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Shortage prompts delay in medical tests
Dec 7 2007 9:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of patients are facing delays in crucial medical tests because of a shortage of a radioactive substance used in those examinations _ all because of the shutdown of one nuclear reactor in Canada.
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NJ parents try to block vaccine mandate
Dec 7 2007 8:38PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Parents concerned about possible vaccine dangers and government intrusion are trying to block New Jersey from becoming the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers.
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Study: Calls help couch potatoes walk
Dec 7 2007 6:51PM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Fitness research shows that when a computer talks the talk, even couch potatoes can be persuaded to walk the walk. Researchers at Stanford University, who studied sedentary people for a year, found that automated exercise reminder phone calls had about the same get-up-and-go power as calls from human counselors.
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WHO says victim's dad also has bird flu
Dec 7 2007 6:50PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The father of a Chinese man who died of bird flu has also been infected with the H5N1 virus that causes the disease, the World Health Organization reported Friday, saying it could not rule out the possibility of human-to-human infection.
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