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...ba href=/dementia/a/b.The 11 people who died were taking Aricept, and no deaths occurred among people taking the placebo.Meanwhile, six men in Britain became seriously ill while participating in another trial.

They were testing TGN1412, a monoclonal antibody developed to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and leukemia.

The six suffered severe swelling and were reportedly told that the drug caused no serious effects in previous tests.Such cases are rare, though.

According to the FDA, as of 2001, one out of 10,000 subjects died as a result of drug effects while participating in clinical research studies.What Is a Clinical Trial?

"The term clinical trial has been used to cover a number of different types of studies with humans, from analyzing data already collected to gathering new data," explained Laurel M.

Fisher, Ph.D., a cognitive psychologist who serves as the associate director and statistician of clinical studies at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles, Calif.

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Marys.

The center, under the direction of Elk Regional Health System, will be able to accommodate 10 residents.

23 Some 23 percent of married couples sleep apart because of snoring and other sleep-related problems.

About 25 percent of those who sleep together say they would sleep better if they were in separate beds.

Sleep experts say excessive heat is one of the leading causes of sleeplessness, due largely to couples heating their bedrooms in excess of 64 degrees.

40 Emergency management officials in Pennsylvania report that 40 percent of calls to 911 are now coming from cellphones.

That lends a sense of urgency to the efforts by counties such as Cameron to tweak their 911 system so they can trace the location of those calls.

A statewide enhanced 911 program will be paid for through a $1.00 monthly fee cellphone users will pay.

As it is now, landline telephone customers pay $1.50 a month to cover 911 service.

1.10 A compromise measure to raise the minimum wage in Pa.

by $1.10 to $6.25 per hour may be passed by the state legislature in the coming weeks.

It's about half the amount Gov.

Rendell has advocated.

Business owners who oppose the governor's plan say an increase in labor costs would squeeze their already thin margins.

On the other side, unions and advocates for the poor support the governor's proposal to raise the figure to $7.15 per hour.

Under the bill that's likely to pass, workers under 18 w...