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Elderly may fare worse on prostate cancer drugs
Associated PressA prostate cancer study that could change how doctors treat some patients found that widely used hormone-blocking drugs did not improve survival chances for older men whose disease hadn't spread. In fact, men given the drugs alone were slightly more...Tags: Medical Staff, Medicine, Heart Disease, Government Health Care, Surgery
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US, Europe, Australia to expand drug inspections
Associated Press WriterFaced with the globalization of drug production, the United States is joining with Europe and Australia to inspect factories in China and India that make raw materials for medications. Bush administration officials said Wednesday the agreement will allow...Tags: International Relations, Globalization, Diplomacy, Marketing
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FDA orders warning on some antibiotics
WASHINGTON Drug safety officials imposed yesterday the government's most urgent safety warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing evidence that they may lead to tendon ruptures, a serious injury that can leave patients incapacitated and needing...Tags: Medicine, Western Medicines
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Hospital water test finds bacteria
Sun reporterThe building where Johns Hopkins Hospital cares for its transplant patients is on water restrictions this week after routine tests of the water system on July 2 turned up evidence of the bacterium that causes Legionnaires' disease. A hospital...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Electrical Appliance, Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics, Water Restrictions
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Cheney accused of censoring
Associated PressVice President Dick Cheney's office pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony on the public health consequences of climate change, fearing the presentation by a leading health official might make it harder to avoid regulating greenhouse gases,...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Pollution, Dick Cheney, Stephen Johnson, Ecosystems
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Cautionary note about prostates
Sun ReporterA popular hormonal treatment for prostate cancer does nothing to extend the lives of men over 65 with early-stage tumors and may actually be harmful, according to a study published today. The report, which reviewed the cases of almost 20,000 older men...Tags: Medicine, Heart Disease, Government Health Care, Death and Dying, Medical Specialization
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DIAMONDS AND DENIM GALA: What they're wearing
If the event's called "Diamonds and Denim," then the dress code's pretty obvious, no? Among those complying, Sara Herbert Gallaway in blinged-out jeans. Also doing the diamondanddenim thing, designer Lisa Lum and Karen Celmento, both wearing Lum's...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry
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State issues 9 violation notices in smoking ban
Iowa's new smoking ban has led to the some warnings. The Iowa Department of Public Health says it has issued nine violation notices since the ban went into effect on July 1. Businesses are allowed two notices or warning letters in 12 months, then...Tags: Government Health Care, Medicaid, Laws, Civil Laws, Smoking
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Strike shuts down hospitals in Nepal capital
Nepalese doctors walked off the job Wednesday, shutting down hospitals and clinics in the capital to pressure the government to protect them against attacks by angry relatives of patients who have died. Dr. Kedar Narsingh of the Nepal Medical Association...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Clubs and Associations
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SKorea doctors eat US beef to show safe
Associated Press WriterSitting at tables with built-in grills, leading South Korean doctors and business executives ate U.S. beef on Wednesday in a bid to dispel public health fears. The 19 physicians and executives ate American sirloin, with one top doctor saying it "tastes...Tags: Lobbying, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Retroviruses, Clubs and Associations, Diseases
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