World Health Organization: Cell Phones "Possibly" Linked to Cancer

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May 31, 2011

Image removed.Cell Phones: A new World Health Organization report suggests that  cell phones "possibly" can cause cancer, in a shift from its previous position that there were no links between cell phones and cancer, Rob Stein reports for the Washington Post.

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Drug Shortages: Hospitals are scrambling to find substitutes for a growing number of medicines, ranging from cancer to heart attack drugs, that are in short supply, Lauran Neergaard reports for The Associated Press.

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