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USDA releases Spanish-language food pyramid
Dec 7 2005 9:15PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Alarmed by the high rate of obesity among Hispanics, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a Spanish translation Wednesday of the food pyramid, the government's handy guide to good nutrition.
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Face transplant woman says she's okay
Dec 7 2005 9:14PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - The French woman who received the world's first partial face transplant told a newspaper Wednesday she was doing "very well," but she asked that the media leave her alone while she recuperates.
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Many colon cancer patients lack therapy
Dec 7 2005 9:14PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - More than a decade after new treatment guidelines for the disease were issued, many patients with advanced colon cancer are not getting chemotherapy after surgery, despite clear-cut evidence it boosts survival, a study found.
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Small number may react to smallpox vaccine
Dec 7 2005 9:14PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Smallpox shots may have triggered a painful heart inflammation in a very small number of emergency workers vaccinated after Sept. 11, researchers say.
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Executive denies Merck misled doctors
Dec 7 2005 2:59PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Merck & Co. never misled doctors and the public about studies linking heart attacks to Vioxx, a company executive testified Wednesday during the first federal trial involving the painkiller.
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Most employers will continue drug coverage
Dec 7 2005 11:20AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Four in five businesses that provide prescription drug coverage for their retirees will accept a government subsidy next year and continue providing that benefit, according to a survey of 300 large companies.
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U.S. seizes diet supplements with Ephedra
Dec 7 2005 9:55AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. marshals seized $150,000 of dietary supplements that contained the stimulant ephedra from distributors in Texas and Oregon, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.
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Study shows inhaled flu vaccine safe
Dec 7 2005 9:54AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Few serious side effects have been reported since the inhaled flu vaccine FluMist became available nationwide two years ago.
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S. Korean cloning pioneer hospitalized
Dec 7 2005 2:01AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Prominent South Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk, recently embroiled in a scandal over ethics lapses in his research, was hospitalized for extreme stress and fatigue Wednesday, a hospital spokesman said.
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