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Archive for September, 2008

Court upholds legality of SanFran health care plan - The Associated Press

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 23:31

KCBSCourt upholds legality of SanFran health care planThe Associated Press - 1 hour agoSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco's landmark universal health care program can continue ...

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Get influenza vaccinations, health officials say - Press-Enterprise

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 23:15

dBTechnoGet influenza vaccinations, health officials sayPress-Enterprise - 1 hour agoBy LORA HINES National and local health officials this year want more people, especially children, to get ...

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Knee Arthritis: Supplements May Not Help - WebMD

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 23:06

Health NewstrackKnee Arthritis: Supplements May Not HelpWebMD - 1 hour agoBy Salynn Boyles Sept. 30, 2008 - Results are in from a national study examining whether ...

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Night vision goggles may help chopper pilots

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 23:01

Investigators are again on the scene of a fatal medical helicopter crash. Four people were killed Saturday night in suburban Washington when the chopper, operated by the Maryland State Police, went down in a park.

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Medical-chopper crashes alarm investigators

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 23:01

Saturday's crash of a medevac helicopter in Maryland was the eighth fatal EMS chopper accident in the past 12 months, alarming investigators. Many crashes occur in darkness, and a shortage of night-vision goggles for pilots may be exacerbating the problem.

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Emergent's Anthrax Vaccine Effective With Fewer Doses in Study - Bloomberg

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 22:57

Emergent's Anthrax Vaccine Effective With Fewer Doses in StudyBloomberg - 1 hour agoBy John Lauerman Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- A shortened course of vaccination with Emergent BioSolutions Inc.'s anthrax vaccine could be just as effective and ...

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Heart patients should get screened for depression, doctors say - Food Consumer

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 22:54

ChattahBoxHeart patients should get screened for depression, doctors sayFood Consumer - 2 hours agoBy Ben Wasserman Tuesday Sep 30, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) -- Doctors from the American ...

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EPA issues radiation exposure rules for Yucca dump - The Associated Press

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 22:42

EPA issues radiation exposure rules for Yucca dumpThe Associated Press - 4 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) - No one knows what the Earth will be like in a million years. But a proposed nuclear waste dump in ...

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Scores of worshippers die in temple stampede

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 22:31

A stampede at a hill-top temple in western India killed more than 147 people and wounded 50 others who had gathered to celebrate the start of a religious holiday on Tuesday, police said.

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Somali insurgents want to raze churches

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 22:13

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