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FDA: Tamiflu patients need monitoring
Nov 13 2006 11:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Patients who take Tamiflu should be closely monitored for signs of abnormal behavior, health officials said Monday in announcing an updated label for the flu drug.
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Appeals court rules on Ohio abortion law
Nov 13 2006 11:03PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A federal appeals court upheld one Ohio abortion regulation and struck down another Monday, agreeing that women must get a doctor's counseling before an abortion, but rejecting a regulation that gave minors only one chance to avoid a parental consent requirement.
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Student says his drug test is foolproof
Nov 13 2006 8:35PM (CT)
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - A student at the Arkansas High School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts has helped develop a drug test billed as being faster and easier to administer than tests currently available _ and that is foolproof.
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Insurers' plan aims to cover uninsured
Nov 13 2006 8:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health insurance companies proposed a $300 billion plan Monday aimed at getting coverage for all uninsured children in three years and for most adults within 10.
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CDC urges more people to get flu shots
Nov 13 2006 8:04PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - U.S. health officials said Monday they are worried that an abundance of unused flu vaccine this year may lead to millions of doses being thrown out, discouraging manufacturers from making as much in the future.
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Scientists study genes, severe injuries
Nov 13 2006 7:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Surviving major trauma _ a car crash, gunshot wounds, burns _ isn't just a matter of fixing the obvious injuries. About a week into the healing, many patients' organs suddenly fail, as doctors watch helplessly. They can't predict who will go into this downward spiral, or how victims will fare. Numerous attempts at treatments have failed.
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More moose on loose in Wash. and Idaho
Nov 13 2006 6:34PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - There are so many moose on the loose in far eastern Washington and northern Idaho that some are appearing in such unlikely habitats as Palouse wheat pastures, wildlife biologists report.
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Snail toxin may help nerve pain relief
Nov 13 2006 5:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Toxins from cone snail venom may help point the way to better relief of severe nerve pain in people, researchers report.
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Hospitals want faster heart attack care
Nov 13 2006 4:48PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Hundreds of hospitals around the country are joining the most ambitious project ever undertaken to give faster emergency room care to people suffering major heart attacks.
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Red meat may raise breast cancer risk
Nov 13 2006 4:48PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Eating red meat may raise a woman's risk of a common type of breast cancer, and vitamin supplements will do little if anything to protect her heart, two new studies suggest.
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Health care costs could jump 10 percent
Nov 13 2006 3:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Health care costs could rise more than 10 percent in 2007, unless companies change their plans, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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More South Africans get AIDS medicine
Nov 13 2006 1:58PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - More than 235,000 South Africans with AIDS are receiving anti-retroviral medicines in the public health sector, up 55,000 from the end of June, the government said Monday.
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Japan confirms 30th mad cow case
Nov 13 2006 12:25PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Agriculture Ministry said Monday it confirmed the country's 30th case of mad cow disease.
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Results mixed on Merck's new painkiller
Nov 13 2006 11:20AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The first published studies of Arcoxia, the drug that Merck & Co. hopes will take the place of its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, are getting mixed reviews from doctors, some of whom say the results do not make a case for the medication's approval.
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Bush to host summit on malaria
Nov 13 2006 10:25AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House will hold a summit next month seeking strategies for combating malaria, a largely preventable disease that kills 3,000 children every day and claims nearly a million lives a year in Africa.
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Group gives advice on face transplants
Nov 13 2006 8:43AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Royal College of Surgeons on Monday laid out 15 conditions surgeons must meet before carrying out face transplants.
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Group gives advice on face transplants
Nov 13 2006 8:27AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Royal College of Surgeons on Monday laid out 15 conditions surgeons must meet before carrying out face transplants.
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