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Medbroadcast: 02-28-2005
TORONTO (CP) - Witnessing a once sweet-tempered loved one turn belligerent and physically aggressive is one of the most difficult aspects of dementia for family members to contend with.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A 14-year-old girl in Vietnam has contracted the deadly bird flu - the third case in the past week from northern Thai Binh province - health officials confirmed on Monday.
GENEVA (AP) - A global anti-tobacco treaty that comes into force Sunday needs strengthening fast if it is to curb a killer that claims five million lives a year, a leading expert said.
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TORONTO (CP) - Last week in Washington, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control warned ominously that the outbreak of avian influenza in Asia is the single biggest threat facing the world today.
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BOSTON (AP) - Blacks are contracting HIV at twice the rate they were in the late 1980s and early '90s, which researchers and AIDS prevention advocates attribute to drug addiction, poverty and poor access to health care, according to government statistics.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ten members of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel who voted that a group of powerful pain killers should continue to be sold had ties to the drugs makers, a new analysis shows.
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) - A new case of avian flu in Vietnam on Friday heightened the sense of urgency for top health and animal experts gathered at a conference in the Southeast Asian country with the goal of mapping out a long-term strategy for fighting the deadly virus.
TORONTO (CP) - The makers of Vioxx, slammed by Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh for withholding safety data on the controversial drug, said Friday that they will co-operate with the department's regulatory arm.
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