2008 Feb 29
Date : 2008 02 29 Health
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AP - The government announced Friday that it has said goodbye to one of the world's greatest lifesavers the oldest smallpox vaccine. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this month made arrangements to dispose of the last of its 12 million doses of Dryvax, and notified other health departments and the military to do the same by Feb. 29. read more »
AP - The government announced Friday that it has said goodbye to one of the world's greatest lifesavers the oldest smallpox vaccine. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this month made arrangements to dispose of the last of its 12 million doses of Dryvax, and notified other health departments and the military to do the same by Feb. 29. read more »
Date : 2008 02 29 Health
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AP - The government announced Friday that it has said goodbye to one of the world's greatest lifesavers the oldest smallpox vaccine. read more »
AP - The government announced Friday that it has said goodbye to one of the world's greatest lifesavers the oldest smallpox vaccine. read more »
Date : 2008 02 29 Health
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AP - New research by a University of New Hampshire domestic abuse expert says spanking children affects their sex lives as adults. Professor Murray Straus concludes that children who are spanked are more likely as adults to coerce partners to have sex, to have unprotected sex and to have masochistic sex. read more »
AP - New research by a University of New Hampshire domestic abuse expert says spanking children affects their sex lives as adults. Professor Murray Straus concludes that children who are spanked are more likely as adults to coerce partners to have sex, to have unprotected sex and to have masochistic sex. read more »
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AP - Respiratory disease medications Spiriva and Foradil capsules should be used with the intended inhalation devices and not swallowed, federal health officials warned on Friday. read more »
AP - Respiratory disease medications Spiriva and Foradil capsules should be used with the intended inhalation devices and not swallowed, federal health officials warned on Friday. read more »
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AP - Gorton's Inc. recalled about 1,000 cases of frozen fish in 10 states on Friday after confirming that items a Pennsylvania customer reported finding in her food were pills. read more »
AP - Gorton's Inc. recalled about 1,000 cases of frozen fish in 10 states on Friday after confirming that items a Pennsylvania customer reported finding in her food were pills. read more »
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 29 (HealthDay News) -- There may be a link between rising rates of carbohydrate intake and obesity and the increasing number of esophageal cancer cases in the United States, a new study says. read more »
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 29 (HealthDay News) -- There may be a link between rising rates of carbohydrate intake and obesity and the increasing number of esophageal cancer cases in the United States, a new study says. read more »
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AP - Excessive chlorine levels in a pool sent more than 40 young children to hospitals Friday, including one who remained in critical condition, authorities said. read more »
AP - Excessive chlorine levels in a pool sent more than 40 young children to hospitals Friday, including one who remained in critical condition, authorities said. read more »
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin supplements won't protect people against lung cancer and taking vitamin E may even heighten the risk, a new study finds. read more »
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin supplements won't protect people against lung cancer and taking vitamin E may even heighten the risk, a new study finds. read more »
Date : 2008 02 29 Health
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: read more »
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: read more »
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Abilify (aripiprazole) to treat manic and mixed episodes in children aged 10 to 17 with bipolar 1 disorder, makers Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Inc. said Friday. read more »
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Abilify (aripiprazole) to treat manic and mixed episodes in children aged 10 to 17 with bipolar 1 disorder, makers Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Inc. said Friday. read more »
Date : 2008 02 29 Health
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AP - Dogs may have a hard time wrapping their paws around this one: Robotic competition is nipping at their heels in the man's-best-friend department. read more »
AP - Dogs may have a hard time wrapping their paws around this one: Robotic competition is nipping at their heels in the man's-best-friend department. read more »
Date : 2008 02 29 Health
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AP - The body of Katoucha Niane, one of the first African women to attain international stardom as a model and a vocal opponent of female genital mutilation, was found in the Seine River, police said Friday. read more »
AP - The body of Katoucha Niane, one of the first African women to attain international stardom as a model and a vocal opponent of female genital mutilation, was found in the Seine River, police said Friday. read more »
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Reuters - People who take vitamin supplements are just as likely as those who don't to develop lung cancer, and vitamin E supplements may actually slightly raise the risk, researchers said on Friday. read more »
Reuters - People who take vitamin supplements are just as likely as those who don't to develop lung cancer, and vitamin E supplements may actually slightly raise the risk, researchers said on Friday. read more »
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AP - A congressional panel will investigate why a federal agency is withholding a report describing potential health threats near 26 heavily polluted areas in the Great Lakes region, lawmakers said. read more »
AP - A congressional panel will investigate why a federal agency is withholding a report describing potential health threats near 26 heavily polluted areas in the Great Lakes region, lawmakers said. read more »