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TB case brings warning to air passengers
May 29 2007 11:35PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis ignored doctors' advice and took two trans-Atlantic flights, leading to the first U.S. government-ordered quarantine since 1963, health officials said Tuesday. The man, whom officials did not identify, is at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital in respiratory isolation.
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Fitness vibrations trendy, perhaps risky
May 29 2007 10:15PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - What if you could burn fat while shaking a martini? Actually, it's your body that shakes like a martini on a new type of fitness machine that's generating lots of buzz and celebrity use. Even NASA has tested the concept.
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Fitness vibrations trendy, perhaps risky
May 29 2007 10:15PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - What if you could burn fat while shaking a martini? Actually, it's your body that shakes like a martini on a new type of fitness machine that's generating lots of buzz and celebrity use. Even NASA has tested the concept.
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Fitness vibrations trendy, perhaps risky
May 29 2007 10:15PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - What if you could burn fat while shaking a martini? Actually, it's your body that shakes like a martini on a new type of fitness machine that's generating lots of buzz and celebrity use. Even NASA has tested the concept.
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WHO warns against water-pipe smoking
May 29 2007 10:14PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Water-pipe smoking may pose the same health risks as cigarettes, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, adding that more scientific research was needed into the link between hookah use and a number of fatal illnesses.
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WHO urges smoking ban in public places
May 29 2007 4:19PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. health agency on Tuesday issued its strongest policy recommendations yet for controlling tobacco use, urging all countries to ban smoking at indoor workplaces and in public buildings.
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US on mad cow: Don't test all cattle
May 29 2007 3:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease .
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Rare TB case on plane prompts warning
May 29 2007 1:43PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis may have spread the disease to passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month, federal health officials said Tuesday.
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FDA warning won't stall flu vaccine
May 29 2007 9:27AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A warning issued to MedImmune Inc. over manufacturing issues at a United Kingdom plant shouldn't significantly disrupt company production of its nasal spray flu vaccine, federal health officials said Tuesday.
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4 in Britain test positive for bird flu
May 29 2007 5:46AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Four people in Britain who tested positive for a mild strain of bird flu should serve as a reminder that a virus other than the feared H5N1 strain could also provoke a flu pandemic, experts say.
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