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| WASHINGTON — Stores nationwide are continuing to sell recalled canned chili, stew, hash and other foods potentially contaminated with poisonous bacteria even after repeated warnings the products could kill. |
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Oncologists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have found that breast cancer is more aggressive in African-American women. The research, led by Dr. Edith P. Mitchell, clinical professor of medicine and medical oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, and Dr. Gloria Morris, assistant professor of medical oncology at Jefferson Medical College, found that African-American women tend to have more advanced breast cancer at the time of diagnosis and have poorer outcomes.
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| DENVER — The tuberculosis patient who created an international health scare when he flew to Europe for his wedding was released from a hospital Thursday after successfully completing inpatient treatment, officials said. Andrew Speaker, an Atlanta attorney who had a multidrug-resistant strain of TB, underwent surgery July 17 to remove a diseased portion of his right lung. The doctors who treated him at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver don’t consider him to be completely cured... |
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Eighty-five to 90 percent of the blood that leaves the stomach and intestines carry important nutrients to the liver, where they are converted into substances the body can use. The liver performs many unique and important metabolic tasks as it processes carbohydrates, proteins, fats and minerals to be used in maintaining normal body functions.
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| BEIJING — China’s Health Ministry has told all hotels and public bathing facilities to provide condoms as part of a campaign to fight the spread of HIV and AIDS... |
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| WASHINGTON — Fewer high school students are having sex these days... |
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| Drink water and low-fat milk in between meals instead of soft drinks. Use less butter, salt, dressings, and condiments on your foods so that you gradually learn to enjoy the natural taste of food. Once you do those fast foods and junk foods won’t be so appealing. I know; I used to be a fast food, fried food, junk food junkie myself. |
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