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Study hints at Paxil tie to birth defects
Sep 27 2005 7:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is warning that a study has suggested that the antidepressant Paxil may be associated with birth defects.
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Poor have difficulty eating healthy foods
Sep 27 2005 7:13PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Laurieann Cossey has always struggled with her weight. Four years ago, she was diagnosed with diabetes. Now, six months pregnant and struggling to get by, the single mother tries to make sure her 1-year-old son gets the fruits and vegetables he needs.
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FDA approves Lipitor for wider use
Sep 27 2005 7:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration has approved widening the pool of people who can take the popular cholesterol drug Lipitor to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack to many diabetics who have risk factors for heart disease, the drug's manufacturer announced Tuesday.
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New supply chain set up for HIV medicine
Sep 27 2005 7:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hoping to speed AIDS drugs from port to patient, the Bush administration awarded a $77 million contract Tuesday to help establish a new supply system for medicines and other HIV-related aid to Africa.
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Indonesia struggles to deal with polio
Sep 27 2005 1:25PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A polio outbreak that spread rapidly through Indonesia after a decade-long absence, crippling hundreds of children, has exposed weaknesses in the sprawling archipelago's long-neglected health care system.
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Nearly 6,000 docs displaced by Katrina
Sep 27 2005 8:06AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Nearly 6,000 doctors along the Gulf Coast were uprooted by Hurricane Katrina in the largest displacement of physicians in U.S. history, university researchers reported Monday.
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U.N.: West Africa cholera epidemic worse
Sep 27 2005 7:37AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - A current cholera epidemic spreading across West Africa is more serious than other recent outbreaks because of the fast spread of the disease in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
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