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"); //0 document.write("Can home cooking be hazardous to your health? \n (AP)\n
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AP - Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?
"); //1 document.write("Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation \n (AP)\n
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\"FoodAP - Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.


"); //2 document.write("New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB \n (AP)\n
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\"ThisAP - Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it\'s resistant to the main drug for treating it.


"); //3 document.write("Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia \n (AP)\n
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AP - Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia \"another flawed diet pill\" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems.
"); //4 document.write("Benefits seen for high-risk women in ovary removal \n (AP)\n
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AP - Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests.
"); //5 document.write("Double hand transplant patient shows new hands \n (AP)\n
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\"Dr.AP - The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels \"fantastic\" and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands.


"); //6 document.write("Study: Diet Drug Meridia May Boost Heart Risks \n (Time.com)\n
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Time.com - A new study finds that some users of the weight-loss pill Meridia may have an increased risk of heart attack or stroke
"); //7 document.write("For Bonobo Males, Mom Is the Best Wingman \n (LiveScience.com)\n
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LiveScience.com - To most human males, the thought of your mother anywhere near your sex life is probably horrifying. Not so for the bonobo, one of our closest primate relatives. A new study confirms that hanging out with mom boosts male bonobos\' chances of getting intimate with a fertile female.
"); //8 document.write("Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 2, 2010 \n (HealthDay)\n
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy \nof ClinicalConnection.com:
"); //9 document.write("Timer may help kids\' bladder control problems \n (Reuters)\n
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Reuters - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests.
"); //10 document.write("Seniors Get Boost From Bad News About the Young \n (HealthDay)\n
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Older people prefer to read \nnegative news stories about the young, possibly because it makes them feel \nbetter about themselves, a new study suggests.
"); //11 document.write("Bone drugs may raise risk of throat cancer \n (AP)\n
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AP - People who take bone-strengthening drugs for several years may have a slightly higher risk of esophageal cancer, a new study suggests.
"); //12 document.write("Diabetes Drug Metformin Linked to Lower Lung Cancer Rate in \nMice \n (HealthDay)\n
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A drug widely used to \ntreat high blood sugar in type 2 diabetics may hold some promise in the \nprevention of tobacco-induced lung cancer, according to extremely \npreliminary findings in a mouse study.
"); //13 document.write("Safety groups find no Pampers link to rash cases \n (Reuters)\n
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Reuters - Two agencies investigating claims that Procter & Gamble Co\'s Pampers Dry Max gave children severe diaper rash reported Thursday that they have found no specific cause linking the diapers to rashes.
"); //14 document.write("HIV discrimination case filed in China \n (AP)\n
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AP - A municipal court in central China has accepted the country\'s first lawsuit alleging work discrimination because of HIV status, state media reported Tuesday.
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\"ThisReuters - The common diabetes drug metformin may hold promise as a way to keep smokers from developing lung cancer, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.


"); //16 document.write("Health Tip: Coping With Hives \n (HealthDay)\n
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Hives are the result of an allergic reaction. \nThey typically go away without treatment, but can be an itchy \nnuisance.
"); //17 document.write("Abbott diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban \n (Reuters)\n
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Reuters - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market.
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