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| Studies: Intense treatment doesn't ... |
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Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects.
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| Toxicologists from around the world meet in Salt Lake City |
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Toxicologists from around the world meet in Salt Lake City
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| Mo. college to ban smoking on campus |
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A central Missouri private college plans to ban smoking from its campus, and voters in the surrounding city will decide whether to bar smoking indoors.
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| Doubts grows over prostrate cancer test |
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Washington - The most commonly used prostate cancer screening procedure, PSA, is at the center of a growing debate after its discoverer said it had become a "hugely expensive public health disaster." In a commentary in The New York Times, Richard Ablin of the University of Arizona said the screening tool he discovered four decades ago now costs too ...
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| Toxic Trailers - FEMA trailers still high in formaldehyde |
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With thousands of FEMA trailers now being dumped on the market, this e-mail is of interest because the person writing it has tested his FEMA trailers recently and found them still high in formaldehyde: "I own several park models that were originally manufactured for FEMA. I have done extensive research into mitigating the formaldehyde contamination in the units. I have also tested numerous units on the FEMA lots for formaldehyde contamination-all have exceeded the FEMA standards fo...
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| Pastor Taking AIDS Test During Church |
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The senior pastor of historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta plans to take an HIV/AIDS test as part of the worship service at 11 a.m. Sunday.
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| Mold in Stonybrook Apartments - MORE "painted over mold" - blood tests show 4 molds in 1 year old |
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RIVIERA BEACH, FL-- Complaints are growing louder at one of Palm Beach County's most well known subsidized housing districts. "As of today, my daughter has chronic asthma and she has been hospitalized with meningitis. She's had several viral and respiratory infections and the list goes on," said Katisha Wall, a resident at the apartment complex. "The doctor told us specifically that the mold is the reason why she's continued to get sick," Wall said while holding up a doctor'...
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| Court rejects links to autism |
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The federal "vaccines court" ruled Friday in three separate cases that the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal does not cause autism, a finding that supports the broad scientific consensus on the matter but that greatly disappointed parents who are convinced that their child's illness was caused by vaccines.
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