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    Many Adults With Asthma Are Skipping Flu Shots (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with asthma face a higher risk of complications if they catch the flu, yet many skip their annual shots, new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. -- read full article
    Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:48:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Health Tip: Understanding Pre-Diabetes (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Before some people develop full-blown diabetes, their blood sugar is above normal, but not high enough to qualify for a diagnosis of diabetes. -- read full article
    Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:03:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Rwandan bill would lead to forced sterilization: rights group (AFP)

    Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based rights group, urged Rwanda to revise a draft law which it said would introduce compulsory HIV testing and require all people with mental disabilities to be sterilized.(HRW)AFP - A US-based rights group on Wednesday urged Rwanda to revise a draft law which it said would introduce compulsory HIV testing and require all people with mental disabilities to be sterilized.


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    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:43:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Botched circumcisions leave 31 dead in S.Africa (AFP)

    A mother comforts her son as a doctor performs a circumcision in 2007. Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region.(AFP/File/Fayez Nureldine)AFP - Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region, officials said on Friday.


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    Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:52:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    New Drug Could Work Against Leukemia (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- A new targeted therapy shows promise in treating acute myeloid leukemia, a highly treatment-resistant blood cancer, according to a new study. -- read full article
    Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Another Genetic Link to Testicular Cancer Is Found (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- A second gene linked to inherited testicular germ-cell cancer has been identified by scientists at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. -- read full article
    Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    New Weapons in Fight Against TB? (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis might someday meet its match in two drugs now used to treat Parkinson's disease, suggests a new study. -- read full article
    Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:03:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Fertility drug combo promising in older women (Reuters)
    Reuters - The combination of two drugs -- Femara (letrozole) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) -- could be of benefit in infertile women of advanced reproductive age undergoing intrauterine insemination, results of a study indicate. -- read full article
    Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:27:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Uganda to outlaw female circumcision (AFP)

    A woman who performs genital cutting displays a knife she uses to perform the procedure. Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region.(AFP/File/Kambou Sia)AFP - Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region, the president said in a statement Friday.


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    Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:45:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Bedwetting, being overweight linked to sleep apnea (Reuters)
    Reuters - Children who are overweight and wet the bed at night may have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), researchers report. -- read full article
    Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:44:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    WHO paper: TB vaccine could kill babies with HIV (AP)
    AP - The World Health Organization says a study has shown that babies with HIV could die if given a standard tuberculosis vaccine. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:43:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Birth weight appears associated with leukemia (Reuters)
    Reuters - There may be an association between high birth weight and an increased risk of overall leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The increased risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) appears to be associated with the high and low extremes of birth weight. -- read full article
    Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:43:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Cancer Endangers Some Wildlife Species (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer is a major threat to certain species of wildlife, which need to be protected through health monitoring, researchers say. -- read full article
    Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:48:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Living Alone Increases Odds of Developing Dementia (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Middle-aged adults who live alone are twice as likely to develop dementia or Alzheimer's disease later in life compared to those who are married or live with a partner. And the risk is three times higher among those who are divorced or widowed, according to a new study by Swedish and Finnish researchers. -- read full article
    Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:48:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    C-Section Stress Could Alter Baby's Immune Cells (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Babies delivered by cesarean section experience changes to the DNA of white blood cells, which might explain why they're at increased risk for immunological diseases such as diabetes and asthma later in life, Swedish researchers say. -- read full article
    Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:48:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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