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Medbroadcast: 11-16-2004
WASHINGTON (AP) - The makers of the popular Bowflex fitness machine are recalling nearly 800,000 units after dozens of people reported injuries from mechanical problems, the U.S. government said Tuesday.
This marks the second large recall of Bowflex equipment this year.
LONDON (AP) - The British government said Tuesday that it would seek a ban on smoking in most public places, including restaurants and any pub or bar that serves food.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Not content with having a drug that might merely fight obesity and smoking, the company developing this eagerly anticipated pill will soon launch studies to see if it can treat and prevent clogged arteries and heart disease.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Regardless of how they shed pounds in the first place, big losers stayed that way by limiting fat rather than carbohydrates, according to new research that could add fuel to the backlash against low-carb diets.
VICTORIA (CP) - British Columbia needs to expand its diabetes testing programs, the Canadian Diabetes Association told Premier Gordon Campbell's Liberal government Monday.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chiron Corp. has asked British regulators to inspect its facility producing an experimental bird flu vaccine to make sure it doesn't run into the same contamination problems that forced the closing of another plant and a flu shot crisis in the United States, a top U.S.
TORONTO (CP) - The chief executive of Canada's pandemic influenza vaccine manufacturer says he believes the federal government will fund development and testing of a candidate vaccine for the avian flu strain known as H5N1.
WINNIPEG (CP) - Manitoba businesses say a list of fines the provincial government can now levy under the province's anti-smoking law could result in multiple penalties for a single offence.
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