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• N American cancer screening pioneers establish new base in the UK
  ...A North American business specialising in pioneering skin cancer and sun-damaged skin testing is to establish a base in the UK to continue its world-leading research... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 16 Jun 2005 06:00 EST
  
• N Carolina Lawmaker Files Bill That Would Provide $20,000 in Compensation for Forced Sterilization Program Survivors
  ...North Carolina state Rep Larry Womble (D) on Thursday filed a bill... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 10 May 2005 05:00 EST
  
• N Carolina To Rebid Contract To Oversee Mental Health, Substance Abuse Services for Medicaid Program Following Criticism
  ...North Carolina health officials on Thursday announced that they will re-open bidding for a contract to oversee mental health and substance abuse services, after contractors complained that officials selected a bid from Virginia-based... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:00 EST
  
• N Hampshire House Approves Bill to Allow EC To Be Sold Over the Counter; Governor Expected To Sign
  ...The New Hampshire House on Wednesday approved 195-169 a bill... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 29 May 2005 06:00 EST
  
• N Jersey Needs Needle-Exchange Law To Allow Programs To Reduce HIV Transmission Among Injection Drug Users, Editorial Says
  ...New Jersey cities "hardest hit" by HIV/AIDS should be allowed "to decide for themselves whether to hand out free clean needles" to injection drug users to prevent the spread of the virus, a... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 24 Aug 2005 03:00 EST
  
• N Jersey Senate Committee Approves Bill Funding Construction of Stem Cell Research Facility
  ...The New Jersey Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on Monday approved 8-6 a bill... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 23 Jun 2005 06:00 EST
  
• N Korea 'hit by measles epidemic'
  ...The Red Cross says a measles epidemic in North Korea has killed four people and infected some 3,000....
  BBC - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:07 EST
  
• N Korean bird flu 'different'
  ...The strain of bird flu found in North Korea is different from the one that has killed people in South East Asia, the UN says....
  BBC - Tue, 05 Apr 2005 12:44 EST
  
• N Spine Receives 510(k) Clearance Of Its NFix II Dynamic Stabilization System For The Lumbar Spine
  ...N Spine, Inc., a privately held San Diego spinal implant company, today announced that it has received FDA clearance of its NFix(TM) II dynamic pedicle screw and rod system for stabilization of the lumbar spine as an adjunct to fusion. NFix(TM) II is now commercially available in the United States. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• N-Gene Research Laboratories, Inc. Reports Positive Phase II Results With BGP-15 Insulin Sensitizer
  ...N-Gene Research Laboratories, Inc., aprivately held biopharmaceutical company developing products to treatinsulin resistance, today presented positive Phase II data for BGP-15, anovel insulin sensitizer. The data were presented in a poster presentationat the American Diabetes Association 66th Scientific Sessions conference inWashington, DC, titled "BGP-15, a Novel Insulin Sensitizer. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:00 EST
  
• N. J. Leonard, 90, Developed Crucial Drug, Dies
  ...Nelson J. Leonard went from developing antimalarial drugs in World War II to decades of research in bioorganic chemistry....
  New York Times - Sat, 14 Oct 2006 01:21 EST
  
• N. Korea Denies Pyongyang Bird Flu Report
  ...North Korea Denies Report of Bird Flu in Pyongyang As Rumor, U.N. Official Says...
  ABC News - Sat, 28 Jan 2006 02:03 EST
  
• N. Korea Refutes Pyongyang Bird Flu Report
  ...North Korea Refutes Report of Bird Flu in Pyongyang As Rumor, U.N. Official Says...
  ABC News - Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:52 EST
  
• N. Korea seeks bird flu help
  ...Read full story for latest details....
  CNN - Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:35 EST
  
• N. Korea works to contain bird flu
  ...Read full story for latest details....
  CNN - Fri, 01 Apr 2005 03:48 EST
  
