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Stem cells help dogs with dystrophy
Nov 15 2006 11:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In promising new research, stem cells worked remarkably well at easing symptoms of muscular dystrophy in dogs, an experiment that experts call a significant step toward treating people.
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AMA wants regulation of 'bioidenticals'
Nov 15 2006 11:12PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The American Medical Association has stepped into the controversy over alternative hormone treatments for aging that Suzanne Somers advocates in a hot new book.
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Man ordered to end claims of cancer cure
Nov 15 2006 11:05PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man who purports to have the cure for terminal illnesses such as cancer and AIDS must remove the claims from his Web site under a temporary injunction issued Wednesday by a circuit court judge.
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Heart valves grown from womb fluid cells
Nov 15 2006 10:23PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Scientists for the first time have grown human heart valves using stem cells from the fluid that cushions babies in the womb _ offering a revolutionary approach that may be used to repair defective hearts in the future.
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NYC officials may tweak trans fat ban
Nov 15 2006 9:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Restaurants nervous about New York City's proposed trans fat ban could get a few breaks such as extended deadlines and other revisions when health officials vote on the measure next month, the city's top health official said Wednesday.
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Medicare enrollees shop for drug plans
Nov 15 2006 3:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The shopping season began Wednesday for elderly and disabled Americans considering enrollment in the Medicare drug program.
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Study says late angioplasty seems futile
Nov 15 2006 7:43AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - New research has overturned one of the most fundamental beliefs among doctors treating heart attacks: that opening a blocked artery is always a good idea, even days or weeks later.
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Report: Scarlet fever spreads in N.Korea
Nov 15 2006 6:43AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Scarlet fever has been spreading in North Korea and threatens to become a full-blown epidemic despite efforts by authorities to contain the disease, a news report said Wednesday.
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