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FDA: counterfeit drugs on some Web sites
Aug 30 2006 6:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Testing revealed fake versions of Lipitor and other widely used prescription drugs ordered through Web sites linked to a Canadian pharmacy, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.
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FDA weighs oversight of body parts trade
Aug 30 2006 6:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials urged doctors Wednesday to offer HIV and other tests to patients who received transplanted tissues collected by a body parts broker in North Carolina.
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Americans may get medical money's worth
Aug 30 2006 4:17PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Despite exploding costs, most Americans got sizable life-extending bang for their medical bucks over recent decades, says one of the most sweeping studies ever of health-care value.
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U.S. report: More nicotine in cigarettes
Aug 30 2006 10:39AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The level of nicotine that smokers typically consume per cigarette 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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Biologists test for bird flu in Alaska
Aug 30 2006 6:26AM (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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