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Doctors: Pot triggers psychotic symptoms
Apr 30 2007 10:09PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - New findings on marijuana's damaging effect on the brain show the drug triggers temporary psychotic symptoms in some people, including hallucinations and paranoid delusions, doctors say.
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Gravity machines on rise at health clubs
Apr 30 2007 8:40PM (CT)
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - America might not need yet another exercise machine. Treadmills, weights and resistance equipment already jam the health clubs. Yet Gravity machines have found a niche at the YMCA in this resort town.
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Gravity machines on rise at health clubs
Apr 30 2007 8:40PM (CT)
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - America might not need yet another exercise machine. Treadmills, weights and resistance equipment already jam the health clubs. Yet Gravity machines have found a niche at the YMCA in this resort town.
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Lymphoma drug failure frustrates experts
Apr 30 2007 8:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Only a fraction of patients with hard-to-treat lymphoma ever try two breakthrough "smart-bomb" drugs that bring radiation straight to cancerous cells _ with just two shots a week apart, not the usual months of care. The marketing failure has a manufacturer trying to sell off one of the drugs, and increasingly frustrated specialists worry it will jeopardize attempts to expand this promising new field to fight other cancers, too.
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Mo. university to lead smallpox study
Apr 30 2007 8:39PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Saint Louis University said Monday it will lead a national study of a new vaccine for smallpox, once one of the world's most feared diseases and now considered a threat to re-emerge as a bioweapon.
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Scientists prepare for study on cherries
Apr 30 2007 8:39PM (CT)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - After getting promising results from experiments with rats, University of Michigan scientists say they're preparing for a clinical study of whether eating tart cherries can help people reduce risk of heart disease and diabetes.
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Teen girls abuse prescription drugs more
Apr 30 2007 5:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Females are bucking the traditional drug abuse trends when it comes to prescription drugs such as antidepressants and tranquilizers.
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Researchers to conduct C8 study
Apr 30 2007 4:30PM (CT)
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Researchers will ask 200 Ohio and West Virginia residents to participate in a new health study to determine how long a chemical used to produce Teflon remains in their bodies.
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Doctors sue La. over care for uninsured
Apr 30 2007 4:26PM (CT)
MARRERO, La. (AP) - Doctors at a hospital outside New Orleans sued the state Monday, seeking $100 million they say they are owed for providing free care to poor and uninsured patients following Hurricane Katrina.
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Diabetic teen spreads message via comics
Apr 30 2007 3:45PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - The evil Dr. Diabetes leaps from a hospital window, crashing through the glass, determined to infect anyone in his path with the chronic, debilitating disease from which he takes his name. The imposing, green, wild-haired monster scowls, punches the air and taunts, "I will make sure that everyone on the planet feels my pain. The whole world will have diabetes."
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Diabetic teen spreads message via comics
Apr 30 2007 3:45PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - The evil Dr. Diabetes leaps from a hospital window, crashing through the glass, determined to infect anyone in his path with the chronic, debilitating disease from which he takes his name. The imposing, green, wild-haired monster scowls, punches the air and taunts, "I will make sure that everyone on the planet feels my pain. The whole world will have diabetes."
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Tooth decay is on the rise for kids
Apr 30 2007 3:23PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Tooth decay in young children's baby teeth is on the rise, a worrying trend that signals the preschool crowd is eating too much sugar, according to the largest government study of the nation's dental health in more than 25 years.
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