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AP - A federal proposal to limit personal donations of platelets -- the
 substance that makes blood clot -- is headed back to the drawing board
 after government advisers said the new curb would drastically cut the
 nation's supply.

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AP - Development of one or more drugs to treat polio was recommended
 Thursday to provide protection in any outbreaks of the disease that
 might occur after vaccination programs are ended.

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AP - A global immunization drive has cut measles deaths by nearly half
 during the last six years, the World Health Organization and United
 Nations Children's Fund said Friday.

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AP - In the first report on assisted suicide since the U.S. Supreme
 Court upheld the landmark Oregon law, there was little change in the
 number of terminally ill patients who asked their doctors for a lethal
 dose of medication.

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AP - Missouri officials already have responded to nine incidents
 involving mercury this year, compared with 16 all of last year, the
 Department of Natural Resources said Friday.

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs called H2
 blockers, commonly given to premature infants to treat acid reflux, may
 increase their risk for a potentially fatal bowel infection called
 necrotizing enterocolitis, new research suggests.

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HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Boosting the calcium
 intake of pregnant women with low dietary calcium can help prevent
 complications from a dangerous condition known as preeclampsia, in
 which a woman's blood pressure rises dramatically, a new global study
 found.

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HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who think
 hearing loss is just a part of growing old, along with other
 age-related stereotypes, may end up boosting their odds for poor
 hearing in their "golden years."

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Reuters - Measuring blood levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) -- a marker
 of inflammation -- may help identifying smokers with abnormal lesions
 in their airways that are likely to progress, new research suggests.

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