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EPA sued over pesticides' effects on kids
Jun 7 2005 10:58PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The government has failed to protect the children of farmworkers from the harmful effects of pesticides, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by farmworkers, environmentalists and public health advocates.
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Study: Genes play role in women's orgasms
Jun 7 2005 9:52PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A woman's ability to have an orgasm is at least partly determined by her genes and can't be blamed entirely on cultural influences, new research suggests. Experts say that's likely to be interpreted as both good and bad news.
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WHO to tackle cancer with global effort
Jun 7 2005 9:49PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. health agency promised Tuesday to increase efforts at prevention and treatment of cancer in developing countries to help them fight a recent rise in deaths from the disease.
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British authorities probe hospital superbug
Jun 7 2005 7:54PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - British health authorities said Tuesday they are investigating a new virulent strain of bacteria that may have been imported from the United States or Canada.
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Woman gives birth after ovary transplant
Jun 7 2005 7:34PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama woman gave birth this week to a baby girl after undergoing the first known successful ovary transplant in the United States.
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Studies: TB remains problem as rates rise
Jun 7 2005 7:34PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - From drug-resistant tuberculosis in California to high disease rates in South African gold mines, stubborn challenges threaten health officials' goals for drastically reducing TB globally within 10 years, several studies show.
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Viagra ingredient OK'd in pulmonary cases
Jun 7 2005 2:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has approved the key ingredient in the impotence pill Viagra as a treatment for hundreds of people left gasping by a rare but often fatal type of high blood pressure.
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No dozing, doughnuts at office of future
Jun 7 2005 12:24PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - Sitting at their desks is about the last thing workers would do in Dr. James Levine's office of the future. Instead of being sedentary in front of their computers, they'd stand. But instead of standing still, they'd walk on a treadmill. And instead of meeting around a conference table, they'd talk business while walking laps on a track.
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Experts push for faster child cancer drugs
Jun 7 2005 9:40AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nine-year-old Killian Owen was the first child to try an experimental leukemia treatment that was showing promise in adults _ but the chance came too late. Yet the youngster left a precious legacy: Scientists are using his preserved cells to help create stronger drugs for other children desperate for new options.
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Mental illness can start in childhood
Jun 7 2005 9:28AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Most mental illness hits early in life, with half of all cases starting by age 14, a survey of nearly 10,000 U.S. adults found.
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Suicide attempts linked to weight perception
Jun 7 2005 6:37AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Suicidal impulses and attempts are much more common in teenagers who think they are too fat or too thin, regardless of how much they actually weigh, a study found.
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