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Prosecutors want death penalty drug info shielded 10/02/2014 02:08pm • ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AP Legal Affairs Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio prosecutors want the identities of pharmacists who create specialty doses of execution drugs shielded and say doctors who consult with Ohio about its execution process should be given immunity from regulatory discipline.The pro Gluten timing does not prevent celiac disease 10/02/2014 01:32pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer Two studies give disappointing news for parents looking for a way to prevent celiac disease in babies at higher risk for it because of family history. Neither breast-feeding nor timing the start of gluten-containing foods makes a difference in whether a chi Liberia short on ambulances for Ebola patients 10/02/2014 01:02pm • KRISTA LARSON Associated Press FREEMAN RESERVE, Liberia (AP) -- The man with reddened eyes sat in his underwear outside his thatched home. He was weak from diarrhea, so his wife called the Ebola hotline for an ambulance. Now that it was here, though, he didn't want to go."Have you been around someon Anger mounts as Kashmir floodwaters subside 10/02/2014 08:50am • AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) -- As floodwaters ripped through Indian-controlled Kashmir, Abdul Majeed spent five days holed up with his family in their attic, watching helplessly as army helicopters plucked tourists from hotel rooftops and government boats ferried officials to Musical of 'Doctor Zhivago' coming to Broadway 10/02/2014 07:28am • MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The latest version of "Cinderella" will soon disappear from the Broadway Theatre, but another sweepingly romantic musical is ready to take its place -- "Doctor Zhivago."Producers said Wednesday that the tale of five intertwined lovers set during final da 'Good Lie' actors' past guides their performances 10/02/2014 07:22am • DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Emmanuel Jal couldn't cry on command.Despite behind-the-scenes assistance from some tear-inducing eye drops, the stoic hip-hop artist, activist and sometimes actor struggled to turn on the waterworks while filming his most emotional scene in Man attacked by shark in Western Australia 10/02/2014 03:00am • SYDNEY (AP) -- A man was seriously injured in a shark attack in Western Australia on Thursday, officials said.The man was attacked at Wylie Bay in the town of Esperance on Western Australia's remote southern coast, the state fisheries department said.Beaches in the area were closed and fisheries off Australia lifts Ebola donation to $16 million 10/02/2014 02:50am • ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia more than doubled its donation to the fight against Ebola in West Africa to 18 million Australian dollars ($16 million) on Thursday, but resisted demands to send personnel.Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said an additional AU$10 millio Ebola, Hospital Isolation and You 10/02/2014 12:00am • In the unlikely event you're ever a patient in a U.S. hospital that's treating someone with Ebola, you'd probably be concerned about contagion. Infection prevention experts say most facilities -- using isolation precautions, proper sanitation and trained health care providers with access to protect 5 Things You Need to Know About Medical Bills on Your Credit Report 10/02/2014 12:00am • Credit-scoring giant FICO announced in August that it would soon roll out a nuanced way to report medical debt in collections. The new model, called FICO 9, decreases the impact of medical bills in comparison with other types of debt. FICO's announcement comes on the heels of a number of studies and Hagel: Military medical system 'average' 10/01/2014 10:30pm • DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday directed military medical officials to show within 45 days how they will improve care, patient safety and access to treatment at underachieving military health care facilities.Hagel released findings of a 90 Hyun-Jin Ryu of Dodgers throws simulated game 10/01/2014 09:30pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hyun-Jin Ryu has pitched three innings of a simulated game on the mound at Dodger Stadium.The Dodgers say Ryu used all of his pitches Wednesday at his normal velocity, and had no problems with his left shoulder during the 45-pitch session. The 14-game winner faced several teammat Families wait in agony for word on Ebola patients 10/01/2014 08:46pm • KRISTA LARSON Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- First the ring tone echoed outside the barbed-wire-topped walls of the Ebola clinic. Then came the wails of grief, as news spread that 31-year-old Rose Johnson was dead just days after she was brought here unconscious by relatives.Soon her mot Drug and device firms paid $3.5B to care providers 10/01/2014 08:06pm • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- From research grants to travel junkets, drug and medical device companies paid doctors and leading hospitals billions of dollars last year, the government disclosed Tuesday in a new effort to spotlight potential ethical conflicts in medicin ACLU challenges new Alabama abortion law 10/01/2014 07:30pm • PHILLIP RAWLS Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The American Civil Liberties Union is suing to stop a new Alabama law that places additional requirements on girls seeking abortions without their parents' approval.The suit, filed in federal court in Montgomery, said the Alabama law goes beyon
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