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US sprinter Kelli White may lose her gold medals after substance testing
1. Kelli White enters news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) - Kelli White, 100 and 200 metres world champion reading from a prepared statement:
"As the IAAF announced, I am under suspicion of a doping violation. The mere fact of...
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Israel distributes radiation pills near nuclear reactor
Dimona, Southern Israel
1. Wide shot of Dimona reactor
Arara, Southern Israel
2. Bedouin village
3. Camels in village
4. Israeli Army officer Peretz, Southern Branch of Home front command, briefing soldiers who will distribute pills
5....
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New anti-obesity drug launched in the United Kingdom
ACOMPLIA VNR - No re-use/re-sale without clearance
1. Various of woman eating sandwich
2. Various of people with big stomachs
3. Various of pill production
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor John Betteridge, Obesity expert
"This...
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A look at Peruvians' medicinal use of traditional plants
1. Wide shot of street market
2. Street market
3. Seller putting plants in a bag
4. Close up of sack filled with coca leaves with tag saying "for throat inflammation"
5. Various sacks in market holding medicinal plants
6. Seller showing...
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Illicit drug use by teens continued to gradually decline overall this year, but teen use of prescription painkillers remains popular, according to a University of Michigan study released Tuesday at the White House.
HEADLINE: Report: Drug use declining among teens
CAPTION: Illicit drug use by teens continued to gradually decline overall this year, but teen use of prescription painkillers remains popular, according to a University of Michigan study...
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Israel - Lack of medication for AIDS victims
Israeli victims of AIDS are being denied the "cocktail" of drugs which is the only known way of increasing the life expectancy of patients. There is no cure for AIDS but the combination drug therapy has proved effective in slowing down...
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USA: DR BLOBEL WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE
English/Nat
Dr Guenter Blobel of The Rockefeller University in New York has won the Nobel Prize for medicine for ground breaking research into proteins.
Blobel's work has shed new light on diseases including cystic fibrosis and the early...
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Michael Jackson's personal doctor administered the powerful anesthetic to help him sleep, and authorities reportedly believe the drug killed the pop singer
HEADLINE: First Person: Doctor explains how Diprivan works
CAPTION: A cardiologist demonstrates how Diprivan, the brand name for the drug propofol, should be administered. Authorities are working under the theory that the drug may have...
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USA: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENT ARRESTED FOR TAKING MARIJUANA
English/Nat
A multiple sclerosis patient and her husband were arrested on Monday for taking marijuana into a U-S governmental building in an act of protest.
The patient, who is severely disabled by the disease, ate the marijuana with...
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Navy ships packed with medicine and food and rescuers in helicopters headed to remote Indonesian islands that were pounded by a 10-foot tsunami, sweeping away villages and killing at least 154 people.
HEADLINE: Tsunami kills more than 150, wipes out villages
CAPTION: Navy ships packed with medicine and food and rescuers in helicopters headed to remote Indonesian islands that were pounded by a 10-foot tsunami, sweeping away villages...
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In response to an Associated Press investigation into the contamination of drinking water supplies with prescription drugs, a woman asks about the safety of bottled water
HEADLINE: Ask AP: Drug-tainted water supplies
CAPTION: In response to an Associated Press investigation into the contamination of drinking water supplies with prescription drugs, a woman asks about the safety of bottled water. Ask AP...
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Native American remedies used to treat Iraq veterans
1. Navajo medicine man Albert Laughter walking inside teepee
2. Laughter inside teepee
3. UPSOUND (English) Albert Laughter, Native American Counsellor: (describing contents of his medicine bag)
"Different things for different use. So,...
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Ancient healing technique grows in popularity at spas
New Delhi, June 13, 2006
1. Wide of man being given an Ayurvedic (ancient Hindu science of health and medicine) oil massage
2. Oil streaming from a bowl onto the man's forehead
3. Close of oil streaming along the hairline
4. Man being...
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HEALTH MINISTER PROMISES FUNDS FOR HOSPITALS AND PHARMACIES
Greece's health minister said on Wednesday that money owed to pharmacies and hospitals would be paid soon, hoping to alleviate fears that patients would be deprived of necessary medications because of its unpaid bills.
On Tuesday,...
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Rally outside US consulate for more spending on AIDS treatments
1. Wide exterior of US consulate, pan to demonstrators singing, calling for more support from the US government for AIDS programmes
2. Mid shot protesters wearing tops reading (English) "HIV positive"
3. Close of poster reading (English)...
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Spanish researchers test HIV vaccine
1. Various Hospital exteriors
2. Various of patients getting trial vaccine
3. Dr. Josep Maria Gatell, Infectious Diseases, Clinic Hospital
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Dr. Josep Maria Gatell, Infectious Diseases, Clinic Hospital
"The goal of...
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BRAZIL: MEDICINE FRAUD BECOMING A WORRYING PROBLEM
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10 July 1998
1. Two shots of medicines at counters
2. Hands of man inspecting two medicine containers
3. Medicines on table
4. Two boxes of Tylenol - the one on the right is fake
5. Two bottles of Tylenol - the...
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Activists and health industry workers rally against free trade pact with EU
1. Protesters walking and chanting, poster reads (English) "Europe! Hands off our medicine"
2. Mid of a protester shouting into a megaphone (Hindi) "We don't want - European Commission"
3. Various of protesters chanting (Hindi) slogans...
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USA: NEW YORK: NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE (2)
English/Nat
A Swede and two U-S researchers won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries about how messages are transmitted between brain cells.
Scientist Paul Greengard of New York's Rockefeller University shared the...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the flu season may shape up to be a severe one. The agency is encouraging doctors to more readily prescribe anti-viral medications for certain cases. (Jan. 12)
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say this flu season is shaping up to be a severe one.
"We're seeing lots of activity, and in some cases quite high activity throughout the United States," said Dr. Michael...
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Opening press conference as global AIDS summit begins
1. Zoom-out from flags to wide of the facade of the venue of the 3rd International AIDS Society Conference
2. Wide of entrance, people going inside
3. Wide of people in the conference
4. Various of conference
5. Wide of press...
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The WHO marks the halfway point in its battle against TB
Lesotho, Southern Africa, March 17, 2010
1. Medium close up of TB patient having her chest checked with a stethoscope
1. Wide pan exterior of Masemouse clinic and countryside
2. Various wides of Mafoka village
3. Mid shot of Helen...
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Lone screening van fights uphill battle to tackle rising TB cases
How to fight the global epidemic of multi-drug resistant TB is at the centre of the World Health Organisation's meeting in London today (Wednesday 23rd October).
The UK capital has more cases of tuberculosis than any other country in...
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Bid to combine modern and traditional medical practices
AP Television
Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina - 12th May 2011
1. Wide of shamans approaching patient
2. Close of skin infection on patient's hand
3. Close of shaman
4. Close of shaman picking grass
5. Close of shaman pressing...