2008
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BBC News reports here: Drugs given to heart patients to lower cholesterol may have an additional benefit – keeping their blood vessels feeling younger.
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HealthDay reports here at Yahoo NEws: THURSDAY, Sept. 25 – Breast cancer survivors who suffer from hot flashes can reduce these attacks significantly with hypnosis, a new study finds.
CNN reports here: A national poll of people who watched the first U.S. presidential debate suggests that Barack Obama came out on top, but there was overwhelming agreement that both Obama and John McCain would be able to handle the job of president if elected.
BBC News reports here: World leaders and philanthropists pledge nearly $3bn (£1.6bn) to fight malaria, a disease which kills 1m people each year.
CNN reports here: Australia, New Zealand and India have joined a growing list of countries pulling contaminated Chinese food products — everything from candy to biscuits — from store shelves.
CNN News reports here: HONG KONG, China – Health officials in Hong Kong reported two new cases of kidney stones in children who have consumed melamine-tainted dairy products.
Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: NEW YORK – Residents of lower-income neighborhoods, as well as Medicaid recipients, who suffer a heart attack are less likely to get timely treatment than people living in wealthier communities, according to new research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
AP reports here at Yahoo News: PLANT CITY, Fla. – Charles Todd Lee spent a lifetime going backstage at concerts, following politicians on the campaign trail and capturing iconic shots of everyone from Martin Luther King Jr. to Mick Jagger to Mickey Mantle. Today, he enjoys such freedom only in his dreams.
AP reports here at CNN: SINGAPORE - Oil prices fell Thursday in Asia to $96 a barrel on concerns the deepening turmoil in the U.S. financial system will slow global economic growth and cut oil demand.