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Alaska area sees tuberculosis cases grow
Apr 2 2005 10:00PM (CT)
BETHEL (AP) - Tuberculosis outbreaks are twice as high as normal in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region, according to area health officials, who are asking that residents be tested for the infectious disease.
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Cancer patients exposed to high radiation
Apr 2 2005 3:25PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Dozens of patients at a cancer treatment center were exposed to radiation levels 50 percent stronger than they were supposed to receive because a radiation machine was improperly installed.
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Study uses video games to fight obesity
Apr 2 2005 12:11PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Like many 11-year-old boys, K.D. Jones loves sports. But at 5 feet, 175 pounds, he found his weight and the asthma it caused an obstacle to enjoying many activities. His doctor wanted him to lose 50 pounds, and he's hoping a new health study using video games to fight obesity will help him get down to 125 by the end of summer in time to play football.
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Petting zoos scrutinized over E. coli
Apr 2 2005 12:48AM (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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