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Experimental vaccine may prevent shingles
Jun 1 2005 9:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An experimental vaccine has shown promise at preventing shingles, a painful skin rash that afflicts 1 million Americans every year and causes long-term excruciating nerve pain for some.
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Peru doctors separate fused legs of baby
Jun 1 2005 9:56PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Doctors successfully separated the fused legs of a Peruvian baby during a risky, nationally televised operation Wednesday, and said they hoped the vivacious, bright-eyed girl would be walking in two years.
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China doctors separate conjoined twins
Jun 1 2005 9:52PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Doctors in Shanghai successfully separated two-month-old conjoined twin girls on Wednesday, hospital staff said.
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Children suffer middle-age health woes
Jun 1 2005 7:35PM (CT)
ATHENS (AP) - About half a million children in Europe are suffering classic middle-aged health problems because they are too fat, according to new estimates released Wednesday.
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Regional health center receives $40M grant
Jun 1 2005 2:06PM (CT)
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - The National Institutes of Health awarded a $40 million grant to Colorado State University on Wednesday for a regional center to fight human-to-animal diseases such as West Nile and hantavirus.
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Peru doctors separate 'mermaid' baby legs
Jun 1 2005 11:35AM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Doctors fully separated the fused legs of a Peruvian baby girl with "mermaid syndrome" during a nationally televised operation Wednesday, and they called the delicate procedure a "true success."
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Children suffer middle-age health woes
Jun 1 2005 11:25AM (CT)
ATHENS (AP) - About half a million children in Europe are suffering classic middle-aged health problems because they are too fat, according to new estimates released Wednesday.
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Study: Kids can be trained to eat better
Jun 1 2005 10:17AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Simple kid-friendly training in good nutrition got 8- to 10-year-olds to eat healthier for three years, although snacks, desserts and pizza still make up an astonishing third of the youngsters' diets, researchers reported Wednesday.
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Vietnam offers free health care to kids
Jun 1 2005 10:14AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam began offering free health care to all children under age 6 on Wednesday, in an effort to ensure proper care is provided during critical years of development, an official said.
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Bird flu said not behind chicken illness
Jun 1 2005 9:28AM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Authorities have ruled out bird flu disease as the cause of a mysterious respiratory illness that prompted the slaughter of 17,000 chickens in a central western Brazilian state, an official with the Agriculture Ministry said Wednesday.
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Study: Drug can reduce colon cancer risk
Jun 1 2005 6:44AM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A University of Arizona study claims that a drug commonly used to treat gallstones can help people who are high risk for getting colon cancer.
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Lawmakers give stem cell research a push
Jun 1 2005 5:40AM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Lawmakers in Connecticut and Massachusetts took steps to advance stem cell research in their states, efforts designed to capitalize on an emerging scientific field.
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