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300 say they got ill from Olive Garden
Dec 15 2006 10:40PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - More than 300 people say they became ill, and at least three have been hospitalized, after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant last weekend, health officials said Friday.
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FDA: Implantable heart bag needs study
Dec 15 2006 8:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An implantable mesh bag meant to support the blood-pumping muscle of patients with heart failure shouldn't be approved, federal health advisers said Friday in upholding an earlier government decision.
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FDA OKs Celebrex as treatment for kids
Dec 15 2006 8:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer Inc. won federal approval Friday to market the painkiller Celebrex as a treatment for the tens of thousands of children with a devastating form of arthritis.
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Advisers suggest restricting antibiotic
Dec 15 2006 8:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Benefits of an antibiotic linked to rare reports of severe liver problems, including several deaths, outweigh its risks in treating pneumonia but not less serious bacterial infections like bronchitis and sinusitis, federal health advisers said Friday.
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Hormone fears rise with cancer news
Dec 15 2006 8:34PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - This week's news that a big drop in breast cancer cases might be due to millions of women going off menopause hormones may lead even more of them to abandon the pills.
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FDA toughens warning on blood loss drug
Dec 15 2006 4:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government strengthened warnings on a drug commonly used to lessen blood loss during heart bypass surgery, saying Friday that doctors should reserve Trasylol for higher-risk patients.
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Breast cancer drop tied to hormones
Dec 15 2006 4:03PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The millions of women who quit taking menopause hormones after a big federal study found that the pills raised the risk of breast cancer now have more reason to be glad they stopped.
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112 students in China get hepatitis A
Dec 15 2006 1:03PM (CT)
BEIJING, China (AP) - Dozens of middle school students in southern China were sickened in a hepatitis A outbreak that authorities linked to contaminated well water and poor sanitation, the official Xinhua News Agency said Friday.
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