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Medbroadcast: 02-09-2005
VANCOUVER (CP) - The B.C. Supreme Court certified a class action suit against Imperial Tobacco on Tuesday over its marketing of cigarettes labelled "mild" or "light."
The decision was described as a legal breakthrough in Canada by an anti-smoking activist.
LONDON (AP) - The scientist who attracted the world's attention by cloning Dolly the Sheep is about to take another major step for medical research: cloning human embryos and extracting stem cells to unravel the mysteries of muscle-wasting illnesses like Lou Gehrig's disease.
TORONTO (CP) - An elusive form of a persistent superbug is plaguing a number of Toronto hospitals, creating concern that rates of antibiotic resistant infections in health-care institutions across the country could soar if it isn't wrestled under control.
TOKYO (AP) - Japan moved a step closer to partially lifting a ban on U.S. beef imports after a government panel Tuesday accepted American assurances that a specific grade of meat would be free of mad cow disease.
The U.S.
TORONTO (CP) - A part of the umbilical cord once thought to have no value has been found to contain a rich source of stem cells, offering hope for improved success in bone-marrow transplants and tissue repair, Canadian researchers say.
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Milagros Cerron smiles, babbles and fidgets in the arms of her mother like any healthy nine-month-old, but she is no ordinary baby. Milagros was born with her legs fused in a tight coating of skin, giving her the appearance of a mermaid.
IASI, Romania (AP) - A Romanian woman who gave birth to a son in December has delivered his twin brother two months later, doctors said.
Maricica Tescu delivered a five-pound, 11-ounce baby Monday, 59 days after his brother was born weighing three pounds, eight ounces. Dr.
VANCOUVER (CP) - A program that will hand out free heroin in a bid to stop junkies throwing themselves at the mercy of the streets, desperately selling their bodies or stealing for drugs, will begin recruiting addicts on Thursday.
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