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Medbroadcast: 11-23-2004
TORONTO (CP) - A group representing hundreds of allergy and asthma sufferers presented the Ontario government with a petition Monday demanding that it lift apparent restrictions on a histamine-based treatment they say cures them of debilitating symptoms.
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) - For many who travel for the holidays, the eating begins at the airport.
It's always been easy to find high-calorie, fat-filled and fried food.
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Austrian authorities said Monday they were investigating a report that a slaughterhouse knowingly sold up to 7,000 chickens tainted with salmonella bacteria to a buyer in Germany.
TORONTO (CP) - Health Canada's attempt at responding to criticisms that the country's drug regulatory process protects pharmaceutical companies at the possible expense of consumers doesn't go far enough to fix the problem, a pair of veteran researchers say.
(AP) - New reports accuse another drug company of being too slow to pull a dangerous medication from the market and question the ability of the U.S. federal Food and Drug Administration to protect Americans from such risks.
OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin tossed out one of the most contested policies of Jean Chretien era with the announcement Monday that the government is renegotiating the 1998 compensation package for victims of hepatitis C.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Romualdo Rivera arrives at the emergency room with what seems to be a complaint of chest pain. But it's hard to be sure - he doesn't speak English.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two-thirds of older Americans take part in leisure-time physical activities, but poor nutrition remains a problem, especially when it comes to fruit and vegetables, according to the latest snapshot of aging.
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