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47,000 elderly falls in US tied to canes, walkers
ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials say more than 47,000 elderly Americans end up in emergency rooms each year from falls involving walkers and canes.

Investigators eye problems with DC track circuit
By BRIAN WESTLEY and NAFEESA SYEED Associated Press Writers

Nestle recalls Toll House cookie dough products
SOLON, Ohio (AP) - Nestle USA says its baking unit has voluntarily recalled Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after a number or illnesses were reported by those who ate the dough raw.

Group disputes cancer claims on One A Day vitamins
WASHINGTON (AP) - A consumer advocacy group says it will sue Bayer Healthcare if it continues to claim its One A Day vitamins for men reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

Texas woman dies in pool year after children did
COPPELL, Texas (AP) - Police in Texas say a woman has died in an apparent drowning at the same swimming pool where her two children drowned less than a year ago. Police discovered 35-year-old Van Ha Stocco lying near the pool at her home in Coppell Wednesday afternoon. She was pronounced died at Las Colinas Medical Center.


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