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Medbroadcast: 02-15-2005
LONDON (AP) - A cancer patient who hanged himself may not have received a letter from doctors saying he was clear of the illness, officials said Monday.
Colin Jackson, 43, underwent intense treatment after being diagnosed with testicular cancer last year.
CHICAGO (CP) - A new study based on more than three decades of U.S. data suggests that giving flu shots to the elderly may not have saved as many lives as previously thought.
TORONTO (CP) - A doctor at the centre of the tainted-blood tragedy that infected thousands of Canadians wants criminal charges against him halted because he's too sick to face them, his lawyers said Monday.
Lawyers for Dr.
NEW YORK (AP) - A new study has linked pain killers Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra to increased cardiovascular risk, reinforcing findings of other trials that have already sparked concern over the safety of a popular category of drugs.
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - Amid a national obesity epidemic and the South's infamous distinction as the "Stroke Belt," health officials have been trying to get diners to flinch, at least a little, at the region's trademark fried and fatty foods.
OTTAWA (CP) - Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh says there is "a move afoot" to weaken what he calls the charter of medicare - the Canada Health Act.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam has had no new human bird flu cases in the past two weeks, while outbreaks among poultry have dropped significantly, officials said Monday - a possible indication that the virus is waning.
Twelve Vietnamese people have died of bird flu since Dec.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) - Igor is thirsty, but not for soda. He's after beer even though he's only 16, two years under the legal drinking age.
"I never had a problem to get a drink in Prague.
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