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More women getting double mastectomies
Oct 22 2007 9:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More women who have cancer in only one breast are getting both breasts removed, says research that found the trend more than doubled in just six years. It's still a rare option: Most breast cancer in this country is treated by lumpectomy, removing just the tumor while saving the breast.
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NYC program gets kids up and running
Oct 22 2007 6:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Khalil Colon was sweaty but smiling after 25 jumping jacks and 20 laps around the school gym. A year ago, the 9-year-old said, running made him feel "like I'm about to drop on the middle of the floor."
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NYC program gets kids up and running
Oct 22 2007 6:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Khalil Colon was sweaty but smiling after 25 jumping jacks and 20 laps around the school gym. A year ago, the 9-year-old said, running made him feel "like I'm about to drop on the middle of the floor."
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Warning issued over human egg freezing
Oct 22 2007 6:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Don't count on freezing eggs to offset a ticking biological clock just yet. So say new guidelines for fertility specialists that conclude the procedure remains highly experimental even though it is increasingly offered.
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Obesity ads too soft on fat, critics say
Oct 22 2007 6:36PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Drunks swimming in gin, smokers in body bags and dopers living with their parents deep into adulthood. Those are among the public service ads shown in the past. But the government's new batch of obesity spots declines even to show a fat person, let alone wag a finger for gluttony or sloth.
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Vaccine plan for flu pandemic drafted
Oct 22 2007 4:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pregnant women, babies and toddlers would join doctors, emergency workers and soldiers at the head of the line for scarce vaccine if a super-strain of flu triggers the next pandemic, says a draft government plan to be released Tuesday.
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W.Va. leads nation in pregnant smokers
Oct 22 2007 3:50PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - More than a fourth of pregnant women in West Virginia smoked last year, putting themselves and their babies at risk.
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Scientists: Pig cells could help diabetics
Oct 22 2007 10:36AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Scientists at Washington University have transplanted embryonic pig pancreatic cells into diabetic monkeys, which could have major implications for the treatment of diabetes in humans.
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