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FDA issues warning about abortion pill
Jul 19 2005 9:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government warned doctors Tuesday to be on the lookout for rare but deadly infections in women using the abortion pill RU-486, citing two more deaths after its use.
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Ad war looms in crowded sleep aid market
Jul 19 2005 7:31PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Terri Bagley spent nearly two decades searching for a way to get a good night's sleep. She toyed with keeping her bedroom pitch black and sniffing in the soothing smell of lavender. But neither those tricks nor over-the-counter and prescription medications made much of a difference.
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Feds again dispute vaccine-autism link
Jul 19 2005 7:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government assembled some leading scientists Tuesday to try again to lay to rest public suspicions that a mercury-based preservative once used in childhood vaccines causes autism.
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Medicare drug program gets some help
Jul 19 2005 4:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Medicare's slow-to-catch-on prescription drug program, available next January, is getting a push from organizations that want to help it succeed.
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Kentucky among nation's sickest states
Jul 19 2005 10:32AM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky ranks among the unhealthiest states _ a plight that's largely self-inflicted due to smoking, eating fatty foods and not exercising enough, The Courier-Journal reported in a special section published Sunday.
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'Double diabetes' harder to detect, treat
Jul 19 2005 7:48AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Having one type of diabetes is bad enough, but two? Doctors are seeing a new phenomenon dubbed double diabetes that makes it harder to diagnose and treat patients _ especially children.
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