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Medbroadcast: 09-28-2004
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand confirmed its 10th death from bird flu on Tuesday and said the woman may have contracted the virus from her daughter, raising the alarming possibility of human-to-human transmission of the disease.
Pranee Thongchan, 26, died Sept.
VANCOUVER (CP) - Another study has found North America's only safe injection site can be considered a qualified success after a year of operation.
OTTAWA (CP) - Cancer and diseases of the circulatory system remain the biggest killers in Canada, although diabetes deaths are rising, Statistics Canada reported Monday.
CALGARY (CP) - Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh discounted suggestions from some provincial premiers that the recent 10-year deal on health care won't be enough.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The rate of HIV/AIDS infection in northern Uganda is nearly double that in the rest of the country because of devastation caused by 18 years of civil war, an international aid group said Monday.
OTTAWA (CP) - A Canadian boy born in 2002 could expect to live to 77.2 years of age, a record high, Statistics Canada reported Monday.
The agency said life expectancy at birth for Canadian males rose 0.2 years, about two and a half months, from 2001.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Could squirting a little medicine up the nose before mealtime be the Holy Grail for people trying to people shed pounds?
Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co.
TORONTO (CP) - Patients could be prescribed expensive but ineffective drugs or possibly even harmed because of biased or incomplete reporting of some research in medical journals, a study suggests.
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