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Lawyer wants workers monitored for cancer
Aug 17 2005 11:07PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A chemical company worker is suing his employer to force it to provide MRIs and neurological testing for thousands of current and former employees after he and more than a dozen others developed brain tumors.
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Racial gap shrinks for some medical care
Aug 17 2005 9:41PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The health care gap between blacks and whites is closing on many simple, cheap medical treatments, but deeper disparities stubbornly persist for more complex and costly procedures, new research suggests.
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Panel: N.H. Ritalin ranking is misleading
Aug 17 2005 7:46PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Despite its No. 1 ranking in Ritalin distribution, New Hampshire is not out of line in diagnosing and treating children with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, according to a committee that spent a year studying the issue.
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FDA won't ban diet drug Meridia
Aug 17 2005 7:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government won't ban the prescription diet drug Meridia but, faced with reports of deaths, says it will closely monitor a European study designed to better assess the pill's heart risks.
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Doctors try new device to block aneurysms
Aug 17 2005 7:37PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A device that resembles a child's finger trap toy is being used to treat a type of heart aneurysm that often grows without any symptoms until it bursts, usually with fatal consequences.
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Experts discuss possible bird flu spread
Aug 17 2005 2:12PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - As bird flu marches west across Russia toward Europe, health experts expressed optimism Wednesday that European countries could stamp it out before the virus takes hold and spreads among people.
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Trade group urges less soda in schools
Aug 17 2005 10:38AM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The American Beverage Association is recommending limiting the availability of soft drinks in schools across the country, a move that comes amid increased pressure to curb the epidemic of childhood obesity.
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Stopping meth labs hasn't prevented trade
Aug 17 2005 8:29AM (CT)
TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) - Just as some midwestern U.S. states are finding a strategy to put homegrown methamphetamine labs out of business, drug agents say they have begun finding more of the stimulant coming from Mexican cartels on the street.
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Russia kills more fowl amid flu fears
Aug 17 2005 7:04AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian veterinary workers clad in long white robes and masks incinerated thousands of slaughtered fowl Wednesday in an attempt to prevent a bird flu epidemic blamed on wild ducks from spreading further west toward Europe.
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