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Cost of treating asthma drops by half

This is certainly another mile stone in the Year of the Lungs (2010). The cost of treating asthma has dropped by nearly half in Benin and El Salvador, thanks to the Asthma Drug Facility (ADF) created by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).
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Deadly bat disease found in West Virginia cave

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.: An expedition into Hellhole cave in Pendleton County last month revealed that bats in one of the largest and most important bat hibernation caves in the state are infected with white-nose syndrome. ...
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AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow

WASHINGTON: The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease. ...
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Parents say doctors hastened death for dying kids

CHICAGO: It's a situation too agonizing to contemplate - a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few children dying of cancer, to end their suffering at their parents' request. ...
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Volunteers give cancer patients rides to treatment

SHREVEPORT, La.: Stanley Davis wondered how he was going to get to the doctor when he was diagnosed with colon and prostate cancer in October. ...
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Wyo. House advances health care pilot program bill

CHEYENNE, Wyo.: Wyoming residents who can't afford health care on the open market might be able to get it under a health care pilot program bill that's moving forward in the House. ...
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Consumer group sues Anthem over policy changes

LOS ANGELES: A consumer watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against California's largest for-profit health insurer on behalf of policyholders, claiming they were pushed to take coverage with fewer benefits and higher deductibles. ...
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Raw milk debate spills across US

DES MOINES, Iowa: Debate about the health attributes and risks of raw milk is spilling into statehouses and courtrooms across the United States as proponents of unpasteurized dairy products push to make them easier for consumers to buy. ...
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Avandia maker knew of cardiac risks

NEW YORK: A Senate report has said that drug maker GlaxoSmithKline knew of possible heart attack risks tied to Avandia, its diabetes medication, years before such evidence became public. ...
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Exposition reaches out to mobility impaired

SALEM, Ore.: Michael Neher hasn't walked since high school; not since 1981, when he became paralyzed from the chest down. ...
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