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Doctors test anti-smoking vaccine
Jul 27 2006 9:48PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Doctors are testing a radical new way to help smokers quit: a shot that "immunizes" them against the nicotine rush that fuels their addiction.
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Men have higher recurrent blood clot risk
Jul 27 2006 6:17PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Among people who have had blood clots, men are twice as likely as women to have them again after finishing treatment, according to an analysis of several studies.
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'Breast' cover gets mixed reaction
Jul 27 2006 4:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - "I was SHOCKED to see a giant breast on the cover of your magazine," one person wrote. "I immediately turned the magazine face down," wrote another. "Gross," said a third.
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Satisfaction high for Medicare drug plans
Jul 27 2006 4:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 80 percent of those enrolled in Medicare drug plans are satisfied with their choice, although fewer than half of the beneficiaries report saving any money, a survey says.
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GAO slams direct-to-consumer gene tests
Jul 27 2006 3:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Direct-to-consumer DNA tests are promising nutrition advice customized to people's genes, but congressional investigators said Thursday the tests are of no medical value and can mislead people.
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Tainted blood contributes to death
Jul 27 2006 2:33PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A hospital patient died after receiving a unit of blood platelets tainted with E. coli bacteria, the Community Blood Center in Kansas City said.
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Psychologists' group under fire
Jul 27 2006 1:18PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The American Psychological Association is under fire from some of its members and other professionals for declaring that it is permissible for psychologists to assist in military interrogations.
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Rare disease reported in transplants
Jul 27 2006 1:16PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Two U.S. heart transplant patients who died earlier this year had contracted a parasitic tropical disease from their new organs, health officials reported Thursday.
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Bird-flu vaccine may be ready by next year
Jul 27 2006 8:42AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A British company reported Wednesday it had achieved the best results ever seen on an experimental human vaccine for bird flu and said mass production might be possible by 2007.
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