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Haitian girl home after face surgery
Dec 31 2006 4:41PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - As her cousins, sisters and parents settled down at the kitchen table, Marlie Casseus surveyed the plates of soft foods before her with a new attitude.
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2006 diet news: hold the trans fats
Dec 31 2006 2:10PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Order from a menu of vegetables, fish, wine and chocolate, but hold the trans fats and sugary sodas. That might best sum up the diet headlines of 2006.
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Group recommends Down syndrome testing
Dec 31 2006 7:43AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - There's a big change coming for pregnant women: Down syndrome testing no longer hinges on whether they're older or younger than 35. This week, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists begins recommending that every pregnant woman, regardless of age, be offered a choice of tests for this common birth defect.
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Heart disease still big problem in South
Dec 31 2006 4:14AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia is making slight yet discernible progress in reducing deaths from heart disease, but it remains one of the states hit hardest by the nation's No. 1 killer. Mississippi tops the list.
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