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Stars used to rate foods for nutrition
Sep 6 2006 10:24PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Shredded wheat gets 3 stars. Baked beans, 1 star. Doritos, no stars. Those movie-style ratings for food, launched by a New England grocery chain, take nutritional hand-holding to a new level.
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Surgeons separate conjoined twins
Sep 6 2006 9:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Surgeons successfully separated 4-month-old conjoined twin boys Wednesday night, the lead surgeon declaring, "They are two separate individuals."
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AP Interview: Fatal TB likely widespread
Sep 6 2006 7:59PM (CT)
TUGELA FERRY, South Africa (AP) - A deadly new strain of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis discovered in South Africa is likely to have spread beyond the rural area where 52 of the 53 people diagnosed with it have died, the doctor who discovered the super bug said.
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Classes teach moms, kids to eat healthy
Sep 6 2006 7:59PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - One mother vowed to stop buying soda. Another promised to dance with her little girl each day. Still another else pledged to turn off the television set and take her son to the park. The mothers made their resolutions Wednesday at a class to learn to raise fit and trim children.
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Study: Medical instructions stump many
Sep 6 2006 7:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most adults can determine at what age their children should get vaccinated or discern from a label when to take medicines, but they still need help understanding many basic health instructions.
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Feds may ease limit on painkillers
Sep 6 2006 7:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - People taking Oxycontin, codeine and other powerful painkillers for chronic pain could get a 90-day supply, under a proposal Wednesday that would let patients avoid repeated doctor visits to get more than 30-day prescriptions.
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No wait expected for flu shots this year
Sep 6 2006 7:48PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - About 75 million doses of flu vaccine should be in most doctor's offices and clinics by the end of October _ a near record amount that should prevent flu shot rationing this year, health officials said Wednesday.
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Thyroid cancer increase in women seen
Sep 6 2006 7:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Death rates from cancer are continuing to decline but scientists have uncovered a surprising jump in cases of thyroid cancer.
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