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NC moves to limit MD role in executions
Jul 21 2006 6:01PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The state licensing board for doctors gave initial approval Friday for a policy blocking doctors from actively participating in executions, addressing an issue that has weighed heavily on medical professionals in many states.
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AIDS rates stabilizing in South Africa
Jul 21 2006 4:36PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The AIDS infection rate among pregnant women in South Africa stayed at about 30 percent last year, according to a government report Friday that said the infection rate was stabilizing.
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FDA warns lunch box makers about lead
Jul 21 2006 4:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Soft lunch boxes may be lined with a vinyl containing lead, the government says, but safety officials say the containers pose no immediate danger.
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Advocates demand funding for pain treatment
Jul 21 2006 4:00PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Shawn Spriggs went through a slew of doctors and medicines before he found relief from the waves of muscular pain that shot through his body from muscular dystrophy.
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Study: Some paints in Asia pose high risk
Jul 21 2006 3:55PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Some paints in Malaysia, China and India contain dangerously high levels of lead, as much as 300 times the legal limit in the United States, presenting a health risk to children, researchers said Friday.
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Drug combination fuels hope for MS fight
Jul 21 2006 3:54PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Four years ago, 28-year-old multiple sclerosis patient Karen Ayres was wheelchair-bound and paralyzed. "I was trapped in a body that wouldn't do anything," she says. Now, following an experimental drug treatment, she has regained mobility and is studying for a doctoral degree.
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FDA: 'Alternative' Lyme care can be fatal
Jul 21 2006 3:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - At least one person has died after being injected with a purported treatment for Lyme disease, health officials said Friday in warning doctors and patients to avoid the unapproved product.
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Senators slam voluntary bird flu testing
Jul 21 2006 12:04PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators on Friday criticized the Agriculture Department's planning for deadly bird flu, saying the voluntary nature of its testing program threatens the U.S. poultry industry.
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