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Study: Dentist shortage plagues Britain
Oct 16 2007 10:06PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A shortage of National Health Service dentists in England has led some people to pull out their own teeth _ or use super glue to stick crowns back on, a study says.
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Staph fatalities may exceed AIDS deaths
Oct 16 2007 10:05PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - More than 90,000 Americans get potentially deadly infections each year from a drug-resistant staph "superbug," the government reported Tuesday in its first overall estimate of invasive disease caused by the germ.
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Heart patients sue Medtronic over device
Oct 16 2007 6:49PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A man who claims he received 47 unneeded jolts from his implanted defibrillator is suing Medtronic over the broken wires the company is recalling.
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Device woes said reported before recall
Oct 16 2007 4:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hundreds of injuries linked to a brand of heart defibrillator wires were reported to the government by last winter, a consumer advocate said Tuesday in asking why the wires weren't recalled until this week.
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Environment link probed in cancer cases
Oct 16 2007 4:06PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Scientists are looking at possible environmental factors that might have harmed the genes of children who developed leukemia in the Fallon area and in Arizona.
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How to avoid dangerous staph infection
Oct 16 2007 3:48PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Good hygiene is the best way to avoid infection from a potentially dangerous drug-resistant germ called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. A new government report suggests that more 90,000 Americans annually get an invasive form of the disease, which can be deadly.
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Drug companies' ties to schools common
Oct 16 2007 3:47PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Nearly two-thirds of academic leaders surveyed at U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals have financial ties to industry, illustrating how pervasive these relationships have become, researchers say.
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Doctors discuss theories on aging brains
Oct 16 2007 6:44AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - When aging hampers memory, some people's brains compensate to stay sharp. Now scientists want to know how those brains make do _ in hopes of developing treatments to help everyone else keep up.
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