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Fifth Amish child in Minnesota has polio
Oct 19 2005 8:23PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - State health officials on Wednesday reported that a fifth Amish child in central Minnesota has contracted the polio virus.
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Official: Obesity high in Puerto Rico
Oct 19 2005 7:39PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Obesity among Puerto Ricans has reached epidemic levels, affecting 62 percent of the island's population, the government's top health official said.
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Tea sales boom, but benefits uncertain
Oct 19 2005 7:34PM (CT)
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Bottled tea sales are increasing as the possible health benefits are being promoted, but researchers say it is too early to say whether the beverage really does offer any significant protection against diseases such as cancer.
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Candy out of sight is out of mind
Oct 19 2005 7:30PM (CT)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Scientists studying candy-jar psychology have confirmed what most of us know instinctively: Out of sight is out of mind.
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Russia reports new bird flu cases
Oct 19 2005 7:29PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian authorities detected a deadly strain of bird flu south of Moscow on Wednesday and China reported a fresh outbreak in its northern grasslands _ signs the deadly virus was spreading across Siberia to the Mediterranean along the pathways of migratory birds.
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Europeans, Americans polled on bird flu
Oct 19 2005 12:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Large segments of the populations in the United States and Spain, Italy, France, Germany and Britain are expressing concerns about the spread of bird flu.
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Study: Obesity surgery may be riskier
Oct 19 2005 7:39AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Obesity surgery, the most drastic way to lose weight, is far more than a cosmetic procedure and involves considerably higher risks of death than previously thought, new research suggests.
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S. Korea opens bank for stem cell research
Oct 19 2005 5:18AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A bank that will create and supply new lines of embryonic stem cells for research opened Wednesday in Seoul as part of a global partnership that will help scientists in countries such as the United States get around government restrictions on cloning.
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N.J. to create umbilical cord blood bank
Oct 19 2005 4:58AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey plans to create a storage bank for umbilical cord blood to aid stem cell research, a program that state officials said will be the first of its kind in the nation.
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Study: Obesity surgery may be riskier
Oct 19 2005 2:50AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Obesity surgery, the most drastic way to lose weight, is far more than a cosmetic procedure and involves considerably higher risks of death than previously thought, new research suggests.
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