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Canada Red Cross guilty in blood scandal
May 30 2005 11:25PM (CT)
HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) - The Canadian Red Cross pleaded guilty Monday to distributing blood tainted with HIV and hepatitis C in the 1980s, and was fined $4,000 in the public health disaster that infected thousands.
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Study: Cholesterol drugs underprescribed
May 30 2005 7:28PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins that can help prevent heart disease are still underprescribed for many at-risk patients, according to a new study.
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U.S. braces for West Nile virus season
May 30 2005 6:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Patricia Heller was super-healthy, an avid skier and competitive bicyclist. So when she collapsed in the street after a daylong bike ride, she first shrugged off the weakness as cramps. By the next morning, Heller's left leg was completely paralyzed. It was West Nile virus, from a mosquito bite the Colorado woman doesn't even remember. She would need months of grueling therapy to walk again and today, almost two years later, still isn't fully recovered.
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Cult-like lure of 'Ana' attracts anorexics
May 30 2005 12:13PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - They call her "Ana." She is a role model to some, a goddess to others _ the subject of drawings, prayers and even a creed. She tells them what to eat and mocks them when they don't lose weight. And yet, while she is a very real presence in the lives of many of her followers, she exists only in their minds.
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Some West Nile survivors turn to advocacy
May 30 2005 12:07PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Soon after Jack Raney recovered from a West Nile infection that left him comatose for several days, he began his campaign against a disease that stole everything from his job to games of catch with his three kids.
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System lets parents spy on kids' lunches
May 30 2005 9:54AM (CT)
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - As Garin Hughes picks through his school-lunch burrito and unidentifiable apple-pear dessert, he has a secret. Hidden underneath the eighth-grader's right leg is a chocolate cookie in shrink-wrapped plastic. That's for dessert. In the past, his parents had no clue when he bought a treat at school. Now, thanks to a new school-lunch monitoring system, they can check over the Internet and learn about that secret cookie.
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Depression treatment device sparks debate
May 30 2005 6:16AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A tiny device about the size of a pocketwatch has treated hundreds of depression patients in clinical trials across the country. It's on the verge of being the first depression treatment device to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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