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U.N.: Angola virus epidemic not controlled
Apr 8 2005 8:15PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Medical experts are having some success countering an outbreak of a deadly Ebola-like virus in Angola, but it has yet to be brought fully under control, the U.N. health agency said Friday.
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Company expands recall of IV solution
Apr 8 2005 7:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - PharMEDium Services of Houston on Friday expanded its recall of a solution commonly used in hospitals for heart patients after a second outbreak of bacteria that may have contaminated the product.
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Woman says ME took her brother's brain
Apr 8 2005 7:48PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A North Carolina woman filed a $500,000 claim against King County on Friday, alleging that its medical examiner's office harvested her dead brother's brain for research without permission seven years ago.
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CDC director joins S.D. summit on obesity
Apr 8 2005 7:47PM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakotans and all Americans face a smorgasbord of health problems _ including a shorter life span _ unless they take action to reverse a dramatic rise in obesity, Dr. Julie Gerberding, the nation's top public health official, said Friday.
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Woman says ME took her brother's brain
Apr 8 2005 7:42PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A North Carolina woman filed a $500,000 claim against King County on Friday, alleging that its medical examiner's office harvested her dead brother's brain for research without permission seven years ago.
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Pfizer halts Bextra sales at FDA request
Apr 8 2005 7:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The blockbuster painkiller Bextra was yanked off the market Thursday, and the government ordered that 19 other popular prescription competitors _ from Celebrex to Mobic to high-dose naproxen _ carry tough new warnings that they, too, may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Puerto Ricans top survey on satisfaction
Apr 8 2005 7:19PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Puerto Ricans have ranked highest in the world in one survey of how satisfied people are with their lives, but the result is drawing head-shaking on the Caribbean island, where some say islanders have plenty of personal problems and psychologists estimate nearly one in three are at risk of mental illness.
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Medical practice warns patients over data
Apr 8 2005 3:31PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A medical practice has bad news for 185,000 patients _ their personal information might have been compromised. San Jose Medical Group began sending letters to current and former patients in California earlier this week after thieves stole two office computers on March 28.
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Health care aides seek better compensation
Apr 8 2005 8:20AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Two unions _ the Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees _ say low pay is common among the 300,000 home care workers who have government contracts nationwide. The unions are trying to organize workers in Maryland and other states.
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Food banks in Appalachia try diet fare
Apr 8 2005 7:15AM (CT)
PAINTSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A surplus of diet food for the overweight has been a boon for the hungry in Appalachia. Once hot and trendy, low-carb Atkins diet foods that never got sold are being shipped to food banks.
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U.N.: Angola virus is not controlled yet
Apr 8 2005 7:12AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Medical experts are having some success countering an outbreak of a deadly Ebola-like virus in Angola, but it has yet to be brought fully under control, the U.N. health agency said Friday.
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