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Charges filed in deadly medicine case
Aug 24 2007 11:21PM (CT)
PANAMA CITY (AP) - Panamanian authorities have filed charges against the administrator of a Spanish company that allegedly sold a deadly chemical used in medicine that has killed at least 94 people in Panama.
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Man has gastric surgery in adoption bid
Aug 24 2007 10:57PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A man who weighed 558 pounds when a Missouri judge prevented him from adopting a child he and his wife had taken into their home underwent gastric bypass surgery Friday in a bid to win the child back.
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NY baby undergoes 5-organ transplant
Aug 24 2007 10:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An 8-month-old boy received five organs in a complex transplant for a rare gastrointestinal disease and is ready for the next step _ learning to eat, his doctors said Friday.
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Experts: U.S. childbirth deaths on rise
Aug 24 2007 3:43PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame.
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Study: Fear of new foods mostly genetic
Aug 24 2007 3:40PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Having trouble persuading your child to eat broccoli or spinach? You may have only yourself to blame. According to a study of twins, neophobia _ or the fear of new foods _ is mostly in the genes.
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FDA proposes new rules for sunscreens
Aug 24 2007 5:03AM (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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