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Ministers discuss ways to fight bird flu
Oct 24 2005 9:53PM (CT)
OTTAWA (AP) - World health ministers meeting in Canada to discuss strategies to fight the spread of bird flu emphasized Monday that preventing the disease from mutating into a deadly human virus was as important as developing new vaccines against it.
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'No pain no gain' may not be good advice
Oct 24 2005 7:38PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - For David Kozlow, turning 40 was a major pain in the neck. And in the ankles, back, groin, shoulder and hamstrings.
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FDA withdraws approval for ADD drug
Oct 24 2005 7:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FDA has withdrawn approval for a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder because it has been associated with liver problems, including death, agency officials said Monday.
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FDA promises to expedite bird-flu drug
Oct 24 2005 7:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government pledged Monday to expedite manufacturing of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu as its maker negotiates with other companies to boost production. The drug is in high demand as countries prepare for a possible bird-flu outbreak.
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Co. to refund millions for cancer claims
Oct 24 2005 7:33PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A supplement maker that wrongly claimed its shark-cartilage and other products had cancer-fighting benefits plans to refund customers millions of dollars.
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Liver transplants may cure rare disease
Oct 24 2005 7:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Liver transplants seem to be curing about a dozen children of a rare disease so unforgiving that the slightest dietary misstep can prove brain-damaging or even fatal.
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Roche warns against generic Tamiflu
Oct 24 2005 11:18AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Holding AG on Monday cautioned against countries producing on their own a generic version Tamiflu, the drug that experts believe is most effective in protecting humans from bird flu.
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