:00AM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The percentage of young people smoking cigarettes in Washington has decreased by almost half since the state launched its tobacco prevention program in 2000, the governor says.
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McGraw headlines national blood drive
Mar 31 2005 6:49AM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Red Cross officials hope Grammy-winning country singer Tim McGraw's star power will help them increase the nation's blood supply.
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