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UN scientists using radiation to prod nature into producing better crops

VIENNA: Pierre Lagoda pulled a small container from his pocket and spilled the contents onto his desk. Four tiny dice rolled to a stop.
“Thats what nature does,” Lagoda said. The random results of the dice, he explained, illustrate how spontaneous mutations create the genetic diversity that drives evolution and selective breeding.
He rolled the […]

Study: Many using online ‘rogue pharmacies’

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Drug shipments from illegal online pharmacies were once so frequent in Appalachia that delivery companies had to add trucks to their routes.
Police have cracked down on such deliveries, but are still confronted by a booming global network of so-called rogue pharmacies operating online.
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For people addicted to prescription […]

Panel: Iraq vets with post-traumatic stress should get lifelong care

WASHINGTON (AP) Leaders of a presidential commission appealed on Wednesday for quick passage of legislation that would provide lifetime treatment to Iraq war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., and former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala said they did not want fights between Congress and the Bush administration […]

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 […]

Officials gear up for flu season, urge vaccination

WASHINGTON (AP) Only a fraction of the people who need flu shots the most are getting them Д including just one in five babies and toddlers, say health officials who hope to boost those numbers as a record vaccine supply heads out this fall.
The government sounded the alarm Wednesday, worried that a string […]