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Child in hospital after father has smallpox jab
Reuters   Saturday, 17 March 2007

In this file photo a U.S. Marine receives his Anthrax innoculation from a Navy Corpsman on January 24, 2003 at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in North Carolina. (Randy Davey/Reuters)Reuters - The 2-year-old son of a soldier deployed to Iraq is in critical condition after developing a reaction to his father's smallpox vaccination, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.


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Health Tip: Taking Your Child's Temperature
HealthDay   Saturday, 17 March 2007
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If your child appears sick and might be running a fever, it's important to take his temperature properly.
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Cancer Genome Scientists Discover 100 More Mutated Genes
HealthDay   Saturday, 17 March 2007
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer is a disease of genes gone awry, but new insights into the "cancer genome" could point the way to effective treatments, an international team of researchers reports.
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Booster Seat Laws Keep Kids Safe
HealthDay   Saturday, 17 March 2007
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- State booster seat laws may be saving the lives of young children, a new study finds.
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Resistance to Hormone Leptin Called Key to Obesity
HealthDay   Saturday, 17 March 2007
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers may have uncovered the biochemical defect that underlies food-induced obesity in mice.
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Mandates complicate HPV vaccine debate
AP   Saturday, 17 March 2007

One dose of the vaccine Gardasil, developed by Merck & Co., is displayed in this Friday, Feb. 2, 2007 file photo, in Austin, Texas. While proponents say requiring the vaccine would get it to the most people, critics have complained that the HPV vaccine would give teens a false sense of security and undermine abstinence-only education and parental autonomy.    (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, FILE)AP - The scenario might go something like this: A drug company develops a vaccine that could help wipe out most future cases of cervical cancer. State governments add it to their list of required vaccines for school. Girls line up for shots. Years later, fewer of them die prematurely — and everyone is happier.


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Clinical Trials Update: March 16, 2007
HealthDay   Saturday, 17 March 2007
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Test Could Determine Which Breast Cancer Patients Need Chemo
HealthDay   Saturday, 17 March 2007
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers will study a new test that analyzes a breast tumor's DNA in order to determine its aggressiveness and to identify which patients need chemotherapy.
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Diabetes Epidemic Spreading Worldwide: Experts
HealthDay   Saturday, 17 March 2007
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- More than two-thirds of the world's estimated 246 million diabetics come from less-affluent developing nations, and more must be done to curb a disease that now rivals HIV/AIDS in terms of suffering and death around the globe.
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Antidepressants Don't Help Kleptomaniacs
HealthDay   Saturday, 17 March 2007
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Antidepressants don't help people with the compulsive stealing disorder kleptomania, a new study found.
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Daily Migraine Pill Boosts Worker Productivity
HealthDay   Saturday, 17 March 2007
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Taking a daily medication to prevent migraine headaches can boost worker productivity and save companies money, a U.S. study shows.
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