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U.S. OKs New Colon-Cancer Drug

The Food and Drug Administration approves a new drug for colon cancer -- the second-biggest cancer killer. Called Avastin, the new drug blocks tumors' blood supply. Earlier in February, the FDA approved Erbitux, which shrinks colon tumors by blocking a protein they need to grow. Each drug is the first of its kind. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

U.S. OKs New Colon-Cancer Drug

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Heroin in America: New Treatments

A relatively new drug, Buprenorphine, allows almost immediate and painless withdrawal from heroin. Doctors say the drug is especially helpful for people early on in addiction. It removes the craving for heroin, and the addict is then gradually taken off the drug. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports in the conclusion to a five-part series on heroin in America.

Heroin in America: New Treatments

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Thursday

Heroin in America: Life with Methadone

North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann profiles two friends in northern New York who drive long distances to receive methadone treatment. Because methadone clinics are rare, especially in rural areas, many recovering heroin addicts are forced to commute hours each day just to get their medicine.

Heroin in America: Life with Methadone

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D.C. Says Water Unsafe for Kids, Pregnant Women

Health officials in Washington, D.C., are cautioning thousands of children under 6 and pregnant women not to drink tap water. Officials discovered lead levels far above federal safety standards in thousands of homes that get their water supply through old lead pipes. Lisa Nurnberger of member station WAMU reports.

D.C. Says Water Unsafe for Kids, Pregnant Women

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Hope for Hubble?

Last month, NASA shocked the astronomy world by canceling a repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. That decision all but sealed the observatory's fate to a slow death in orbit. But as NPR's Richard Harris reports, astronomers aren't giving up yet.

Hope for Hubble?

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Shortest Time Interval Measured

Using specialized lasers, researchers have been able to watch electrons moving around atoms, allowing them to measure the smallest time interval ever recorded -- a 10 million-billionth of a second. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports.

Shortest Time Interval Measured

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Wednesday

Heroin in America: From Patient to Addict

Many drug addicts trace their problem back to work-related injuries. They got hooked on painkillers they received from their doctors, and turned to heroin when they couldn't get those prescriptions renewed. Susan Chisholm reports in the third of a five-part series on a growing addiction crisis.

Heroin in America: From Patient to Addict

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U.S., Vietnam to Study Unexploded Ordnance

In the latest sign of warming relations between the United States and Vietnam, the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation and the Vietnamese government agree to begin what may become the first nationwide survey of the bombs, mines and other munitions left over from the war. Ordnance from the conflict has killed an estimated 38,000 Vietnamese since 1975. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

U.S., Vietnam to Study Unexploded Ordnance

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Tuesday

Kaiser Report: Children Targeted in Junk-Food Ads

A Kaiser Family Foundation report says media messages promoting high-fat and sugary snacks to children now dominate television advertising, which just several years ago mostly featured advertising for toys. Public health officials are attacking the use of cartoon characters by vendors of high-fat and sugary snacks. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports.

Kaiser Report: Children Targeted in Junk-Food Ads

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Evangelicals Differ on Sex Education

An NPR-Kaiser-Kennedy School Poll finds that white and non-white evangelical Christians agree on moral issues having to do with sex, but they often disagree on what kind of sex education is best. NPR's Brenda Wilson reports.

Evangelicals Differ on Sex Education

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Heroin in America: Families Fight Back

Last year, the state of Massachusetts saw some 36,000 admissions into heroin treatment programs. In Boston, things have gotten so bad that a group of everyday people decided to take matters into their own hands by forming the South Boston Family Resource Center. NPR's Chris Arnold reports in the second of a five-part series on a growing addiction crisis.

Heroin in America: Families Fight Back

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Monday

'Casual' Smoking Up for College Ages

A recent study shows large increases in the number of so-called casual smokers among people between the ages of 18 and 24. The findings are likely to lead to changes in anti-smoking promotional efforts. Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Stucky reports.

'Casual' Smoking Up for College Ages

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Heroin in America

In the 1970s, the average heroin user was 28 to 30 years old and an urban dweller. Today, the average addict is a white, middle-class teenager. As the profile of heroin users has changed, so has the drug, which is more potent than ever. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports on the new generation of users in the first of a five-part series on this growing addiction crisis.

Heroin in America

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Senate Debates Medical Malpractice Caps

The Senate begins debate on a new bill that would cap some damages in medical malpractice lawsuits. The bill, like one the Senate debated last summer, isn't expected to pass. But both sides hope to use it to score political points. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

Senate Debates Medical Malpractice Caps

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