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HealthDay News — Experimental hemoglobin-based blood substitutes boost the odds of death and heart attack for recipients, according to an exhaustive review of the data.

These products are not yet approved for use in the United States but have undergone extensive clinical testing.

The study, released early Monday by the Journal of the American Medical Association, has critics charging that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration failed to detect and act on a significant increase in heart attacks and deaths noted in trials of these laboratory-made blood substitutes.

That delay put participants in ongoing trials in jeopardy, they said.
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The health authority at the centre of Newfoundland and Labrador’s breast cancer scandal appears to want tighter control over what its doctors can say publicly.

The inquiry’s opening weeks of testimony have included numerous references to the secretive response some Eastern Health officials had to the testing errors.

Robert Ritter, executive director of the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association, said physicians will support the five-page document’s call to protect patient privacy, but may be troubled by other elements.

They remain in control of their postseason destiny with a two-game lead over Indiana for the eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot with four games to play.

But that sense of invincibility of the past three weeks took a major blow during a 112-98 loss to the Pacers. Atlanta trailed by as many as 29 points before suffering one of the worst losses of the season.

So instead of cruising into Friday’s game in New York with a chance to lock up the playoff spot, the Hawks will have to sweat it out through the weekend before their fate is decided.

“It’s a setback because with that [home loss to Philadelphia last Friday] and now this, we’ve gone from chasing a higher seed to trying to hold on to the eighth spot,” Hawks forward Marvin Williams said. “We’ve been here, in this position, for a while now. In order to stay here, we have to play with a sense of urgency over these last four games, and we can’t afford to get complacent.”
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The Falcons announced the completion of their exhibition schedule Wednesday.

First up will be an Aug. 9 game at Jacksonville. After that the Falcons will play games at the Georgia Dome against Indianapolis on Aug. 16 and Tennessee on Aug. 22. The final exhibition game will be at Baltimore on Aug. 28.

All games are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and televised on WXIA.
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Montgomery County head football coach Brant Smith has resigned, principal Luke Smith said Wednesday.

Brant Smith, who was at Montgomery County for one season, said he was taking the offensive coordinator position at Appling County.

“It didn’t seem to me there was a commitment from our [school] board for the football team,” Brant Smith said. “They’re going to struggle until they finally make a commitment.”

The new coach will be the fifth in five years for the Eagles, who are 1-39 since a 5-6 season in 2003. They haven’t had a head coach stay longer than four years since John Peacock led the team to a state semifinal while coaching from 1980-91. Since then, it has been tough for Montgomery County to keep coaches.
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Jerrard Tarrant didn’t play last fall. Mario Butler played almost exclusively on special teams.

Both must take a big step forward for Georgia Tech to succeed on defense in 2008.

One of them is likely to start at cornerback opposite Jahi Word-Daniels, and both are likely to play when the Yellow Jackets use five defensive backs. Getting them ready for those jobs has been Charles Kelly’s first big task as cornerbacks coach. It hasn’t always been an easy one.

Just count the number of times “dadgummit” escapes Kelly’s mouth and you get a feel for how that day’s practice is going for Tarrant and Butler.

Butler began the spring working with the first team. Tarrant passed him last week. On Monday, Tarrant started out with the first team, but one too many “dadgummits” led to another swap of first-team and second-team roles. Read more…

The Associated Press, Daytona Beach, Fla. — A Bethune-Cookman University football player was charged with attempted felony murder after he pulled a shotgun on a man who owed him money, authorities said Wednesday.

Brandon Wright, a back-up quarterback and running back on the Wildcats, was being held in the Volusia County Branch Jail on several charges including trafficking cocaine within 1000 feet of a school, home invasion robbery and false imprisonment, a jail official said. Some of those charges do not have bonds.

Wright was arrested Monday at his dorm room where police discovered cocaine, marijuana, and the shotgun used in the attempted murder, Daytona Beach police chief Mike Chitwood told The Daytona Beach News-Journal.

“He had no record.” Chitwood said. “He was very honest and forthright. He came right out and said I did it.”
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