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Researcher to seek clinical trial on ALS
Apr 22 2005 11:54PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher said he would ask federal regulators Friday to approve the first clinical trial injecting special stem cells into the spinal cords of people with the degenerative nerve ailment called Lou Gehrig's disease.
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CDC: Most flu virus samples destroyed
Apr 22 2005 11:53PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - At least 99 percent of the killer flu samples mistakenly sent to laboratories around the world by a medical supply house have been recovered and destroyed, and there have been no infections, the government said Thursday.
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Dieting hot line offers eating habit tips
Apr 22 2005 11:53PM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Dial the phone, drop some pounds. This month, a University of California hot line began offering 20 recorded messages on healthier eating habits.
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Study: 1 in 5 teens tried painkillers
Apr 22 2005 11:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - About one in five teenagers have tried prescription painkillers such as Vicodin and OxyContin to get high, with the pill-popping members of "Generation Rx" often raiding their parents' medicine cabinets, according to a study by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
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Agency seeks review of kids' drug trials
Apr 22 2005 11:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A city agency said Friday it has asked for a review of its policies and whether they were followed when it allowed more than 400 HIV-positive children in foster care to be enrolled in tests of HIV drugs from the late 1980s to 2001.
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Experts weigh hibernation's healing powers
Apr 22 2005 11:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Consider it hibernation-on-demand. Researchers plunged mice into almost a state of suspended animation and then revived them, with no apparent ill effects, in an experiment that is generating excitement because it might ultimately lead to new ways to treat critically sick people.
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Probe of FDA breast implant review sought
Apr 22 2005 11:52PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Six women's groups are asking Congress to investigate the Food and Drug Administration's review of silicone-gel breast implants, citing an agency e-mail that they say suggests officials were under inappropriate pressure to approve the devices.
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Mars rover makes movies of dust devils
Apr 22 2005 10:22PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - NASA has released movies of dust devils seen by the rover Spirit as they whirled across the surface of Mars.
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Study: Processed meats may up cancer risk
Apr 22 2005 12:13PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Heavy consumption of processed meats such as hot dogs and sausages increases the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, according to a study of nearly 200,000 men and women in Hawaii and Southern California.
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Former conjoined twins still catching up
Apr 22 2005 6:50AM (CT)
VALHALLA, N.Y. (AP) - Three years after giving birth to conjoined twins, Arlene Aguirre beamed Thursday as her sons celebrated their birthday with Big Bird cake and Elmo balloons, eyeing each other and their preschool classmates from separate chairs.
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Tampa man, famed doctor face off in court
Apr 22 2005 6:49AM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Thomas Christian was not a finely tuned athlete when he met Dr. Joseph Diaco, a surgeon who healed some of professional sports' most valuable bodies.
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