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AGs urge crackdown on energy drink claims

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Beverage companies that sell alcoholic energy drinks were harshly criticized Tuesday by more than two dozen state attorneys general who want federal officials to examine the ingredients and marketing of the drinks they say are aimed at underage customers.
In a letter to John Manfreda, the administrator of the federal Alcohol […]

Poll: People doubt feds’ ability to handle disease outbreak

WASHINGTON The public has little faith the government is adequately screening visitors to the country or could cope with an outbreak of an infectious disease, according to an AP-Ipsos poll.
Only one in five surveyed said the government is doing enough to scrutinize people crossing the border into the U.S., the poll found. Just […]

Study: Combo of exercise, caffeine can fight skin cancers

WASHINGTON (AP) Can adding a cup or two of coffee to the exercise routine increase protection from skin cancer? New research indicates that just might be the case.
The combination of exercise and caffeine increased destruction of precancerous cells that had been damaged by the sun’s ultraviolet-B radiation, according to a team of researchers […]

Report: Man has less severe form of TB

ATLANTA An Atlanta lawyer undergoing treatment for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, XDR-TB, in Denver has a form of the disease that is less drug-resistant and more curable than previously reported, doctors said Tuesday.
Officials at National Jewish Medical and Research Center said multiple tests done there indicate Andrew Speaker’s TB will respond to some of […]

AGs urge crackdown on energy drink claims

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Beverage companies that sell alcoholic energy drinks were harshly criticized Tuesday by more than two dozen state attorneys general who want federal officials to examine the ingredients and marketing of the drinks they say are aimed at underage customers.
In a letter to John Manfreda, the administrator of the federal Alcohol […]