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Study shows Americans sicker than English
May 2 2006 9:47PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - White, middle-aged Americans _ even those who are rich _ are far less healthy than their peers in England, according to stunning new research that erases misconceptions and has experts scratching their heads.
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Report: Federal bird blu aid may be tough
May 2 2006 9:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A medical reality is complicating federal preparations for the next pandemic: Flu spreads in ways that make it extremely unlikely the U.S. could avoid being hit.
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Woman sues Bausch & Lomb, claims eye loss
May 2 2006 9:24PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A 69-year-old woman sued Bausch & Lomb Inc. on Tuesday, alleging the company manufactured a contact lens solution that gave her a fungus and led to the removal of her left eye.
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UNICEF: Poor nutrition kills 6M children
May 2 2006 7:07PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Poor nutrition contributes to the deaths of some 5.6 million children every year and the world has fallen far short in efforts to reduce hunger by half before 2015, the U.N. Children's Fund said Tuesday.
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Antipsychotic drug use among kids soars
May 2 2006 6:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The number of children taking antipsychotic medicines soared 73 percent in the four years ending in 2005, far outpacing the increase in adults, according to a Medco Health Solutions Inc. report released Tuesday.
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Doctor: Face transplant patient smiling
May 2 2006 6:48PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The world's first face transplant patient is "already smiling" just months after her groundbreaking operation in November, a member of her surgical team told a conference of plastic surgeons Tuesday.
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Study says many options for alcoholics
May 2 2006 6:48PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Alcoholics who were motivated were able to dramatically cut back on drinking over four months no matter what type of treatment they stuck with, including taking dummy pills, a rigorous short-term study found.
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Efforts urged to boost organ donations
May 2 2006 6:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More emphasis needs to be placed on showing people the importance of donating organs and making it easy for them to do so, the Institute of Medicine reported Tuesday.
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Online video brings the gym home
May 2 2006 6:48PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Tired of the commute to the gym? Embarrassed to be seen sweating in public? Bored with your workout video?
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Experimental drug case gets reprieve
May 2 2006 3:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Terminally ill patients, seeking early access to experimental drugs unlikely to be approved before they die, won a legal reprieve Tuesday in a federal appeals court.
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Flu expert warns over bird smuggling
May 2 2006 12:38PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - A top bird flu expert predicted Tuesday that the H5N1 virus will not reach the U.S. this year via migratory birds, and warned bird smuggling poses a bigger threat for transmitting the deadly disease.
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Freud legacy celebrated, debated
May 2 2006 11:33AM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - At the Cafe Freud, a whimsical watering hole two doors down from the apartment where Sigmund Freud plumbed the human psyche, a famous poster commands instant attention.
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Bird flu shock wanes in West Africa
May 2 2006 10:18AM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - At the Costain livestock market in Nigeria's biggest city of Lagos, chicken buyers are again waiting while boys in their early teens slaughter, clean and cut up birds for them to take home.
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