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December 27, 2006

Report: Health Care Suffers at LA Jails

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The deaths of at least 14 inmates since 1999 in the nation's largest county jail system came after treatment errors and other breakdowns in their medical care, a newspaper reported Sunday....

Study Links Heartburn Drugs, Broken Hip

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Taking such popular heartburn drugs as Nexium, Prevacid or Prilosec for a year or more can raise the risk of a broken hip markedly in people over 50, a large study in Britain found....

Study: Weight Loss May Lower Cancer Risk

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ATLANTA (AP) -- Here's another reason for men to avoid packing on extra pounds over the holidays: A new study has found that losing weight reduces the risk of an aggressive form of prostate cancer....

Poor Records Plague Bush AIDS Effort

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's ambitious AIDS-fighting program in poor countries has pushed so hard for fast results that basic record keeping and accountability often went by the wayside, making it hard to judge the true success, according to government audits and officials....

Scientists Get OK for Engineered Peanuts

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ALBANY, Ga. (AP) -- A leading industry group has given scientists the go-ahead to build genetically engineered peanuts that could be safer, more nutritious and easier to grow than their conventional version....
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