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FDA looks to curb abuse of cough medicine (AP)

AP - Federal health regulators are weighing restrictions on Robitussin, NyQuil and other cough suppressants to curb cases of abuse that send thousands of people to the hospital each year.

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Tests aim to settle if fresher blood works better (AP)

AP - Facing surgery?

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ER doctors: Lawsuit fears lead to overtesting (AP)

AP - Fast decisions on life-and-death cases are the bread and butter of hospital emergency rooms. Nowhere do doctors face greater pressures to overtest and overtreat.

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Overtreated: More medical care isn’t always better (AP)

AP - More medical care won’t necessarily make you healthier — it may make you sicker. It’s an idea that technology-loving Americans find hard to believe.

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Comprehensive Plan May Help Control Children’s Asthma (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) — A comprehensive, patient-centered asthma control program helps keep children out of the hospital and could reduce health care costs, a new study shows.

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Spanish hospital claims 1st full-face transplant (AP)

AP - A team of surgeons has carried out the world’s first full-face transplant on a young Spanish farmer unable to breathe or eat on his own since accidentally shooting himself in the face five years ago.

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Spanish hospital claims first full-face transplant (AP)

AP - A hospital in Spain says it has carried out the world’s first full-face transplant, giving a man a new nose, skin, jaws, cheekbones, teeth and other features after he lost his face in an accident. Other transplant experts lauded the surgery but were not sure it could technically be called ‘full-face.’

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Prescription drug overdoses on the rise in U.S. (Reuters)

Reuters - More and more Americans are landing in the hospital due to poisoning by powerful prescription painkillers, sedatives and tranquilizers, according to a report released today. City-living middle-aged women seem particularly vulnerable.

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NH anthrax patient recovering at home (AP)

AP - A New Hampshire woman who contracted a rare form of anthrax almost four months ago has been released from the hospital, and the building where she was exposed to the potentially fatal spores could re-open next week.

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Study: Gene testing helps get warfarin dose right (AP)

AP - Doctors are reporting an exciting win for gene testing and personalized medicine: Checking patients’ DNA before starting them on a popular blood thinner helps get the tricky dose right and keep them out of the hospital.

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