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No prescription? No problem online
Aug 23 2007 9:28PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Drug shipments from illegal online pharmacies were once so frequent in Appalachia that delivery companies had to add trucks to their routes.
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No prescription? No problem online
Aug 23 2007 9:28PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Drug shipments from illegal online pharmacies were once so frequent in Appalachia that delivery companies had to add trucks to their routes.
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AMA touts plans for uninsured Americans
Aug 23 2007 7:37PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The nation's largest doctors' group on Thursday launched a multimillion-dollar media campaign to promote its proposals for helping uninsured Americans get health insurance.
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FDA proposes new rules for sunscreens
Aug 23 2007 7:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It may be the summer of '09 or later before beachgoers can count on finding sunscreens to protect against the deeper, penetrating rays linked to wrinkles and cancer.
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CDC: Whooping cough cases misdiagnosed
Aug 23 2007 7:37PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A reported boom in U.S. whooping cough cases is now being questioned after health officials discovered a regularly used lab test misdiagnosed cases in suspected outbreaks in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Tennessee.
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CDC identifies two new norovirus strains
Aug 23 2007 7:36PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A 90-year-old nursing home patient died from the stomach flu last year, marking the first time U.S. health officials confirmed that the highly contagious bug is sometimes fatal.
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WHO ties rising population, new diseases
Aug 23 2007 7:36PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - A ballooning world population, intensive farming practices and changes in sexual behavior have provided a breeding ground for an unprecedented number of emerging diseases, the U.N. health agency said Thursday.
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