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Seattle-area VA hospital criticized
Jun 15 2007 11:44PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The Department of Veterans Affairs knew for months that shower heads, handrails and other fixtures posed serious suicide risks to Seattle-area psychiatric patients, but refused to fix the problems, inspectors said in a report released Friday.
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Seattle-area VA hospital criticized
Jun 15 2007 11:44PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The Department of Veterans Affairs knew for months that shower heads, handrails and other fixtures posed serious suicide risks to Seattle-area psychiatric patients, but refused to fix the problems, inspectors said in a report released Friday.
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Seattle-area VA hospital criticized
Jun 15 2007 11:44PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The Department of Veterans Affairs knew for months that shower heads, handrails and other fixtures posed serious suicide risks to Seattle-area psychiatric patients, but refused to fix the problems, inspectors said in a report released Friday.
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Group sues NYC over new calorie rules
Jun 15 2007 10:36PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A restaurant trade group asked a court Friday to outlaw a new city regulation that would require some eateries to list calorie counts on their menu boards right next to the price.
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30 percent of Cubans are overweight
Jun 15 2007 9:34PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cubans are no strangers to the battle of the bulge. Waistlines have expanded since the economic crisis of the early 1990s eased on the communist-run island _ so much so that 30 percent of adults are now overweight, a newly released government study reveals.
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30 percent of Cubans are overweight
Jun 15 2007 9:34PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cubans are no strangers to the battle of the bulge. Waistlines have expanded since the economic crisis of the early 1990s eased on the communist-run island _ so much so that 30 percent of adults are now overweight, a newly released government study reveals.
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30 percent of Cubans are overweight
Jun 15 2007 9:34PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cubans are no strangers to the battle of the bulge. Waistlines have expanded since the economic crisis of the early 1990s eased on the communist-run island _ so much so that 30 percent of adults are now overweight, a newly released government study reveals.
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FDA OKs blood pressure drug
Jun 15 2007 8:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Patients who suffer from a rare disease that causes continuous high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs received a new treatment choice Friday.
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River blindness may resist drug
Jun 15 2007 5:36PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The parasite that causes river blindness, a crippling disease endemic in Africa, may be developing resistance to the one drug used to treat it, according to research published Friday in The Lancet.
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Pancreatic cancer surgery overlooked
Jun 15 2007 5:36PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Nearly 40 percent of patients with early pancreatic cancer who could be treated with surgery don't get the operation, dooming them to grim chances of survival, a study found.
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Anxiety affects obesity surgery success
Jun 15 2007 5:34PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Extremely obese people suffering from depression or anxiety tend to lose less weight after obesity surgery than mentally healthy people, researchers reported Thursday in a study that suggests such patients could benefit from treatment beforehand.
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3 million in Japan have mental illness
Jun 15 2007 5:25PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The number of Japanese suffering from mental illnesses topped 3 million for the first time in 2005, the government said Friday, amid efforts to improve mental health services in Japan.
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3 hepatitis C cases linked to NYC doctor
Jun 15 2007 5:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities urged 4,500 people who were treated by an anesthesiologist to get tested for hepatitis C, saying three patients may have been infected as the doctor gave them anesthesia.
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Colgate: Low risk from counterfeits
Jun 15 2007 6:12AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Personal-care products maker Colgate-Palmolive Co. said Friday there is a low health risk to consumers who purchased tubes of counterfeit toothpaste, which were recalled because they may contain a poisonous chemical.
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Study looks at alcohol deaths in Russia
Jun 15 2007 12:06AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Drinking alcohol not meant for consumption such as cologne and antiseptics may be responsible for nearly half of all deaths among working-age men in Russia, according to a study published Friday in The Lancet.
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