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Nuclear meltdown may have caused cancers
Oct 5 2006 10:08PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 1959 nuclear reactor meltdown at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory may have caused hundreds of cases of cancer in the community, and chemicals threaten to contaminate ground and water, according to a report released Thursday.
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Spinach plants probed; E. coli kills boy
Oct 5 2006 10:08PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - As federal agents launched a criminal investigation into two produce companies involved in the contaminated spinach outbreak, Idaho health officials confirmed the death of a 2-year-old boy Sept. 20 was caused by tainted spinach. Kyle Allgood was the second confirmed death in the E. coli outbreak, which also killed a Wisconsin woman.
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Breast-feeding, intelligence link probed
Oct 5 2006 8:19PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Breast-fed children are more intelligent than their bottle-fed counterparts, but this has nothing to do with the content of the milk they receive, a study published in the British Medical Journal said.
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Study: Drug prevents postpartum bleeding
Oct 5 2006 8:15PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A drug normally used to treat ulcers was effective in preventing excessive postpartum bleeding for women in poor areas _ a discovery that may save the lives of thousands who die annually from complications of childbirth, a British medical journal reported Friday.
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Idaho toddler dies from tainted spinach
Oct 5 2006 7:11PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A 2-year-old boy who died from kidney failure last month had been infected with the same strain of E. coli bacteria that prompted a nationwide consumer warning on fresh spinach, health officials said Thursday.
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WHO: Air pollution kills 2M folks a year
Oct 5 2006 4:39PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The World Health Organization called on governments Thursday to improve air quality in their cities, saying air pollution prematurely kills two million people a year, with more than half the deaths in developing countries.
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N.J. lawmaker wants to ban cooking oil
Oct 5 2006 3:41PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey senator wants to keep unhealthy food off the plates of fellow residents by banning from restaurants a cooking oil blamed for upping cholesterol levels and health care costs.
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Dengue fever outbreak kills 39 in India
Oct 5 2006 2:39PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - At India's premier public hospital, dozens of people suffering from dengue fever lay on stretchers in the narrow corridors.
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Mad deer disease may spread with saliva
Oct 5 2006 1:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Deer probably spread a brain-destroying illness called chronic wasting disease through their saliva, concludes a study that finally pins down a long-suspected culprit.
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Feds OK additional seasonal flu vaccine
Oct 5 2006 11:14AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A fifth seasonal flu vaccine gained federal approval Thursday, further boosting the record levels of doses available for the upcoming influenza season.
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Doctors to separate conjoined N.D. twins
Oct 5 2006 9:56AM (CT)
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - Conjoined twins from North Dakota have undergone their first procedure leading up to the surgery that will separate them.
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Dengue fever kills 38 in India
Oct 5 2006 7:41AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's health minister said Thursday that the death toll from an outbreak of dengue fever had risen to 38 as hospitals struggle to cope with an influx of patients.
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