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Men carry breast cancer genes, too
Dec 14 2007 11:05PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Doctors are encouraging a new group of people to consider getting tested for genes that raise the risk of breast cancer: men. Male relatives of women with such genes often do not realize that they, too, may carry them, and face greater odds of developing male breast cancer, as well as prostate, pancreatic and skin cancer, new research suggests.
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NJ requires flu shots for preschoolers
Dec 14 2007 8:23PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey on Friday became the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers, saying their developing immune systems and likelihood of spreading germs make them as vulnerable to complications as the elderly.
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Fewer breast patients may need chemo
Dec 14 2007 6:40PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Thousands of breast cancer patients each year could be spared chemotherapy or get gentler versions of it without harming their odds of beating the disease, new research suggests.
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Mercury in mascara? Minn. law bans it
Dec 14 2007 6:40PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The quest for thicker lashes and defined eyes should get safer in Minnesota on Jan. 1, when a state law banning mercury from mascara, eye liners and skin-lightening creams takes effect.
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