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S.F. unveils universal health care plan
Jun 20 2006 10:41PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The city would offer health care to any adult resident, regardless of immigration or employment status, under a plan announced Tuesday.
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Melanoma deadlier in blacks and Hispanics
Jun 20 2006 10:35PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Melanoma may be more common in whites but the most serious form of skin cancer is deadlier in blacks and Hispanics because it is more likely to go undetected, researchers report.
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Statins may reduce risk of cataracts
Jun 20 2006 8:29PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Statins, the cholesterol-lowering drugs taken by millions of Americans, might also reduce the risk of cataracts, a preliminary study suggests.
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Bird flu could close military cemeteries
Jun 20 2006 6:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Taps could be silenced for veterans who die during a bird flu outbreak. The Department of Veterans Affairs foresees closing the 120 national cemeteries in a pandemic because of staffing shortages, leaving families the option of delaying burial or seeking interment elsewhere.
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Brand name drug prices up nearly 4 pct.
Jun 20 2006 6:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Brand-name drug prices jumped nearly 4 percent during the first three months of the year, raising costs for taxpayers subsidizing the Medicare drug program and for some of those participating in it, AARP said Tuesday.
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Audit faults agency over bird flu tests
Jun 20 2006 6:13PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration lacks a comprehensive plan for testing and monitoring bird flu in commercial poultry, a federal audit says.
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Cholesterol drug makers see competition
Jun 20 2006 5:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The makers of cholesterol drugs are promoting their products ahead of a major change that is expected to trigger more competition in the market for such drugs.
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Study faults nutrition outside lunchroom
Jun 20 2006 5:40PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Nearly half of all states received a failing grade in a school foods report card issued Tuesday by a nonprofit group that evaluated school nutrition policies.
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Stem cells help repair rats' paralysis
Jun 20 2006 2:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have used stem cells and a soup of nerve-friendly chemicals to not just bridge a damaged spinal cord but actually regrow the circuitry needed to move a muscle, helping partially paralyzed rats walk.
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Senator raps drug giant over Zocor price
Jun 20 2006 2:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A New York senator accused the drug giant Merck & Co. on Tuesday of conspiring to undercut a cheaper generic alternative to its cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor just days before it becomes available to patients.
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Bird flu kills 14-year-old Indonesian boy
Jun 20 2006 6:09AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A 14-year-year-old boy died of bird flu, officials said Tuesday, raising the country's death toll to at least 39 people.
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