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Cholesterol levels fall in older Americans
Oct 11 2005 8:51PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Despite the sharp rise in obesity in the United States, cholesterol levels in older Americans have fallen markedly over the past 40 years, mainly because of the introduction of statin drugs in the late 1980s, a government study found.
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U.N. seeks to speed up bird flu vaccine
Oct 11 2005 7:42PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - U.N. officials said Tuesday they are exploring ways to step up the production of a vaccine in case bird flu mutates and sparks a human flu pandemic.
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Health experts travel Asia quake zone
Oct 11 2005 7:21PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Medical experts from the United Nations and international aid agencies were racing to get medical care Tuesday to quake victims in south Asia and to fix sanitation systems and drinking water supplies in an urgent effort to ward off disease.
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U.S health secretary warns of flu pandemic
Oct 11 2005 11:49AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The likelihood of a human flu pandemic is very high, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt warned Monday as he sought Southeast Asian cooperation to combat the spread of bird flu.
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New SIDS policy recommends pacifiers
Oct 11 2005 6:14AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Babies should be offered pacifiers at bedtime, and they should sleep in their parents' room _ but not in their beds _ in order to lessen the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, the nation's largest group of pediatricians says.
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Study suggests fish is good for brain
Oct 11 2005 6:14AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Eating fish at least once a week is good for the brain, slowing age-related mental decline by the equivalent of three to four years, a study suggests.
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