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Study: Hotel rooms have unseen guests
Sep 29 2006 9:58PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hotel guests leave behind more than just socks and old paperbacks: A new study found viruses on TV remotes, light switches and even hotel pens after cold sufferers checked out.
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FDA issues warning on carrot juice brand
Sep 29 2006 9:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Friday night not to drink Bolthouse Farms Carrot Juice in certain packaging after linking a fourth case of botulism to the product.
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Breast cancer survivors race boats
Sep 29 2006 8:25PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Two days after Wendy Scurr had her weekly chemotherapy session in her homeland of South Africa, she was in Singapore rowing a traditional Asian dragon boat with other breast cancer survivors, training for this weekend's race.
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Atlanta named worst city for sleeping
Sep 29 2006 8:23PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta has been the named the worst city for sleeping, according to a pharmaceutical company-funded report. The Big Peach was the pits in a ranking based on survey data and on factors that deprived people of sleep like commute times, divorce and unemployment rates.
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FDA lifts ban on most fresh spinach
Sep 29 2006 8:22PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted its two-week-old consumer warning on most fresh spinach Friday, revising the alert to say it now covers only specific brands packaged on certain dates.
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Study: More than half of Malaysians fat
Sep 29 2006 7:58PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - More than half of Malaysian adults are overweight because they eat too much and exercise too little, a news report said Friday, citing a national survey.
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Regular flu shot may help fight bird flu
Sep 29 2006 7:55PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A leading flu expert says an encouraging but small study in mice gives more reason to hope that ordinary flu shots might help protect people if bird flu starts spreading among humans and causes a pandemic.
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Seniors to get more Medicare choices
Sep 29 2006 7:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Seniors who complained this year about a dizzying array of choices for a Medicare drug plan may find themselves even dizzier when they shop around for next year.
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Glaxo Bipolar Drug May Be Tied to Defect
Sep 29 2006 3:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials cautioned women Friday that use of a GlaxoSmithKline drug during the first three months of pregnancy shows possible links to birth defects.
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India to increase HIV treatment centers
Sep 29 2006 6:06AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian authorities plan to nearly double the number of treatment centers providing free drugs and medical care to people battling HIV/AIDS, a senior official said Friday.
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