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Some doctors may give up vaccines because of cost
ATLANTA - About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-12-01
Encouraging dip in rate of new cancers, deaths
WASHINGTON - The rate of new cancer cases finally may be inching down -- cautiously optimistic news but a gain that specialists worry could be derailed by economic turmoil. Death rates from cancer have been dropping slowly for years, thanks to earlier detection and better treatments. But preventing cancer is the ultimate goal, and Tuesday's annual "Report to the Nation" on cancer also shows a small but encouraging change: The rate of new diagnoses among men dropped 1.8 percent a year between 2001 and 2005.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-11-26
Bush pardons 14 and commutes 2 prison sentences
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush has granted pardons to 14 individuals and commuted the prison sentences of two others convicted of misdeeds ranging from drug offenses to tax evasion, from wildlife violations to bank embezzlement, The Associated Press learned Monday.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama George W. Bush Activities:Bush Admin. Source:(AP)
2008-11-25
Bail denied Pa. woman accused of killing FBI agent
PITTSBURGH - A judge denied bail on Thursday for a woman accused of killing an FBI agent during a drug raid that led to her husband's arrest on cocaine-dealing charges.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-11-20
Key 'switch' found for popular breast cancer drug
WASHINGTON - Scientists have pinpointed the molecular on-off switch that the powerful drug tamoxifen uses to attack breast cancer and which prevents it from working in some women.
Source:(AP)
2008-11-13
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- Some doctors may give up vaccines because of cost 2008-12-01
- Encouraging dip in rate of new cancers, deaths 2008-11-26
- Bush pardons 14 and commutes 2 prison sentences 2008-11-25
- Bail denied Pa. woman accused of killing FBI agent 2008-11-20
- Key 'switch' found for popular breast cancer drug 2008-11-13
- Study: HPV vaccine prevents genital warts in males 2008-11-13
- Crestor Study Will Boost Statin Demand 2008-11-10
- Despite failures, search for anti-obesity drugs still looks golden 2008-11-09
- Study: Wider cholesterol drug use may save lives 2008-11-09
- Mass. scrambling to adapt to marijuana initiative 2008-11-06
- California voters approve gay-marriage ban 2008-11-05
- California gay marriage vote still undecided 2008-11-05
- Colo. voters soundly defeat anti-abortion measure 2008-11-05
- Experimental HIV vaccine may have increased infection risk: study 2008-11-04
- Roethlisberger hurt but Steelers top Redskins 2008-11-04
- Gunmen kidnap French aid worker from Kabul street 2008-11-03
- Police: Gunmen kidnap French aid worker in Kabul 2008-11-03
- US diabetes rate doubles over 10 years 2008-10-30
- Improving the Use of Drugs Through Genes 2008-10-27
- Giants' Burress misses therapy, doesn't start 2008-10-26
- AIDS treatment should start sooner, study finds 2008-10-26
- Man says NYPD assaulted him; cops deny claim 2008-10-24
- Survey: Half of US doctors use placebo treatments 2008-10-24
- Miss Teen Louisiana arrested, loses crown 2008-10-23
- Drugmakers post lower third-quarter net income 2008-10-22
- Va. pharmacy follows faith, no birth control sales 2008-10-22
- Safety a problem for new generation drugs, too 2008-10-21
- Pfizer, Schering-Plough beat modest expectations 2008-10-21
- Magnet device aims to treat depression patients 2008-10-21
- US official: Mexican cartels murder, kidnap in US 2008-10-19
- $894 million deal ends pain of Pfizer's lawsuits 2008-10-17
- Flu shots a tough sell to health care workers 2008-10-16
- Aid agencies: world's poor will be biggest victims 2008-10-14
- Johnson & Johnson 3Q profit rises, tops views 2008-10-14
- Therapy helps hard-to-transplant get a new kidney 2008-10-13
- Mexican marijuana cartels sully US forests, parks 2008-10-11
- Judge orders Redmond O'Neal into detox 2008-10-10
- 1 in 4 US teen girls got cervical cancer shot 2008-10-09
- Cold meds not for kids under 4: makers 2008-10-07
- Eli Lilly agrees to buy ImClone for over $6B 2008-10-06
- Russia: Will work with US, EU to stop pirates 2008-10-03
- Hijackers off Somalia show no sign of giving up 2008-10-03
- Pope reaffirms Church opposition to contraception 2008-10-03
- Calorie overload sends the brain haywire: study 2008-10-02
- Mailmen might deliver meds in next anthrax attack 2008-10-02
- FDA urged to recall cold medicines for youngsters 2008-10-02
- Heart patients should be screened for depression 2008-09-30
- US kids three times likelier to be medicated than in Europe: study 2008-09-24
- Painkiller May Prevent Diabetes-Related Retinal Damage 2008-09-24
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