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Hospitals offer obesity programs for kids
Apr 27 2006 8:07PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - As the waistlines of America's young keep expanding, more hospitals are establishing weight management centers for kids. The programs offer a variety of resources, from nutritional counseling to bariatric surgery for the most extreme cases.
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Study: Kids worldwide can grow the same
Apr 27 2006 8:07PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Children born anywhere in the world who are given an optimum start in life can all develop to within the same range of height and weight, the U.N. health agency announced Thursday.
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CDC: Milder than normal flu season ending
Apr 27 2006 8:07PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - This year's flu season draws to a close as one of the mildest in recent years, partly because the vaccine was a good match for this winter's most common virus.
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States skewer AIDS/HIV law funding changes
Apr 27 2006 6:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers from California, New York and New Jersey on Thursday denounced proposed HIV/AIDS funding changes they say could shift tens of millions of dollars from the West and Northeast to the South.
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Peru miracle baby celebrates 2nd birthday
Apr 27 2006 6:07PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Smiling, blowing kisses and taking small assisted steps, Peru's "miracle baby" celebrated her second birthday Thursday nearly a year after doctors successfully performed risky surgery to separate her fused legs.
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Bausch & Lomb alerted to infections in Nov.
Apr 27 2006 6:07PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Bausch & Lomb Inc., which recently halted U.S. sales of a contact lens cleaner linked to an apparent outbreak of a severe fungal eye infection, said Thursday it was alerted last fall to a rise in infections among lens wearers in Hong Kong.
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Medicare agency adds drug plan safeguards
Apr 27 2006 4:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The agency overseeing the Medicare drug benefit has issued new guidelines to insurers to protect enrollees from abrupt changes to their prescription plans.
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Probe: Flu protection from masks unclear
Apr 27 2006 2:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - If a worldwide flu epidemic strikes, don't reuse a face mask _ and don't assume, either, that it will offer a lot of protection, the Institute of Medicine said Thursday.
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Disabled, seniors confront Medicare hole
Apr 27 2006 2:07AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mildred Lindley is stuck in a hole, the doughnut hole _ "right in the middle of it," she says _ that comes with Medicare's new prescription drug benefit.
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