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WHO probes family that died of bird flu
May 23 2006 9:19PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The U.N. health agency is looking closely at possible limited human-to-human transmission of bird flu between members of an Indonesian family, but said there was no evidence indicating the virus had mutated or that it had spread beyond the relatives.
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Wis. governor signs abstinence bill
May 23 2006 7:47PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Sex education teachers must present abstinence as the preferred behavior for unmarried people under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Jim Doyle.
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Study: Obesity rises faster in poor teens
May 23 2006 6:58PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Older American teenagers living in poverty have grown fatter at a higher rate than their peers, according to research that seems to underscore the unequal burden of obesity on the nation's poor.
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Lab prepares for bird flu testing
May 23 2006 6:28PM (CT)
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Inside an Agriculture Department building known as C-3, four young chickens strut nervously in their cage. They are part of the government's network of defense against deadly bird flu.
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Device tested that zaps asthmatic airways
May 23 2006 6:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a radical experiment, doctors are snaking wires inside the lungs of asthma patients to essentially burn off some of the tissue that blocks their ability to breathe.
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FDA approves first generic Lexapro
May 23 2006 6:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first generic version of Lexapro, one of the most widely prescribed antidepressants, with more than $2 billion in sales last year, received federal approval Monday.
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Prince Charles touts traditional cures
May 23 2006 6:19PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - World Health Organization members should make better use of traditional techniques, particularly acupuncture and herbal medicines, to improve health care around the world, Britain's Prince Charles said Tuesday.
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Treatments for 'neglected diseases' urged
May 23 2006 9:25AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The sickness starts with the bite of a tiny sand fly and mutates quickly from there _ chills, then fever, then an onslaught of black lesions that will most likely prove fatal within six months without treatment.
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