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Archive for April 15th, 2008
US senator Arlen Specter’s cancer returns (AFP)
AFP - US Senator Arlen Specter announced Tuesday that he had a recurrence of cancer which he had fought in 2005 but said he would still campaign for re-election in November.
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Posted: April 15th, 2008 under NEWS.
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French bill takes aim at those who glamorize the ultra-thin (AP)
AP - In image-conscious France, it may soon be a crime to glamorize the ultra-thin. A new French bill cracks down on Web sites that advise anorexics on how to starve and could be used to hit fashion industry heavyweights, too.
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Posted: April 15th, 2008 under NEWS.
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Most older suicide victims not on antidepressants (Reuters)
Reuters - Just one in five adults, 55
years and older, who commit suicide are using antidepressants
at the time of their death, according to a report in the
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
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Posted: April 15th, 2008 under NEWS.
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EPA urges Great Lakes residents not to flush old meds (AP)
AP - With trace amounts of pharmaceuticals showing up in the drinking water of major cities, authorities are encouraging consumers around the Great Lakes to drop off leftover and expired medicine at collection centers.
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Posted: April 15th, 2008 under NEWS.
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Most Early-Onset Dementia Not Alzheimer’s (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) — The root cause of
early-onset dementia is usually not Alzheimer’s, but rather another
neurodegenerative or autoimmune disorder, new research suggests.
Oryginal: HealthDay
Posted: April 15th, 2008 under NEWS.
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