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W.Va. sends out SOS for obesity problem
Jun 3 2005 9:45PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia, a state with one of the worst obesity problems in the country, has called in the big guns for help. For the first time ever, federal disease investigators in Atlanta are studying obesity, just as they would investigate the rapid spread of an infectious disease.
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Basil suspected in cyclospora outbreak
Jun 3 2005 7:35PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Contaminated fresh basil is suspected as the most likely cause of an outbreak of the parasitic illness cyclospora that has sickened 300 Floridians, state health officials said Friday.
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Undercooked turkey blamed in S.C. outbreak
Jun 3 2005 7:32PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Undercooked turkey at a Camden restaurant is most likely the cause of one of the worst food-borne illness outbreaks in South Carolina in recent years, the state health department said Friday.
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Obesity research shows 3 crucial periods
Jun 3 2005 7:29PM (CT)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Evidence is growing that people's weight at three periods of childhood may be critical in setting them up to be fat in adulthood, scientists said Thursday.
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Study: Parents can help babies get rhythm
Jun 3 2005 7:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gently bounce a baby while you sing, and you'll usually get squeals of glee. But it's not just fun: Feeling the beat helps wire babies' brains to hear rhythm. So says new research that tested moms and babies doing what comes naturally _ dancing around together.
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Water plant strike sparks cholera outbreak
Jun 3 2005 7:25PM (CT)
GOMA, Congo (AP) - A strike at a water-purification facility in eastern Congo has caused an outbreak of cholera, resulting in hundreds of infections that have killed at least four people, a health official said.
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Hospitals cut patient complications
Jun 3 2005 6:39AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Not one patient on a ventilator at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center has developed pneumonia in the past 13 months, even though there is typically a case of pneumonia every week at busy hospital intensive care units.
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Survivors of West Nile fighting its spread
Jun 3 2005 1:18AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Soon after Jack Raney recovered from the West Nile virus that left him comatose for several days, he began a public information campaign against the disease that stole his job and games of catch with his kids.
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