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WHO downplays fears of virus in Angola
Apr 1 2005 7:55PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization on Friday played down the danger of a wide spread of an Ebola-like virus that has killed 127 people in Angola, including 12 health workers.
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Patient receives blood pressure implant
Apr 1 2005 7:55PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A 36-year-old woman with severe hypertension has been fitted with a pacemaker-like implant that, in limited trials in Europe, has shown promise in controlling wayward blood pressure through electronic stimulation of neck-artery nerves.
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FDA seeks advice on changing food labels
Apr 1 2005 7:52PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Faced with a nation of rapidly expanding waistbands, the government is seeking advice on how to change food labels to help people better understand what they're getting.
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Petting zoos scrutinized over E. coli
Apr 1 2005 7:51PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Shannon Smowton's trip to the fair should have ended with happy memories of carnival rides and cute farm animals. Instead, the 5-year-old is clinging to life, her kidneys under attack from the E. coli infection she apparently caught at the fair.
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Web site lets consumers compare hospitals
Apr 1 2005 3:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government unveiled a new Web site on Friday that is designed to help consumers do more comparison shopping when it comes to their local hospitals.
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Cholera epidemic breaks out at Congo camp
Apr 1 2005 2:18PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A cholera epidemic has killed at least four and infected dozens in a squalid camp for displaced people in northeastern Congo, and it threatens to spread across the entire region, U.N. officials said Friday.
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McGraw headlines national blood drive
Apr 1 2005 9:33AM (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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Discoveries help peanuts shed fat stigma
Apr 1 2005 9:31AM (CT)
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - Peanuts, a dietary outcast during the fat-phobic 1990s, have made a comeback, with consumption soaring to its highest level in nearly two decades and more doctors recommending the nuts as part of a heart-healthy diet.
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Colleges wooing students with rec centers
Apr 1 2005 9:21AM (CT)
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Dominic Mann had been considering attending the University of Akron when he saw the school's new $40 million recreation center. The expansive center, with its basketball gym and weight equipment _ even a rock-climbing wall _ helped Mann decide to attend Akron.
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Kidney damage, heart problems linked
Apr 1 2005 9:06AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - People with kidney damage are prone to a chain reaction that increases their risk of heart problems, the leading cause of death among kidney patients, according to researchers at Washington University in St. Louis.
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