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Study: More households forbid smoking
May 24 2007 7:37PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Smoking is forbidden in nearly three out of four U.S. households, a dramatic increase from the 43 percent of homes that prohibited smoking a decade ago, the federal government reported Thursday.
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Study: More households forbid smoking
May 24 2007 7:37PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Smoking is forbidden in nearly three out of four U.S. households, a dramatic increase from the 43 percent of homes that prohibited smoking a decade ago, the federal government reported Thursday.
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U.S. asks China to monitor exports
May 24 2007 7:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials asked their Chinese counterparts to increase oversight of food and drug exports Thursday as the list of potentially deadly products reaching U.S. shores kept growing.
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Study: Cut nicotine in cigarettes
May 24 2007 7:04PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration should regulate tobacco and develop a plan to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes, the Institute of Medicine urged Thursday.
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Ethiopia official backs AIDS treatment
May 24 2007 7:03PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - For the past year, Yonas Tadesse has been trying to stave off the effects of HIV with a blend of science and faith _ he takes anti-retroviral medicine but also drinks a liter of holy water, blessed by a priest.
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Report: Doctor shortage hurts AIDS care
May 24 2007 7:01PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A shortage of doctors and nurses in Africa is now one of the biggest obstacles to providing life-saving drugs to AIDS patients, condemning untold numbers to an unnecessary death, a new report says.
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Judge nixes organ donor body parts suit
May 24 2007 5:20PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A judge has dismissed a lawsuit over the use of organ donor body parts for research and purposes other than transplantation, and officials say they plan to revise the state's consent procedure as a result.
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Fish importer announces monkfish recall
May 24 2007 12:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A frozen product labeled monkfish distributed in three states is being recalled after two Chicago area people became ill after eating it, the importer announced Thursday.
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