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Study shows benefits of kids' playtime
Jul 20 2006 10:05PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Doctors may soon have a prescription for health that even kids will like: more playtime. European and international health experts say a new study makes the most convincing case yet for the benefits of children being active. They say the research may lead to new guidelines saying youngsters between ages 5 and 16 need to be active up to 1 1/2 hours a day.
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Report: Drug errors injure more than 1.5M
Jul 20 2006 10:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Medication mistakes injure well over 1.5 million Americans every year, a toll too often unrecognized and unfought, says a sobering call to action.
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SmartPill for stomach disorder approved
Jul 20 2006 10:03PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - An electronic capsule that becomes a sort of mini-laboratory when swallowed won federal approval, giving doctors another way to diagnose an uncomfortable stomach condition, its inventors said Thursday.
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FDA OKs pearly pigments to color pills
Jul 20 2006 10:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - If you think beauty can't go more than skin deep, swallow this: Health officials on Thursday said drug companies could start gussying up their pills with pigments like those that give cosmetics a pearly sheen.
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CDC finds women are lifting weights more
Jul 20 2006 7:29PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Women are pumping more iron, with nearly 1 in 5 doing twice-a-week workouts, a new federal study shows. The desire for a more attractive body, along with worries about bone loss, probably contribute to the trend, experts said.
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Scientists skeptical of banking baby teeth
Jul 20 2006 7:07PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - There's a new high-tech version of the tooth fairy, but some scientists aren't ready to bite. Austin-based startup company BioEden Inc. has opened the nation's first baby tooth bank, which harvests and freezes stem cells from a tooth's pulp. The hope is that the cells may someday be useful to treat disease or heal paralyzing spinal cord injuries.
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42nd Indonesian bird flu death confirmed
Jul 20 2006 2:38AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia recorded its 42nd human bird flu death on Thursday, bringing the sprawling nation even with neighboring Vietnam as the two worst-hit countries by the virus, a senior health ministry official said Thursday.
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Gates Foundation funds AIDS vaccine work
Jul 20 2006 1:51AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday it's awarding $287 million in grants over five years to create an international network of scientists to speed up the development of an AIDS vaccine.
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