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Duke patients discuss dirty surgical tools
Aug 11 2005 11:51PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Patients whose surgeons unknowingly used instruments washed in hydraulic fluid instead of detergent held their first group meeting Monday, sharing stories of delayed recoveries and distrust of their doctors.
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People try to lose weight at McDonald's
Aug 11 2005 10:11PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Inspired by the documentary "Super Size Me," Merab Morgan decided to give a fast-food-only diet a try. The construction worker and mother of two ate only at McDonald's for 90 days _ and dropped 37 pounds in the process.
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2 in Pa. contract Legionnaires disease
Aug 11 2005 9:49PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Two men tested positive for Legionnaires disease after they attended the Pennsylvania American Legion's annual convention in Montgomery County, not far from where 34 people died of the disease at a similar event in 1976, hotel officials said Thursday.
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VA reviewing some approved stress claims
Aug 11 2005 6:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is going to take a new look at the claims of about a third of the military veterans who now get disability payments for post-traumatic stress disorder.
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New strategy shows promise in treating HIV
Aug 11 2005 5:40PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A new treatment strategy has shown promise in helping to transform HIV into a curable infection. Preliminary research published this week in The Lancet medical journal outlines how scientists used an anti-convulsant drug to awaken dormant HIV hiding in the body, where it is temporarily invisible but still dangerous.
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Study: Heavier girls hit puberty earlier
Aug 11 2005 12:54PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Overweight girls reach puberty earlier, but early puberty alone doesn't necessarily lead to being overweight in adulthood, according to a new study. Instead, it's childhood pudginess that's linked with both early menstruation and adult weight problems.
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Study: Diet may help fight prostate cancer
Aug 11 2005 9:42AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A radical ultra low-fat diet and other lifestyle changes may help keep early-stage prostate cancer from worsening, says the first attempt to test the theory.
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N.Y. wants trans fats off restaurant menus
Aug 11 2005 8:58AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City wants restaurants to narrow their list of ingredients _ and maybe some waistlines _ by cutting out trans fats. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said the voluntary change could also help fight the city's biggest killer, heart disease.
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Feds aren't subsidizing recommended foods
Aug 11 2005 1:56AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government says half your diet should be fruits and vegetables, but it doesn't subsidize the farmers who grow them. Instead, half of all federal agriculture subsidies go to grain farmers, whose crops feed animals for meat, milk and eggs and become cheap ingredients in processed food.
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