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    Bird flu kills young boy in hardest-hit Indonesia - International Herald Tribune

    April 30th, 2008 by admin

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    Bird flu kills young boy in hardest-hit Indonesia
    International Herald Tribune -6 hours ago
    AP JAKARTA, Indonesia: A 3-year-old boy died from bird flu in Indonesia, seen by experts as a potential hotspot for a pandemic that one day could kill millions of people, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.
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    Osteoporosis Drug Increases Heart Risk - eMaxHealth.com

    April 30th, 2008 by admin

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    Osteoporosis Drug Increases Heart Risk
    eMaxHealth.com -2 hours ago
    Fosamax is a drug widely used as osteoporosis treatment - a condition causing bone thinning mainly in post-menopausal women. The study says that the drug increases the risk for developing heart condition called atrial fibrillation, which may sometimes …
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    Chinese virus infections rising - BBC News

    April 30th, 2008 by admin

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    Chinese virus infections rising
    BBC News -1 hour ago
    The number of children infected with a deadly virus in eastern China has increased by nearly 700 in the past two days. The virus, Enterovirus 71, has killed 20 children since it was discovered in Fuyang, a city in Anhui province.
    Mass intestinal virus infection sickens 1884, kills 20Xinhua
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    Livestock lobby meddled in study, authors say - DesMoinesRegister.com

    April 30th, 2008 by admin

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    Livestock lobby meddled in study, authors say
    DesMoinesRegister.com -2 hours ago
    By PERRY BEEMAN • REGISTER STAFF WRITER • April 30, 2008 Livestock interests tried to disrupt a wide-ranging study of their industry by threatening to yank financing for universities and scientists who assisted, a Pew Commission report released Tuesday …
    Report Targets Costs Of Factory FarmingWashington Post
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    Current allergy season 'horrendous' - Baltimore Sun

    April 30th, 2008 by admin
    Current allergy season 'horrendous'
    Baltimore Sun -9 hours ago
    By Frank D. Roylance | Sun reporter Eight-year-old Justus Brown has had allergy problems before, but nothing like he experienced Sunday on the way to church in Towson - an attack that his parents blame on last week's record pollen counts.
    Checking immune response to help sinusitisUnited Press International
    Immune System Kick-started in Moist Nasal Lining in Sinusitis …Newswise (press release)
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    Mylan OK to sell generic Abbott high blood pressure drug - CNNMoney.com

    April 30th, 2008 by admin

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    Mylan OK to sell generic Abbott high blood pressure drug
    CNNMoney.com -Apr 29, 2008
    NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Mylan Inc. said Tuesday it received final approval from the Food and Drug Administration to sell its trandolapril tablets, the generic version of Abbott Laboratories' high blood pressure treatment Mavik.
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    Doctor in hepatitis probe can't practice - San Francisco Chronicle

    April 30th, 2008 by admin

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    Doctor in hepatitis probe can't practice
    San Francisco Chronicle -16 hours ago
    By BRENDAN RILEY, AP Writer A judge on Tuesday blocked a Las Vegas doctor linked to a hepatitis C outbreak from practicing medicine pending resolution of a 10-count state Board of Medical Examiners complaint against him.
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    Trapped Sea Lion Dies at Tacoma Zoo during Health Exam - eFluxMedia

    April 30th, 2008 by admin

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    Trapped Sea Lion Dies at Tacoma Zoo during Health Exam
    eFluxMedia -4 hours ago
    By Anna Boyd A 1454-pound sea lion died Tuesday during a health examination at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma , a day after the state authorities trapped it.
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    Heparin Contamination May Have Been Deliberate, FDA Says - New York Times

    April 30th, 2008 by admin

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    Heparin Contamination May Have Been Deliberate, FDA Says
    New York Times -9 hours ago
    By GARDINER HARRIS WASHINGTON - Federal drug regulators believe that a contaminant detected in a crucial blood thinner that has caused 81 deaths was added deliberately, something the Food and Drug Administration has only hinted at previously.
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    Researchers create health, happiness index - The Associated Press

    April 30th, 2008 by admin

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    Researchers create health, happiness index
    The Associated Press -18 hours ago
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Staying healthy and happy is a struggle for about half of Americans, according to a massive survey that attempts to measure the nation's general welfare, much like the Dow Jones Industrial Average portrays the health of the stock …
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