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What the vaccine does
In the nearly 40 years since the nation declared war on cancer, great advances have been made in breast cancer screening, early detection and treatment. The death rate for breast cancers has fallen. More is discovered all the time about the genetics and...Tags: Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Vaccines, Medical Specialization, Preventative Medicine
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Keeping up the battle against HIV, AIDS
Los Angeles Times"Ladies," said Cookie Johnson, looking straight into the camera, her husband's arm draped across her shoulders. "Have you been tested ... " " ... for HIV?" finished Los Angeles Lakers basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson. As the most prominent...Tags: Magic Johnson, NAACP, National or Ethnic Minorities, Diseases, Television Industry
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Man swims off Alcatraz for sister with celiac disease
Special to NewsdayHe was warned that he might encounter gale-force winds, impenetrable fog, cold choppy water and sharks, but David Milkes, a Great Neck physician, was determined to make the 1.5-mile swim from notorious Alcatraz Island to the shores of San Francisco Bay....Tags: Swimming, Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Cancer, Weather Warnings
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Liz Watson shares love for trees at CSH Lab
The slender brown-haired woman in sneakers, beige pants and a sleeveless shirt - fit and toned from her almost-daily walks about the green world she lives in - stands in the driveway in front of her house and looks at two stately trees reaching into the...Tags: Biology, Medical Specialization, Botany, Barbara McClintock, Gardens and Parks
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The Morning Call Sports Calendar
COMING EVENTS:
EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL MIDNIGHT MADNESS OCT. 16 -- 8 p.m., Koehler Fieldhouse … program run from 8:30 p.m. until 10 p.m., admission free, ring in the upcoming 2008-09 basketball season … includes games, free food, great...Tags: CVS Corporation, Charity, Diseases, Defense, Hospitals and Clinics
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Chinese farmers hit by milk scandal crackdown
Tribune NewspapersPANZHUANGZI, China — Before dawn each day, Gao Peng Hong and his wife join scores of other farmers in this dairy-rich village who must walk their cows to a local milk collection station because of new safety requirements. A byproduct of China's...Tags: Food Industry, Healthcare Policies, Pet Supplies, Food Safety, Pets and Pet Supplies
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The financial crisis and health care
The financial markets are gyrating. The world economy is teetering. The U.S. government is making a $700 billion or more bailout to avert a worldwide disaster. No surprise, health care has become a side show. Or has it? Not only does this upheaval...Tags: Medicine, Economic Policy, American International Group, Freddie Mac, Financial Markets
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The tricky matter of rationing Halloween treats
The Associated PressNEW YORK—It wasn't the gruesome costumes or gory masks turning up at Lisa Bruno's front door that spooked her on Halloween. It was the pudge lurking beneath the costumes. "The kids were just so huge," Bruno says. So five years ago, she was...Tags: Family, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Religious Festivals, Public Holidays, Halloween
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Get those lingering skeeters to scatter
Special to the Chicago TribuneFirst, the bad news: Our September rains plus balmy temperatures were the perfect recipe for a bumper crop of mosquitoes. Now, the good news: It could be worse. The 10-inch rainfalls washed away many of the larvae. And, with simple precautions, we can...Tags: Medicine, Retroviruses, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases, Illnesses
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S. Africa deaths probed; hemorrhagic fever suspected
From the Associated PressThe U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg. The World Health Organization says the disease appears to be a form of hemorrhagic fever. It says tests have proved... -
Hemorrhagic fever
A form of hemorrhagic fever has killed three people in Johannesburg, South Africa. The U.N. health agency is looking into the mystery disease. The World Health Organization says says tests have proved negative for Ebola, Lassa fever, Rift Valley fever,... -
US restrictions on bird flu vaccines over bioweapons fears baffles health experts
Associated Press WriterJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) _ When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the...Tags: Robert Gates, Vaccines, Central Intelligence Agency, Preventative Medicine, Wars and Interventions
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