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HMO fined over kidney transplant program
Aug 10 2006 9:40PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest health maintenance organization, will pay a $2 million fine and give $3 million to an organ donor program because of mismanagement of a kidney transplant center, state officials said Thursday.
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Scientists make discovery in Alzheimer's
Aug 10 2006 9:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have discovered molecular janitors that clear away a sticky gunk blamed for Alzheimer's disease _ until they get old and quit sweeping up.
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Ga. researchers begin new gene mapping
Aug 10 2006 7:47PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta-based researchers say they've begun mining a new kind of genetic data in a project that may help explain why some people are susceptible or resistant to certain diseases.
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Mass. study shows some babies too fat
Aug 10 2006 7:43PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Chubby cheeks and dimpled thighs have long been a mother's proof of a healthy, well-fed baby. But those roly-poly infants now may be a sign of something much different: America's growing problem with weight.
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Md. biologists to use beetles on plant
Aug 10 2006 7:30PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - To battle one invasive species, Maryland biologists are turning to another. The state Department of Natural Resources planned to release about 5,500 European leaf beetles Thursday near Preston in Caroline County. The beetles are thought to help stamp out an invasive plant species that is smothering wetlands.
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Canada, most in G8 slammed over AIDS
Aug 10 2006 4:34PM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - Canada and most other members of the G8 are failing to meet their fair share of the cost of financing the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Global AIDS Alliance said Thursday.
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Official: China probes antibiotic deaths
Aug 10 2006 4:32PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese investigators are still searching for the cause of at least six deaths among patients who received the same brand of antibiotic, a deputy health minister said Thursday, .
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New Orleans residents frayed by stress
Aug 10 2006 12:18PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Like many other New Orleanians nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina, John McCusker was experiencing the overwhelming stress of rebuilding his life.
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Mom's dieting can be unhealthy for kids
Aug 10 2006 12:11PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Mom's dieting habits can have a bad influence on the children. Some research indicates youngsters learn attitudes about dieting through observation. For some youngsters, that might mean an unhealthy fixation on body image, experts warn.
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Bird flu monitoring expands nationally
Aug 10 2006 4:10AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Monitoring of wild migratory birds to prevent a deadly bird flu virus is expanding to cover the entire nation and U.S. territories in the Pacific.
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