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Lamenting his first teenage cigarette, President Barack Obama ruefully admitted on Monday that he’s spent his adult life fighting the habit. Then he signed the nation’s toughest anti-smoking law, aiming to keep thousands of other teens from getting hooked.
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Hailed by President Barack Obama, a multi-billion-dollar promise by drug companies to narrow a Medicare drug coverage gap for seniors is valid only if Congress succeeds in passing a comprehensive health care bill encountering strong opposition from Republicans, an industry spokesman said Monday.
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Medicare beneficiaries would receive better drug coverage and a portion of President Barack Obama’s health care legislation would be paid for under an emerging agreement involving the pharmaceutical industry, the White House and key lawmakers.
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The American Medical Association says more study is needed on how shocking affects criminal suspects.
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Walter Cronkite, CBS TV’s legendary news anchor who was known as “The Most Trusted Man in America,” is gravely ill, according to media reports.
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Federal authorities are investigating a new national outbreak of a bacteria-triggered illness, this time related to a sweet treat treasured by the heartbroken and children-at-heart — packaged raw cookie dough.
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Tomoji Tanabe, who was born Sept. 18, 1895, avoided alcohol and didn’t smoke for his 113 years.
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A researcher may be able to tell who will suffer dementia before memory problems start to appear.
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A hospital gives Tamiflu to dozens of babies after they were treated by a staff member who also treated someone who turned out to have swine flu.
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The world has spent billions trying to save people from death and disease in poor countries, but just what the world’s gotten for its money isn’t clear
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