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Heart patients wait longer on weekends
Aug 16 2005 10:08PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A new study finds that heart attack sufferers who go to hospitals on nights and weekends wait longer for an artery-clearing angioplasty than patients during regular hours, increasing their risk of dying.
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Russia slaughters fowl fearing bird flu
Aug 16 2005 7:10PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia slaughtered hundreds of fowl on Tuesday as fears grew that a bird flu outbreak in Siberia was threatening to spread to the more densely populated western part of the country.
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Cough syrup abuse cases high in Houston
Aug 16 2005 7:02PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Houston has become known nationally as the "City of Syrup" because the abuse of codeine-fortified cough syrup among the city's youth is so widespread, a local researcher says.
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Mo. officials probe intestine infections
Aug 16 2005 6:53PM (CT)
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. (AP) - Health officials in Madison County are gathering recent medical histories, seeking to determine how microscopic intestinal parasites spread from two human cases at the beginning of last week to 30 confirmed over the weekend.
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Defibrillator recalls raise questions
Aug 16 2005 6:44PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Joyce Tierney and her daughter, Heidi, were rolled off to surgery one morning two years ago, just days after learning they had the same serious heart condition. They emerged with implanted defibrillators that brought their erratic heartbeats under control with periodic jolts of electricity.
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Oregon's innovative meth bill becomes law
Aug 16 2005 3:28PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed legislation Tuesday that will make Oregon the first state to require prescriptions for everyday cold and allergy medications that can be converted into methamphetamine.
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Grandparents lament fitness program's loss
Aug 16 2005 1:56PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - For more than six years, Ora Williams couldn't tie her shoes. For the overweight retiree from Hattiesburg, the strain of reaching her feet was too great, and trips to the mailbox were a struggle. Now, thanks to a special program, the 72-year-old can tie her shoes effortlessly and do chores energetically.
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Oregon's innovative meth bill becomes law
Aug 16 2005 1:33PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Gov. Ted Kulongoski on Tuesday signed legislation that will make Oregon the first state to require prescriptions for cold and allergy medications that can be converted into methamphetamine.
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Study links painkillers, hypertension
Aug 16 2005 11:22AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Women taking daily amounts of non-aspirin painkillers _ such as extra-strength Tylenol _ should monitor their blood pressure, doctors say following a new study suggesting a link between the drugs and hypertension.
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