Health News
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Skullcandy and Foot Locker are big market movers
Friday, Mar 7, 2:32 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Big Lots Inc.,... Read more...
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Hog prices head higher amid swine virus
Friday, Mar 7, 2:31 pm
Hog prices are rising for the fourth straight week as a swine virus threatens to crimp the supply of pork. The price of hog futures for April delivery rose 0.6 cents, or 0.5 percent,... Read more...
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Tool to compare health plans tested with consumers
Friday, Mar 7, 10:11 am
CHICAGO (AP) — A website being tested in Illinois aims to address widespread confusion about choosing an insurance plan on the government sites that are a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's... Read more...
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Former tennis player Baltacha says she has cancer
Friday, Mar 7, 9:21 am
LONDON (AP) — Former top-50 professional tennis player Elena Baltacha says she has been diagnosed with cancer of the liver. In a statement on the British tennis federation's... Read more...
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Former tennis player Baltacha says she has cancer
Friday, Mar 7, 9:21 am
LONDON (AP) — Former top-50 professional tennis player Elena Baltacha says she has been diagnosed with cancer of the liver. In a statement on the British tennis federation's... Read more...
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Former tennis player Baltacha says she has cancer
Friday, Mar 7, 9:20 am
LONDON (AP) — Former top-50 professional tennis player Elena Baltacha says she has been diagnosed with cancer of the liver. In a statement on the British tennis federation's... Read more...
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Canada court upholds conviction in condom case
Friday, Mar 7, 8:31 am
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada's Supreme Court has upheld the sexual assault conviction of a man who tricked his girlfriend into becoming pregnant by poking holes her condoms. ... Read more...
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Saudi Arabia reports 1 more death from new virus
Friday, Mar 7, 12:40 am
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says a man has died from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing to 62 the number of deaths in the kingdom at the center of the outbreak. ... Read more...
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Sports medicine pioneer Frank Jobe dies at 88
Thursday, Mar 6, 8:30 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Jobe, a pioneer in the field of sports medicine who was the first to perform an elbow surgery that resurrected the careers of countless major league pitchers, has died.... Read more...
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Battle for Syrian rebel town erases Lebanon border
Thursday, Mar 6, 2:31 pm
ARSAL, Lebanon (AP) — Sunnis and Shiites from Lebanon are streaming into Syria to take up arms on opposite sides of a fierce battle over a rebel stronghold — a fight that has effectively... Read more...
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Endo gets US approval for long-acting testosterone
Thursday, Mar 6, 1:12 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Endo Pharmaceuticals says it received U.S. approval for its long-acting testosterone injection Aveed, which joins a crowded field of hormone-boosting drugs for men. ... Read more...
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First pot business license issued in Washington
Thursday, Mar 6, 1:21 am
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — His company's name celebrates being too stoned to get off the couch, and he hopes to bring an ultra-potent "super joint" to market. Meet Sean Green,... Read more...
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2 more Texas clinics closing amid new abortion law
Wednesday, Mar 5, 11:31 pm
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two more Texas abortions clinics are closing because of new restrictions placed on the facilities by the Republican-controlled Legislature. Ten clinics... Read more...
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Rare skin infection traced to NYC fish markets
Wednesday, Mar 5, 8:00 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — A rare skin infection has been traced to raw seafood purchased at fish markets in New York City's three large Chinese neighborhoods, city health officials said Wednesday. ... Read more...
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DOE: No health risks for exposed nuke dump workers
Wednesday, Mar 5, 5:30 pm
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy says further testing shows employees who were exposed to radiation during a leak at the nation's only underground nuclear waste dump aren't... Read more...
