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Architects endorse private hospital rooms
Jul 17 2006 9:58PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Private rooms would be standard in new U.S. hospitals under recommendations from an influential architects' group that says building design can help curb infectious diseases and medical errors.
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Report: Women misled on abortion risks
Jul 17 2006 9:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Women who consult with pregnancy resource centers often get misleading information about the health risks associated with having an abortion, according to a report issued Monday by Democrats on the House Government Reform Committee.
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HEALTHBEAT: Stem cell therapies years away
Jul 17 2006 7:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Here's a reality check amid Congress' showdown with President Bush over stem cell research: The potential treatments for diabetes, spinal cord injury and other devastating disorders are years away from being tested in people.
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Some EU nations offer benefits for births
Jul 17 2006 7:28PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Europeans are thinking twice _ and sometimes three, four or five times _ before having kids. But benefits that are the envy of moms elsewhere may be boosting birth rates in some countries, baby step by baby step.
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Bobcat that bit Pa. cyclist was rabid
Jul 17 2006 4:26PM (CT)
WILLIAMSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Tests have confirmed that a bobcat that bit a bicyclist was infected with rabies, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said Monday.
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Experts: Aging of Europeans affects all
Jul 17 2006 11:22AM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Heaps of dumplings and schnitzels. Free drinks. A three-man band. It's party time at a Vienna retirement home _ but two women in the silver-haired crowd just can't get into the mood.
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Namibia launches polio vaccine campaign
Jul 17 2006 11:20AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - During an official check to certify that Namibia remained polio-free a decade after it declared it had conquered the disease, officials made a surprising find: A 39-year-old man stricken with the virus.
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