• N.C. Patients Discuss Surgical-Tool Fiasco
  ...N.C. Patients Whose Surgeons Mistakenly Used Tools Cleaned With Hydraulic Fluid Hold Group Meeting...
  ABC News - Fri, 12 Aug 2005 01:24 EST
  
• N.C. Patients Discuss Surgical-Tool Fiasco
  ...N.C. Patients Whose Surgeons Mistakenly Used Tools Cleaned With Hydraulic Fluid Hold Group Meeting...
  ABC News - Sat, 13 Aug 2005 12:58 EST
  
• N.C. Probes Flesh-Eating Bacteria Death
  ...N.C. Health Officials Investigate Death of Woman Who Dies From Flesh-Eating Bacteria...
  ABC News - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:20 EST
  
• N.C. Probes Flesh-Eating Bacteria Death
  ...N.C. Health Officials Investigate Death of Woman Who Dies From Flesh-Eating Bacteria...
  ABC News - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 01:45 EST
  
• N.C. Surgeons Unwittingly Used Dirty Tools
  ...Surgeons at Two North Carolina Hospitals Unknowingly Used Instruments Washed in Hydraulic Fluid...
  ABC News - Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:40 EST
  
• N.C. Surgeons Unwittingly Used Dirty Tools
  ...Surgeons at Two North Carolina Hospitals Unknowingly Used Instruments Washed in Hydraulic Fluid...
  ABC News - Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:25 EST
  
• N.C. Surgeons Unwittingly Used Dirty Tools
  ...Surgeons at Two North Carolina Hospitals Unknowingly Used Instruments Washed in Hydraulic Fluid...
  ABC News - Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:02 EST
  
• N.C. Surgeons Unwittingly Used Dirty Tools
  ...Surgeons at Two North Carolina Hospitals Unknowingly Used Instruments Washed in Hydraulic Fluid...
  ABC News - Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:59 EST
  
• N.D. Conjoined Twins Readied to Separate
  ...North Dakota Conjoined Twins Get Pouches to Expand Skin, Preparing Them for Separation Surgery...
  ABC News - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:49 EST
  
• N.D. Conjoined Twins to Be Separated
  ...Conjoined Twins From N.D. to Be Separated at Mayo Clinic on Wednesday...
  ABC News - Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:31 EST
  
• N.D. Researchers to Study Anorexia Nervosa
  ...N.D. Researchers to Study Anorexia Nervosa; Handheld Computers to Transmit Day-To-Day Info...
  ABC News - Sat, 22 Apr 2006 01:35 EST
  
• N.D. Supreme Court Adopts Rules Allowing Judicial Candidates To Respond ''With Caution'' To Questions On Issues Such As Abortion, USA
  ...The North Dakota Supreme Court last week adopted rules allowing judicial candidates to respond "with caution" to questions on issues such as abortion rights, the AP/Bismarck Tribune reports. According to the regulations, which were influenced by a recent American Bar Association study on the subject, judicial candidates are allowed to respond to reporters'' questions or to questionnaires from advocacy groups... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:00 EST
  
• N.H. family reunited with fish after flood
  ...Cats and dogs who wander from home get reunited with their owners all the time. But fish? That's what happened when flood waters from the Merrimack River recently swamped the Brand family's backyard pond, sweeping away seven of their 11 Koi fish and depositing them on the third fairway of the nearby Nashua Country Club....
  MSNBC - Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:32 EST
  
• N.H. first state to offer girls free cancer vaccine
  ...New Hampshire announced plans Wednesday to become the first state to offer the new cervical-cancer vaccine free to all girls. Beginning in January, the vaccine against the human papilloma virus, or HPV, will be provided to girls ages 11 through 18....
  MSNBC - Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:00 EST
  
• N.H. Governor Signs Bill Creating Legislative Oversight Committee for State HIV/AIDS Services, USA
  ...New Hampshire Governor John Lynch (D) on Tuesday signed into law a bill... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 04 Jun 2005 06:00 EST