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A 66-year-old woman with terminal cancer has become the first person to die under Washington state’s new assisted suicide law, an advocacy group said Friday.
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Minnesota authorities said Friday they were turning to an international law enforcement agency for help finding a woman and her 13-year-old son on the run from court-ordered cancer treatment for the boy.
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The World Health Organization says it will change the rules for declaring a swine flu pandemic, a virus the agency’s chief calls “sneaky” because of its ability to spread quickly from person to person and potentially mutate into a deadlier form.
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Exercise is good for you, but if you want to lose weight you just have to take in fewer calories, researchers say.
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New test results show that people in their 60s and older have signs of greater immunity to the new swine flu virus.
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Valley Meats recalls nearly 100,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli.
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Stress over grades. Financial worries. Trouble sleeping. Feeling hopeless.
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A new arrest warrant was issued Thursday as the search continued for the Minnesota mother who fled with her 13-year-old cancer-stricken son to avoid chemotherapy treatments.
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Swine flu forced Christina Huitron to make a choice no mother should ever have to make.
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New test results show that people in their 60s and older have signs of greater immunity to the new swine flu virus.
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