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New TB strain in South Africa a concern
Apr 7 2007 8:14PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - The extent of the deadly new strain of tuberculosis in South Africa and the region is not known and is cause for concern, an international health expert said Wednesday.
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CAD mammograms often find harmless spots
Apr 7 2007 8:14PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A good mammogram reader may do just as well at spotting cancers without expensive new computer systems often used for a second opinion, a new study suggests. Computerized mammography, now used for about a third of the nation's mammograms, too often finds harmless spots that lead to false scares, researchers found. That conflicts with earlier studies showing benefit from the systems.
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Edwards: Do not neglect mammograms
Apr 7 2007 8:14PM (CT)
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Elizabeth Edwards said Wednesday she feels she let down her family and the country by neglecting to get mammograms that could have caught her cancer earlier. Mrs. Edwards _ appearing with her husband, Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, in their first trip to Iowa since announcing her cancer had returned _ admonished women to get their mammograms.
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NYC eyes circumcision push to fight AIDS
Apr 7 2007 8:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - City health officials are considering a program to urge circumcision for men at high risk of AIDS, noting studies that the procedure can reduce the chances of getting the disease.
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China issues new rules on transplants
Apr 7 2007 8:13PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China published new rules governing human organ transplants in its latest effort to clean up a business critics say has little regard for medical ethics.
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Thai doctors successfully separate twins
Apr 7 2007 8:13PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thai doctors announced Thursday that they successfully performed a rare operation to separate a pair of conjoined female infants, teasing apart their hearts and livers in the delicate procedure.
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