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Today's Globe: contaminants in birds' eggs, parents' Alzheimers, blood-clotting drug
Eggs from an array of Maine birds - from lordly bald eagles to timorous piping plovers; from swallows snarfing insects in suburban backyards to storm-petrels feeding hundreds of miles at sea - contain 100 industrial and household contaminants, scientists will report today.
One parent with Alzheimer's disease is tough enough, but imagine the memory-robbing illness striking both parents - and knowing chances are high you'll get it, too. A study of more than 100 families for the first time gauges the size of that risk.
Federal health regulators raised safety concerns about an experimental biotech drug from Amgen designed to treat a blood-clotting disorder (fifth item).
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Elizabeth Cooney is a former
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