Archive for April, 2010

Apr 30 2010

Adult death rates lowest in Iceland, Cyprus (AP)

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Adult death rates lowest in Iceland, Cyprus
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AP – Men in Iceland and women in Cyprus have the lowest risk of dying worldwide, a new study says.

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Apr 29 2010

FDA approves new drug for advanced prostate cancer (AP)

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FDA approves new drug for advanced prostate cancer
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AP – The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind prostate cancer treatment that uses the body’s immune system to fight the disease, offering an important alternative to decades-old approaches.

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Apr 28 2010

5-minute colon cancer test could save thousands (AP)

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5-minute colon cancer test could save thousands
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AP – A five-minute colon cancer test could reduce the number of deaths from the disease by about 40 percent, a new study says.

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Apr 27 2010

Bad habits can age you by 12 years, study suggests (AP)

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Bad habits can age you by 12 years, study suggests
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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 3, 2008 file photo, an employee takes a drag on a cigarette at Morgan's Place bar and restaurant in Harrisburg, Pa. Four common bad habits combined — smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet — can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP – Four common bad habits combined — smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet — can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests.

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Apr 27 2010

Bad habits can age you by 12 years, study suggests (AP)

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Bad habits can age you by 12 years, study suggests
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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 3, 2008 file photo, an employee takes a drag on a cigarette at Morgan's Place bar and restaurant in Harrisburg, Pa. Four common bad habits combined — smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet — can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP – Four common bad habits combined — smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet — can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests.

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Apr 24 2010

Spanish hospital claims 1st full-face transplant (AP)

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Spanish hospital claims 1st full-face transplant
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In this combo of computer-generated images released by the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain on Friday, April 23, 2010, the various steps undertaken to perform a full-face transplant on a young male patient in late March 2010 are graphically illustrated. The hospital in Spain says it has carried out the world's first full-face transplant, giving a young man who lost his in an accident a new nose, skin, jaws, cheekbones, teeth and other features. (AP Photo/Vall d'Hebron Hospital) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP – A team of surgeons has carried out the world’s first full-face transplant on a young Spanish farmer unable to breathe or eat on his own since accidentally shooting himself in the face five years ago.

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Apr 23 2010

Spanish hospital claims 1st full-face transplant (AP)

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Spanish hospital claims 1st full-face transplant
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In this combo of computer-generated images released by the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain on Friday, April 23, 2010, the various steps undertaken to perform a full-face transplant on a young male patient in late March 2010 are graphically illustrated. The hospital in Spain says it has carried out the world's first full-face transplant, giving a young man who lost his in an accident a new nose, skin, jaws, cheekbones, teeth and other features. (AP Photo/Vall d'Hebron Hospital) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP – A team of surgeons has carried out the world’s first full-face transplant on a young Spanish farmer unable to breathe or eat on his own since accidentally shooting himself in the face five years ago.

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Apr 23 2010

Spanish hospital claims 1st full-face transplant (AP)

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Spanish hospital claims 1st full-face transplant
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In this combo of computer-generated images released by the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain on Friday, April 23, 2010, the various steps undertaken to perform a full-face transplant on a young male patient in late March 2010 are graphically illustrated. The hospital in Spain says it has carried out the world's first full-face transplant, giving a young man who lost his in an accident a new nose, skin, jaws, cheekbones, teeth and other features. (AP Photo/Vall d'Hebron Hospital) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP – A team of surgeons has carried out the world’s first full-face transplant on a young Spanish farmer unable to breathe or eat on his own since accidentally shooting himself in the face five years ago.

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Apr 22 2010

Sierra Leone polio shots delayed by volcanic ash (AP)

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Sierra Leone polio shots delayed by volcanic ash
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Black volcanic ash lines the banks of a stream, Wednesday, April 21, 2010, south of the Eyjafjallajokull glacier near Hvolsvollur, Iceland.  A volcano erupted beneath Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier covering the region with volcanic ash.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP – The health ministry says a polio vaccination campaign in the West African nation of Sierra Leone is being delayed because of European flight problems caused by volcanic ash.

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Apr 21 2010

Too much salt: Report urges FDA to force rollback (AP)

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Too much salt: Report urges FDA to force rollback
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The Morton Salt distribution facility is seen in Chicago, Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Too much salt is hidden in Americans' food, and regulators plan to work with manufacturers to cut back, but the government isn't ready to go along with a major new recommendation that it order a decrease. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP – Too much salt is hidden in Americans’ food, and regulators plan to work with manufacturers to cut back — but the government isn’t ready to go along with a major new recommendation that it order a decrease.

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