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Current Topic: Health and Wellness |
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Cut heart attacks in half! NOT. |
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Topic: Health and Wellness |
2:42 pm EST, Apr 4, 2003 |
] Cut heart attacks in half! Ban smoking in bars and ] restaurants! ] ] This is the latest come-on from the busybodies who want ] to banish smoking from private businesses. The claim, ] which has been credulously repeated by the news media, is ] based on a study of heart attacks in Helena, Montana, ] during the six months after a smoking ban took effect. However, the study really doesn't support the findings. Cut heart attacks in half! NOT. |
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Clinical Trials to Start On Novel Technology to Treat HIV/Aids |
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Topic: Health and Wellness |
2:40 pm EST, Apr 4, 2003 |
] CLINICAL trials will start next week on a novel ] technology which, if successful, could produce an ] alternative HIV/AIDS treatment and could bring ] researchers closer to finding a cure for the disease. ] ] ... ] The technology is based on radiation and is not invasive ] as is the case with treatments such as drugs or vaccines. ] It is claimed to induce breaks in the genome of the HI ] virus. Clinical Trials to Start On Novel Technology to Treat HIV/Aids |
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Collision injures 59 students on way to Disney World |
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Topic: Health and Wellness |
2:32 pm EST, Apr 4, 2003 |
] Three tour buses taking Maryland high school students to ] Walt Disney World crashed in a chain reaction collision ] northeast of Orlando Friday morning -- injuring 59 of the ] students, nine of them seriously, Florida state police ] said. My prayers go out for the family and friends of all of the students. Collision injures 59 students on way to Disney World |
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