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Survey: Most obese claim to eat healthy
Aug 1 2006 10:59PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - More than three-quarters of obese Americans say they have healthy eating habits, according to a survey of more than 11,000 people.
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Plan B pill snarls FDA nominee hearings
Aug 1 2006 8:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, nominated to head the Food and Drug Administration, insisted at his confirmation hearing Tuesday that "medical ideology" _ not politics _ guided his handling of proposed over-the-counter sales of the morning-after contraceptive.
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Drug czar: Tighten border in meth fight
Aug 1 2006 8:01PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The next phase in the fight against illicit methamphetamine should emphasize tightening U.S. borders to prevent drug trafficking, expanding voluntary drug testing in schools, and augmenting treatment for addicts, the nation's drug czar said Tuesday.
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Seniors conflicted over Medicare benefit
Aug 1 2006 7:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The less medicine they take, the less likely the elderly were to enroll in a new Medicare drug plan, a signal that many senior citizens still don't view the program as insurance in case their health deteriorates.
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Feds say Medicare plan helps hospitals
Aug 1 2006 7:04PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hospitals will get more money for treating the sickest of Medicare patients and less for treating some of the healthier ones under new federal regulations issued Tuesday.
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FDA warns against eating Wash. raw oysters
Aug 1 2006 12:26PM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has advised against eating raw oysters harvested in Washington state, citing a recent rash of bacteria-caused illnesses that have sickened people on both coasts.
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9 women complain Plan B not at pharmacies
Aug 1 2006 12:19PM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Amid a battle in Congress over whether to allow nonprescription sales of the Plan B morning-after pill, nine women have complained that area pharmacies failed to carry the pills or keep them in stock.
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