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McDonald's to post nutrition info on food
Oct 25 2005 9:56PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Make it a burger, fries and nutritional information to go. Seeking to counter charges that its food is unhealthy and contributes to obesity, McDonald's Corp. announced Tuesday that it will display nutrition facts on the packaging for most of its menu items next year.
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Mexico urges nations to share flu drugs
Oct 25 2005 7:26PM (CT)
OTTAWA (AP) - Mexico's health minister urged wealthy nations to help provide flu drugs to the developing world, saying Tuesday that the divide between the rich and the poor would be catastrophic in the event of a global bird flu pandemic.
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Anesthesiologists OK awakening standards
Oct 25 2005 7:07PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A national doctors' group adopted new standards Tuesday to help prevent patients from awakening during surgery. But the physicians stopped short of embracing the use of new devices that monitor patient awareness.
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Bladder cancer test looks promising
Oct 25 2005 7:05PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A simple, experimental urine test that checks for an enzyme that fuels tumors is an effective way to detect bladder cancer in early, curable stages, Italian researchers say.
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Generic drugs could have saved us $20B
Oct 25 2005 6:49PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Consumers, their employers and health plans in the commercial market could have saved more than $20 billion last year through increased use of generic drugs, according to a new report by Express Scripts Inc., a pharmacy benefit manager.
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Bird flu could hit U.S. next year
Oct 25 2005 1:00PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - As bird flu is spread continent-to-continent by wild birds, the seasonal migration that is normally one of nature's wonders is becoming something scary.
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U.N. campaigns to end AIDS in kids
Oct 25 2005 4:03AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations is launching a global campaign to combat the rising threat of AIDS against children, nearly 1,800 of whom are infected with HIV every day.
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Parents blame kids' inactivity for obesity
Oct 25 2005 3:12AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kids don't run outside and play like they used to, and parents say being a couch potato is a major culprit in the growing problem of childhood obesity.
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