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Study: Water purifier helped save Kenyans
Jul 27 2005 8:33PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A newly published study shows that cases of diarrhea and deaths from the illness dropped significantly among Kenyan villagers when they treated their water with the Procter & Gamble Co. product Pur.
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Study finds N.Y. smoking ban helping
Jul 27 2005 8:30PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Bar and restaurant workers in New York are suffering fewer sore throats and runny noses since the state's workplace smoking ban went into effect, health officials reported Wednesday.
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Minn. paramedics to test heart device
Jul 27 2005 8:19PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - For a clinical trial, paramedics in St. Paul and Minneapolis will be testing experimental suction devices on heart attack patients without their prior consent.
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Gluten-free market goes mainstream
Jul 27 2005 8:14PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - For about 2 million Americans, the bread basket used to be filled with a tasteless, brick-like loaf that crumbled when sliced.
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Bill for reporting medical errors cleared
Jul 27 2005 4:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A national system designed to increase reporting of medical errors won final congressional approval Wednesday and was sent to President Bush.
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Weight-loss surgeon accused of negligence
Jul 27 2005 2:39PM (CT)
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - A weight-loss surgeon was accused by state regulators of gross negligence and incompetence in the treatment of 11 gastric-bypass patients, including six who died.
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Study: Male circumcision lowers AIDS risk
Jul 27 2005 1:56PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Male circumcision significantly reduces the chances of female-to-male transmission of the AIDS virus, according to a new study French researchers announced Tuesday.
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Pesticides may be sickening school kids
Jul 27 2005 7:46AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Pesticide use in or near U.S. schools sickened more than 2,500 children and school employees over a five-year period, and though most illnesses were mild, their numbers have increased, a nationwide report found.
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