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Human bird flu confirmed deaths rise
May 18 2006 10:31PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. health agency said Thursday that the worldwide death toll from a virulent strain of bird flu rose to 122, after confirming that the virus caused the deaths of six more Indonesians and one Egyptian.
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Colo. patient dies of rare brain disease
May 18 2006 9:41PM (CT)
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) - Officials at a suburban Denver hospital alerted six brain surgery patients after another neurosurgery patient died of classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare degenerative brain ailment, the hospital said Thursday.
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FDA panel endorses cervical cancer vaccine
May 18 2006 8:32PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A vaccine with the potential to slash worldwide deaths from cervical cancer, the No. 2 cancer killer in women, should be approved for sales in the United States, a federal panel said Thursday.
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Exercise a challenge for Saudi women
May 18 2006 8:31PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Under their modest flowing robes, two-thirds of Saudi women are too fat. They can try dieting, but you won't find many in aerobics classes or power-walking along this city's walking trails. And very few of their daughters attend schools that have physical education classes.
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New Vioxx data suggest early risks
May 18 2006 8:31PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Unpublished data from the Merck & Co. study that led the drugmaker to halt sales of Vioxx appear to show the blockbuster painkiller raised the risk of heart attack and stroke within just a few months _ not after at least 18 months' use, as Merck has consistently argued.
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Many states said not ready for bird flu
May 18 2006 8:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - States have a spotty record in preparing for bird flu and it is matter of "not if, but when" the deadly virus reaches the United States, the Homeland Security Department's top doctor said Thursday.
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Government condition barred on AIDS funds
May 18 2006 6:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday barred the Bush administration from requiring nonprofit AIDS groups to sign a pledge opposing prostitution and sex trafficking in exchange for federal dollars.
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Testing for bird flu begins in Alaska
May 18 2006 11:58AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Federal scientists have started testing migratory birds for signs of a dangerous bird flu that could show up on this continent this spring.
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China bans breast-enlarging liquid
May 18 2006 11:02AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has banned a breast-enlarging liquid that was injected into more than 300,000 women and caused such pain for some they had their breasts removed _ the latest scandal over dangerous treatments blamed on lax oversight or corrupt doctors.
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