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China: Belgian journalists reporting on HIV epidemic were not attacked
BEIJING (AP) _ Local Chinese officials on Wednesday denied allegations by a Belgian television crew that they had been attacked while trying to report on the HIV epidemic in a hard-hit rural village, state media said. The alleged Nov. 27 attack in China'...Tags: Vehicles, Epidemics and Plagues, AIDS
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Be wary of Web sites touting stem cell treatments, says study finding lack of medical evidence
AP Science WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Consumers should be wary of Web sites from clinics that offer stem cell treatments, says a study that found a lack of firm medical evidence to back up their claims. The Web sites in the study generally portrayed their therapies as safe,...Tags: Medical Specialization, Google Inc., Agricultural Research and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, Alzheimer's Disease
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Kansas site beats out competition for new $450 million biodefense lab
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ The federal government has recommended a site in Kansas for a new $450 million laboratory to study biological threats like anthrax and foot-and-mouth disease, officials said Wednesday. The Homeland Security Department's choice of...Tags: Texas, North Carolina, Long Island, Research, Defense
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Soldiers sue KBR over exposure to chemical in Iraq
Associated Press WriterSixteen Indiana National Guard soldiers filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a defense contractor they say knowingly allowed them to be exposed to a toxic chemical in Iraq. The suit filed against KBR Inc. in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis...Tags: Indiana, Cancer, Health and Safety at Work, Indianapolis, Trials
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Smoking: New ways to quit
By now, even the tobacco companies agree: Smoking is bad for your health -- very bad, in fact. Cigarettes are the most hazardous, but cigars, pipes, and smokeless tobacco also contribute to tobacco's terrible toll. And secondhand smoke is an important...Tags: Cancer, Healthcare Policies, Government Health Care, Death and Dying, Sleep Disorder
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Zimbabwe police charge into crowd of doctors, nurses protesting health crisis
Associated Press WriterHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) _ Riot police charged into a group of doctors and nurses protesting Zimbabwe's deepening economic and health crisis, eyewitnesses said Wednesday as deaths rose sharply from a cholera epidemic blamed on collapsing infrastructure. The...Tags: Robert Mugabe, Riots, Epidemics and Plagues, Water Supply, Prosecution
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Diabetes: Got burning feet?
Detecting diabetes can start from the bottom up. If you feel burning, tingling or numbness in your feet and toes, ask your doctor to look them over; then see a foot doctor. Having a doctor look at your feet can detect diabetes before you see any other...Tags: Health Treatments, Dietary Supplements, Diabetes
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WWII vet and ex-sanitation employee Joseph Incantalupo, 88, dies
james.bernstein@newsday.comJoseph J. Incantalupo bought his first house, in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, in 1963. But what he purchased, with little money, was in effect only a "shell," his son, Tom, said yesterday. So Joseph Incantalupo did what he liked best: He...Tags: New Jersey, Death and Dying, Alzheimer's Disease, World War II, Sheepshead Bay
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Swayze blast tabloids for reporting he is near death
robert.kahn@newsday.comPatrick Swayze, in the midst of treatment for pancreatic cancer, lashed out yesterday against celebrity gossipmongers who have been reporting that he is near death. "Many tabloids have been consistently reporting lies and false information about me and...Tags: Cancer, Celebrity, Death and Dying, Patrick Swayze, Television
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Divorce rate increases in Marine Corps, Army as wars strain marriages
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ The divorce rate among soldiers and Marines increased last year as military marriages suffered continuing stress from America's two ongoing wars. There were an estimated 10,200 failed marriages in the active duty Army and 3,077 among...Tags: Justice System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Defense, Health Organizations, Marriage
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Trainer Freddie Roach to get ringside support from family
Five members of the family of the late Paul Roach will be at ringside Saturday night in Las Vegas for the big fight.
Everybody else will be there to see Manny Pacquiao versus Oscar De La Hoya. The Roach family will be there to see their brother Freddie,...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Oscar De La Hoya, Boxing, Featherweight Boxing
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Sheri Klittich dies at 53; headed trust that helps protect Ventura County's agricultural industry
Sheri Klittich, who developed programs to keep Ventura County's agricultural roots alive as the first administrator of a state-run trust that operates a demonstration farm near Santa Paula, died Nov. 20, a day after she turned 53. Klittich died at her...Tags: Chatsworth, Cancer, Death and Dying, Ventura County, Tucson
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