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Michigan hospitals to have robot on call
Oct 19 2006 6:56PM (CT)
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - When a patient arrives at an emergency room with symptoms of a stroke, doctors must act fast. But the crucial decisions that can prevent death or severe disability are harder to make without a neurologist, and not every hospital has one on call.
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Meningitis shot may hold higher GBS risk
Oct 19 2006 6:40PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Young people who get a new meningitis shot may be at a slightly higher risk of developing a paralyzing side effect, federal researchers said Thursday.
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Study: Some preschoolers can use Ritalin
Oct 19 2006 6:03PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The first long-term government study of preschoolers who take Ritalin, the popular attention deficit disorder drug, warns of side effects but also found benefits in children with severe problems.
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Novartis drug wins expanded FDA approval
Oct 19 2006 5:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Novartis AG cancer drug has won expanded federal approval to treat five rare and potentially life-threatening diseases, the company said Thursday.
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La. works on fixing health care system
Oct 19 2006 1:42PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - As a federal deadline neared, Louisiana officials worked Thursday on the final version of a proposed overhaul of the New Orleans public health system, which was decimated by Hurricane Katrina.
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