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AP - Here's a real caffeine jolt -- heart attacks might be a risk for
 coffee drinkers with a common genetic trait that makes caffeine linger
 in their bodies, a study suggests.

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AP - The American Medical Association is warning girls not to go wild
 during spring break. All but confirming what goes on in those "Girls
 Gone Wild" videos, 83 percent of college women and graduates surveyed
 by the AMA said spring break involves heavier-than-usual drinking, and
 74 percent said the break results in increased sexual activity.

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AP - Only one prescription drug has ever been returned to the market
 after being pulled because of dangerous side effects. Tysabri, a
 promising multiple sclerosis drug, could become the second.

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AP - A two-year study in eight Ethiopian villages found that a single
 dose of an antibiotic is not enough to end infections that cause
 trachoma, the world's leading preventable cause of blindness.

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AP - The sales clerk at The Gap, the perfume lady at the department
 store and the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. cashier would all get health
 insurance from their employers under a bill introduced Tuesday,
 shifting the cost of skyrocketing health care in many cases from
 taxpayers to big businesses.

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Reuters - A woman who has accused South Africa's former Deputy President
 Jacob Zuma of rape was cross-examined on Tuesday as protesters burned
 her picture and shouted insults outside the court.

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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials,
 courtesy of CenterWatch:

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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Public "safety net"
 medical services -- such as community health centers, public hospitals,
 migrant worker health centers and primary-care programs in public
 housing -- play a crucial role in providing health care to uninsured
 children in the United States.

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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Experts have long
 thought that clumps of misfolded proteins in the brains of Huntington's
 disease patients were a sign or cause of damage.

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AP - Lung cancer is the world's top cancer killer and the most common
 cancer worldwide, with more than 1 million new cases every year and
 just as many deaths from it.

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