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Medbroadcast: 10-01-2004
MONTREAL (CP) - Strippers in Canada's two largest cities face aggressive clients, unsafe stages and clubs that don't meet fire codes, says a study released on Thursday.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Flesh-eating bacteria cases, fatal pneumonia and life-threatening heart infections suddenly are popping up around the United States, striking healthy people and stunning their doctors.
TORONTO (CP) - With no deaths and just 25 human cases in four provinces, it's tempting to think that Canada has dodged the bullet from the big gun that was the threat of West Nile virus this year.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - General Mills Inc. is converting all of its U.S. breakfast cereals to whole grain, making it the latest food company to undergo a nutritional makeover amid growing pressure from the government and consumer groups.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Gov. John Baldacci announced programs Thursday to lower prescription drug prices for more than 300,000 Mainers, including one that allows the Penobscot Indians to distribute drugs imported from Canada.
TRENTON, N.J. (CP) - Vioxx, the blockbuster arthritis drug taken by tens of millions of people, was pulled from the market by its maker Thursday after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger struck down a bill Thursday that would have helped Californians buy low-cost Canadian drugs.
LONDON (AP) - A simple genetic test can identify which patients with deadly brain tumours will be helped by a treatment hailed as the first significant advance against the disease in decades and in which patients the drug is a waste of time, scientists said Wednesday.
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