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  • Medical device problems hurt 70,000+ kids anually

    More than 70,000 children and teens go to the emergency room each year for injuries and complications from medical devices, and contact lenses are the leading culprit, the first detailed national estimate suggests.


  • Medical device problems hurt 70,000+ kids annually

    More than 70,000 children and teens go to the emergency room each year for injuries and complications from medical devices, and contact lenses are the leading culprit, the first detailed national estimate suggests.


  • Contact lenses top cause of device problem in kids

    More than 70,000 children and teens go to the emergency room each year for injuries and complications from medical devices and contact lenses are the leading culprit, the first detailed national estimate suggests.


  • WTO probes US ban on clove cigarettes

    The World Trade Organization has launched a formal investigation into whether U.S. tobacco control laws are illegally preventing imports of clove-flavored cigarettes from Indonesia.


  • Associated Press
Gil Riegler of Oasis Camel Dairy works quickly to milk of one of his camels in Ramona, Calif. Mr. Riegler and his wife, Nancy, own the nation's largest camel dairy and say camel milk is more beneficial than cow milk.

    Dairy not having a cow

    To milk a camel, you need warm hands, a gentle touch and quick timing -- camels give milk only in 90-second bursts.


  • ** FILE ** In this Dec. 22, 2009, file photo, swine flu vaccines are sorted at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. A whopping 40 million doses of swine flu vaccine expired on Wednesday, June 30, and will be destroyed -- an amount that is believed to be a record loss of flu vaccine. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

    Millions of swine flu vaccine doses to be burned

    About a quarter of the swine flu vaccine produced for the U.S. public has expired — meaning that a whopping 40 million doses worth about $260 million is being written off as trash.


  • Chinese maker of toys kills self

    BEIJING (AP) — The head of a Chinese manufacturer whose lead-tainted Sesame Street toys were the center of a massive U.S. recall has killed himself, a state-run newspaper said yesterday.


  • New ADHD medicine lasts through evening

    A new treatment for attention-deficit (hyperactivity) disorder has proved to do what no others can: remain effective through evening hours, a pharmaceutical company says.


  • A man talks on his mobile phone as he selects cooked sticks of meat and vegetables soaked in a spicy, oily sauce at a roadside food stall in Beijing. Left: A woman cuts up fish at a market in Hoi An, Vietnam. Borax, found in everything from detergent to Fiberglas, is also commonly used to preserve fish and meats in Indonesia and elsewhere.

    Toxic tales

    HANOI (AP) -- As Nguyen Van Ninh moves his chopsticks through a steaming bowl of Vietnam's famous noodle soup, he knows it could be spiked with formaldehyde. But the thought of slurping up the same chemical used to preserve corpses isn't enough to deter him.


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