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FDA proposes ban on skin-bleaching cream
Aug 29 2006 7:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration proposed a ban Tuesday on over-the-counter sales of skin-lightening products, saying possible health risks cannot justify their being sold without a prescription.
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Biologists test for bird flu in Alaska
Aug 29 2006 5:42PM (CT)
BARROW, Alaska (AP) - Hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, biologists working in the frosty marshes of Alaska's North Slope are keeping a lookout for migratory birds that might bring a deadly avian flu strain to the United States.
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Report: Doctors' $275M study questioned
Aug 29 2006 4:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Cancer doctors received about $275 million from the federal government and the elderly last year as part of a yearlong research project that many doctors believe won't produce any useful findings.
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Sterner injury warnings sought for meds
Aug 29 2006 3:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The labels on Cipro and similar antibiotics should bear more serious warnings about a possible link to tendon injuries, petitioners told federal health officials Tuesday.
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New cervical cancer shot hard to find
Aug 29 2006 3:20PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Many parents hoping to get their daughters a new cervical cancer vaccine at their back-to-school checkups are winding up disappointed.
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U.S. report: More nicotine in cigarettes
Aug 29 2006 2:56PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The level of nicotine found in U.S. cigarettes has risen about 10 percent in the past six years, making it harder to quit and easier to get hooked, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Department of Health.
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Brazilian woman has 14-pound baby
Aug 29 2006 12:10PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - A 14-pound girl delivered by Caesarean section is so large that her feet reach over the edge of her small crib, hospital officials said Tuesday.
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South Africa panel: 336,000 dead of AIDS
Aug 29 2006 11:53AM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - More than a third of a million South Africans have died of AIDS over the past year, the head of the country's Medical Research Council said Tuesday.
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Waistlines continue to grow in U.S.
Aug 29 2006 11:27AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The gravy train _ make that the sausage, biscuits and gravy train _ just kept on rolling in most of America last year, with 31 states showing an increase in obesity.
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Meningitis vaccine in demand at colleges
Aug 29 2006 3:37AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - As move-in day for freshmen approached, Linda Echols took stock of health supplies at Swarthmore College and thought she had plenty of the latest meningitis vaccine.
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