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Experts now recommend hands-only CPR
Mar 31 2008 10:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and just press on the chest to save a life. In a major change, the American Heart Association said Monday that hands-only CPR _ rapid, deep presses on the victim's chest until help arrives _ works just as well as standard CPR for sudden cardiac arrest in adults.
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Complications from heartburn on the rise
Mar 31 2008 7:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chronic heartburn is a daily acid bath for the esophagus, and complications from it are on the rise. New government figures show a worrisome increase in esophagus disorders from severe acid reflux. The worst one, esophageal cancer, is continuing its march as the nation's fastest-growing malignancy.
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Blood pressure drugs lower heart risk
Mar 31 2008 7:02PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Two big studies offer good news to people with high blood pressure, finding that novel ways to use cheap drugs already on the market can lower their risk of heart attacks, stroke and death _ even if they are very old.
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Congress: Vytorin makers held bad news
Mar 31 2008 7:01PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A congressional committee, investigating whether the makers of cholesterol drug Vytorin withheld data that would hurt sales, released new evidence supporting such suspicions Monday.
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Brazil army joins fight against dengue
Mar 31 2008 5:02PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian troops joined the fight against dengue fever Monday, setting up three field hospitals to combat an epidemic that has surged to 1.4 new cases each minute.
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Brazil army joins fight against dengue
Mar 31 2008 5:02PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian troops joined the fight against dengue fever Monday, setting up three field hospitals to combat an epidemic that has surged to 1.4 new cases each minute.
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Brazil army joins fight against dengue
Mar 31 2008 5:02PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian troops joined the fight against dengue fever Monday, setting up three field hospitals to combat an epidemic that has surged to 1.4 new cases each minute.
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Brazil army joins fight against dengue
Mar 31 2008 5:02PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian troops joined the fight against dengue fever Monday, setting up three field hospitals to combat an epidemic that has surged to 1.4 new cases each minute.
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Brazil army joins fight against dengue
Mar 31 2008 5:02PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian troops joined the fight against dengue fever Monday, setting up three field hospitals to combat an epidemic that has surged to 1.4 new cases each minute.
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Doctors wary after cholesterol drug flop
Mar 31 2008 4:21PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Leading doctors urged a return to older, tried-and-true treatments for high cholesterol after hearing full results Sunday of a failed trial of Vytorin.
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Lung ailment hits Lung Assoc. members
Mar 31 2008 4:05PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An outbreak of a sometimes dangerous lung ailment that affected an unlikely group _ associates of the American Lung Association _ probably stemmed from a meeting they attended at the Iowa governor's mansion, officials say.
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