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4 more die of tainted meds in Panama
Oct 30 2006 11:19PM (CT)
PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) - Panama's health minister on Monday reported four new deaths from contaminated medications, raising the total to 38.
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KFC drops trans fats as NYC probes ban
Oct 30 2006 11:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After two years of secret taste tests, KFC said Monday it would stop frying chicken in artery-clogging trans fats, but New York City restaurants being urged to do the same say it's not so easy.
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Cooking oil producers try alternatives
Oct 30 2006 10:21PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - KFC's announcement that it will eliminate trans fats from its cooking oil puts more pressure for alternatives on companies that make and distribute the oil.
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Doctors ponder fixing heart defect
Oct 30 2006 10:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - One in five adults has a little hole in the heart. Most will never know it. But the defect may play a role in certain strokes and severe migraines, leading thousands to get devices implanted to seal it shut.
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CDC investigating salmonella outbreak
Oct 30 2006 10:20PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A salmonella outbreak potentially linked to produce has sickened at least 172 people in 18 states, health officials said Monday.
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Deadly new TB strains expose drug need
Oct 30 2006 3:47PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - A deadly drug-resistant new strain of tuberculosis on the rise this year has forced scientists to confront a new problem: old drugs and a more than century-old TB test that takes weeks to get laboratory confirmation.
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