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Texas Gov. urged against cancer order
Feb 5 2007 11:04PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Several key Republicans urged Gov. Rick Perry on Monday to rescind his executive order making Texas the first state to require girls to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
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Texas Gov. urged against cancer order
Feb 5 2007 11:04PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Several key Republicans urged Gov. Rick Perry on Monday to rescind his executive order making Texas the first state to require girls to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
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Texas Gov. urged against cancer order
Feb 5 2007 11:04PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Several key Republicans urged Gov. Rick Perry on Monday to rescind his executive order making Texas the first state to require girls to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
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Kids' suicides rise, CDC report finds
Feb 5 2007 8:39PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - New government figures show a surprising increase in youth suicides after a decade of decline, and some mental health experts think a drop in use of antidepressant drugs may be to blame.
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Drink's calorie-burning claims probed
Feb 5 2007 7:06PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Monday announced an investigation into claims by Coca-Cola and Nestle that their new drink can burn calories and not "voodoo nutrition."
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Ark. may drop schoolchildren weigh-ins
Feb 5 2007 7:03PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas _ the first state to send home obesity report cards to warn parents of overweight kids' health risks _ may ditch the plan or weaken it with the help of the new governor.
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Debate grows over female thyroid testing
Feb 5 2007 7:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Even a slightly underactive thyroid _ too mild for symptoms _ during pregnancy might trigger premature birth and babies born with lower IQs. But doctors don't know if treating a symptom-free mother would help.
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British confronts outbreak of bird flu
Feb 5 2007 4:52PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Britain is confronting Europe's biggest outbreak of bird flu with a massive slaughter of turkeys _ and worried consumers are asking whether the disease will hit humans next.
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Will skinny-model debate trickle down?
Feb 5 2007 3:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - She was a 16-year-old honors student, keenly interested in politics and eager to work for her candidate in last fall's congressional elections. But when election day came around, the girl wasn't on the campaign trail. She was in the hospital, with anorexia.
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European poultry farmers watch for flu
Feb 5 2007 12:36PM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Poultry farmers around Europe were on guard Monday against the possible spread of bird flu across the North Sea from infected Britain, fearing the disease could be carried by wild birds. Ireland, Russia and Macedonia followed Japan in banning British poultry imports, and the Netherlands and Norway ordered restrictions on commercial poultry over the weekend after the outbreak last week of the H5N1 strain of the virus, which hit poultry stocks in Asia in 2003.
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British: No risk from bird flu outbreak
Feb 5 2007 8:24AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - An outbreak of bird flu on a big English turkey farm should pose no risk to the public or to the poultry industry, a government minister said Monday as investigators continued trying to identify the source of the infection.
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More kids having weight-loss surgery
Feb 5 2007 6:00AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - As the popularity of stomach surgery has skyrocketed among obese adults, a growing number of doctors are asking, "Why not children, too?"
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