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Medbroadcast: 01-30-2005
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - About 230 people on a Holland America cruise ship came down with a gastrointestinal illness on a Caribbean voyage, forcing the trip to end early.
NEW YORK (AP) - Washboards. Six-packs. No matter what they're called, muscular, lean abdominals are an obsession for some Americans.
And there is no shortage of methods to get them. Some fitness programs encourage countless crunches while others back special diets.
OTTAWA (CP) - Marcel Tremblay, the frail 78-year-old who said he was fed up with suffering from a fatal lung disease, made good Friday on his vow to kill himself, taking his own life in a bid to spark debate on the right-to-die issue.
OTTAWA (CP) - You can add rancid meat, mouldy bread and sour milk to the dangers faced by the stalwart crews of Canada's rickety Sea King helicopters.
TORONTO (CP) - The table is set, dinner is almost ready, but the wine rack is empty.
No worries. Just stroll down to the corner and pick up an Australian Shiraz or a Bordeaux Merlot from the variety store. Gastronomic crisis averted.
OTTAWA (CP) - A sickly Marcel Tremblay consumed two beers, two shrimp and a crab cake at what he called "a living wake" on Friday, then went home and killed himself, sparking a countrywide debate on the right-to-die issue.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A 13-year-old girl became the latest victim to die from avian flu in Vietnam, bringing the human toll to 11 in the last month, an official said Saturday.
TORONTO (CP) - Almost three dozen Ontario hospitals will be forced to cancel surgeries for one day next month because of a controversial move by anesthetists to withdraw their services in protest of the slow pace of fee negotiations with the provincial government.
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