Pakistan Plans To Reinforce Long Afghan Border
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AstraZeneca Suffers On Copycat Pill Threat
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Fox Refuses To Pay Fine For Reality Show Sex Scenes
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Health News

Dr. Charlotte Tan, 84, Oncologist, Dies
2008-04-07 04:50 - For many years, Dr. Tan was a driving force behind the testing of drugs that proved effective in treating children with leukemia and other cancers.

After War, Love Can Be a Battlefield
2008-04-07 04:50 - The Army hosts a retreat to help soldiers heal emotional scars and work out problems with spouses.

Sveltest Borough Award Goes to . . .
2008-04-07 04:50 - New Yorkers are getting fatter, but Manhattanites have fared better than residents of other boroughs.

Army Is Worried by Rising Stress of Return Tours to Iraq
2008-04-07 04:50 - Army leaders are expressing increased alarm about the mental health of soldiers who would be sent on multiple deployments to Iraq under current plans.

Drug Makers Near Old Goal: A Legal Shield
2008-04-07 04:50 - The Supreme Court appears to be on the verge of endorsing a doctrine that the F.D.A. should not be second-guessed by courts.

Health Database Was Set Up to Ignore ?Abortion?
2008-04-06 06:01 - Popline, the world’s largest database on reproductive health, will once again accept the term ?abortion? after being programmed to ignore it since February.

In Massachusetts, Universal Coverage Strains Care
2008-04-06 04:50 - An influx of newly insured patients is widening the gap between the supply of primary care physicians and the demand for their services.

National Briefing | Science: Author Clarifies Source of Financing for ...
2008-04-05 04:50 - A 2006 study claiming 80 percent of lung cancer deaths may be prevented with CT scans was paid for by a tobacco company, a medical journal said in corrections and an editorial.

Study Finds Abuse in One of 43 Babies
2008-04-05 04:50 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its first report on maltreatment of babies up to age 1 that 91,278 of them were physically abused or neglected in 2006.

Insurer Signals Confidence in Criticized Cholesterol Drug
2008-04-04 04:50 - United Health Group said it will recommend patients continue using Vytorin, despite cardiologists? caution that patients use the drug only if others have failed.


 
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