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Medbroadcast: 11-30-2004
ROME (AP) - Providing impoverished children with meals at school is a "largely untapped yet effective" way to keep children in class and ensure they are educated about AIDS, a UN agency said Tuesday, urging more funds from donors.
OTTAWA (CP) - Just under a million people aged 15 or older have suffered from panic disorder, recurrent, unexpected panic attacks, at some point during their lives, says a Statistics Canada study.
MONTREAL (CP) - A federal law that bans tobacco sponsorship, restricts advertising and requires large warnings on cigarette packs is unconstitutional, lawyers for Canada's three largest tobacco companies argued Monday.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A couple who underwent Botox injections last week were hospitalized with botulism poisoning, and health officials were attempting to determine whether the injections were to blame.
GENEVA (AP) - The burning of fossil fuels and wood is cutting life expectancy in some parts of Europe by up to two years, despite a significant reduction in other pollutants, the United Nations said Monday.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The immune cells of women under extreme mental stress age faster than those in women not facing such pressure, a new study shows.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court questioned Monday whether state medicinal marijuana laws might be abused by people who aren't really sick as it debated whether the U.S. government can prosecute patients who smoke pot on doctors' orders.
TORONTO (CP) - The next influenza pandemic could kill 100 million people worldwide, a WHO official warned Monday, throwing yet another number onto a growing pile of predictions experts fear could be sowing confusion and impeding a meaningful public debate on pandemic preparedness.
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