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FDA says viruses safe for treating meat
Aug 18 2006 9:52PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A mix of bacteria-killing viruses can be safely sprayed on cold cuts, hot dogs and sausages to combat common microbes that kill hundreds of people a year, federal health officials said Friday in granting the first-ever approval of viruses as a food additive.
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Study: Decorated needles calm patients
Aug 18 2006 9:51PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Researchers at the University of New Mexico's Health Sciences Center believe they have found a way to make patients less fearful of needles _ decorate them with butterflies, flowers and smiley faces.
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Couple charged in illegal surgery
Aug 18 2006 8:35PM (CT)
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) - A Brazilian doctor and his wife accused of performing illegal liposuction surgery on a woman who died because of the procedure were charged with manslaughter Friday.
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Body-part harvesting company must close
Aug 18 2006 7:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health officials ordered a North Carolina company that collected human body parts for transplant to shut down Friday after inspectors found violations that posed a threat to human health.
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South African health chief's ouster eyed
Aug 18 2006 7:43PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - AIDS activists occupied several government offices Friday and took to the streets demanding the resignation and arrest of South Africa's health minister, accusing her of allowing unnecessary and preventable deaths because of her policies on AIDS.
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South Africa HIV policy bashed at summit
Aug 18 2006 4:47PM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - South Africa came under withering attacks at the closing of the weeklong global AIDS conference on Friday, with some of the world's leading AIDS experts accusing the government of ignoring the epidemic and promoting inadequate prevention methods.
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Encephalitis B kills 7 in northern China
Aug 18 2006 8:42AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Seven people have died of the mosquito-borne Encephalitis B disease in north China this week, the official Xinhua News Agency said Friday.
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TV found to be a painkiller for children
Aug 18 2006 6:37AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sometimes the numbing effect of TV can be helpful. Especially if you're a kid being stuck with a needle at the hospital. Researchers confirmed the distracting power of television _ something parents have long known _ when they found that children watching cartoons suffered less pain from a hypodermic needle than kids not watching TV.
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