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FDA to assess antibiotic linked to woes
Dec 14 2006 11:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials said Thursday they would ask outside experts whether the benefits of an antibiotic linked to rare reports of severe liver problems, including several deaths, outweigh its risks.
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Latest E. coli outbreak not worst
Dec 14 2006 10:55PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - For more than two weeks, industry and health officials have tried to untangle how E. coli bacteria sickened scores of Taco Bell customers. The mystery still isn't solved, an indication of the trickiness of tracking illness through a mass-produced food system.
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Breast cancer rate plunged 7 pct. in '03
Dec 14 2006 10:26PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - U.S. breast cancer rates plunged an unprecedented 7 percent in 2003, the year after millions of women stopped taking menopause hormones when a study showed the pills raise the risk of tumors.
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N.J. lawmakers approve stem cell funding
Dec 14 2006 9:49PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Deciding that the time is right for New Jersey to invest financially in stem cell research, the state Legislature on Thursday agreed to borrow $270 million to build labs and pay for related programs.
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Tennessee study shows heart disease risk
Dec 14 2006 8:28PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A new study found that nine out of 10 Tennesseans have at least one risk factor for heart disease and stroke, the first and third leading causes of death in the state.
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New system cuts delay in heart patients
Dec 14 2006 8:25PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - If time spent transporting a suspected heart attack victim to a hospital could be used to work out a diagnosis and treatment plan, doctors say, more lives could be saved _ and now that will be possible in central Arkansas.
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FDA: Blood substitute test shouldn't go on
Dec 14 2006 8:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Navy plan to test a blood substitute on civilian trauma victims should remain on hold, federal health advisers recommended Thursday, saying the experiment's risks outweigh its benefits.
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Michigan man 'amazed' by new right hand
Dec 14 2006 8:15PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Michigan man who became the nation's third successful hand transplant recipient said Thursday that he's looking forward to throwing a ball with his new right hand.
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Scientists racing to catch gene-dopers
Dec 14 2006 8:06PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Scientists are racing to develop a test to catch athletes who may attempt to boost performance by manipulating their genes.
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Farmers defend safety of lettuce
Dec 14 2006 6:16PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Farmers bristled Thursday at suggestions by federal health officials that lettuce may have caused the E. coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell that sickened 71 people on the East Coast.
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Latest E. coli outbreak not worst
Dec 14 2006 5:54PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - For more than two weeks, industry and health officials have tried to untangle how E. coli bacteria sickened scores of Taco Bell customers. The mystery still isn't solved, an indication of the trickiness of tracking illness through a mass-produced food system.
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Senator's illness caused by brain tangle
Dec 14 2006 5:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Envision a snarled ball of red and blue yarn, packed too tightly to pull apart. The bleeding in Sen. Tim Johnson's brain resulted from a condition not too different _ where arteries and veins grew so knotted that eventually at least one burst.
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Asian boom undercuts pollution cleanup
Dec 14 2006 5:25PM (CT)
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Asia's economic boom has caused a surge in car and motorcycle sales, undercutting efforts to promote public transport in the region and clean up its dirty skies, delegates told a pollution conference Thursday.
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Bush adds 8 nations to malaria fight
Dec 14 2006 3:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Declaring that malaria can be defeated, President Bush on Thursday added eight countries to a U.S. initiative aimed at combatting the disease in Africa and slashing its mortality rate by half in targeted nations.
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Too much exercise not so good
Dec 14 2006 2:25PM (CT)
GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (AP) - Robert Irwin boosted his running to 80 miles a week when he was in his 20s. It felt good, until it started feeling bad.
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Stem cells gotten from unfertilized eggs
Dec 14 2006 2:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A procedure that encourages an egg to begin embryo development without being fertilized could suggest a new way to produce stem cells, at least for certain patients.
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N. Korea may have anti-bird flu vaccine
Dec 14 2006 11:18AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has claimed it developed a poultry vaccine against the deadly H5N1 type of bird flu and is inoculating chickens as part of stepped-up efforts to prevent the disease following outbreaks in South Korea.
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Anti-Pneumonia vaccine is promoted
Dec 14 2006 10:56AM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - A vaccine that fights pneumonia and other diseases could save the lives of thousands of children each year in Latin America, but high costs have kept it from those who need it, a researcher told a congress of health professionals Thursday.
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Group wants FDA to review more drug ads
Dec 14 2006 12:36AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Regulators are issuing fewer citations to drug companies for false and misleading advertisements and are taking longer to do it, a congressional report says.
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