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US smoking rate is under 20 percent for first time
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of US adults who smoke has dropped below 20 percent for the first time on record but cigarettes still kill almost half a million people a year, health officials said on Thursday.
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Saturday, 10 January 2009
HealthNews Salutes: The American Red Cross Give Life Program
January is National Blood Donor Month, and in recognition of this life-saving gift, we at Health News salute the Give Life Program run by the American Red Cross.
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Saturday, 10 January 2009
Ground-Breaking Surgery To Help Local Boy Breathe On His Own
CLEVELAND - A local 11-year-old boy will undergo a rare procedure on Friday that was developed in Cleveland. If it works, hell get to breathe without a ventilator for the first time...
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Saturday, 10 January 2009
New Study: Autism Linked to Environment
By Marla Cone AUTISM AND ENVIRONMENT: The astonishing rise in autism in California cannot be explained by better diagnosis or changes in reporting, according to a new study.
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Saturday, 10 January 2009
US advisers back 1st drug from DNA-altered animals
By Susan Heavey ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Reuters) - The first drug made using genetically engineered animals to near US approval won key support on Friday from an advisory panel that...
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UN peacekeepers find rocket cache in south Lebanon » (Reuters)
Microsoft delays Windows 7 beta download » (Reuters)
US advisers back 1st drug from DNA-altered animals » (Reuters)
Disgraced US pastor Haggard says better Christian » (Reuters)
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- Bush Prepares to Ask for Second Tranche of Bailout Funds
- Citi, M. Stanley in brokerage talks; Rubin quits
- Boeing Will Cut 4500 Jobs
- Rambus shares plunge after judges patent ruling
- Lennar shares plunge after website questions deal
- Retailer Cost Plus to close 26 stores and cut jobs
- Lloyds TSB forfeits $350 million in US case
- Obama renewables plan more ambitious than appears
- Chrysler Gets $4 Billion Federal Loan To Continue Funding Operations
- Ford sees sharp drop in US sales
- Russia: Ukraine Accused of Seizing Fuel
- Madoff Trustee Seeks Wide Power to Subpoena
- H&R Block will pay California $4.85M to settle refund-anticipation
- US Treasury Sets Standards for Financial Rescues
- Gas use and driving are down, even as gas costs sink
- Sam Zell eyes Starwood Hotels
- John Travoltas 16-Year Old Son Dies, Suffered From Kawasaki Syndrome
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