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Sharing love for trees at Cold Spring Harbor 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: Gardens and Parks, Biology, Genetics, Natural Science, Tourism and Leisure
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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: Vaccines, Robert Gates, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense
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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... -
Doctors trying to restore desire
Special to the Daily PressDoctors on the Southside have begun a clinical trial on a new female testosterone gel they hope can help menopausal women who have lost interest in sex. The treatment, called LibiGel, is one of the first therapies geared toward women with low libidos,...Tags: Medical Research, American Medical Association, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Breast Cancer, Clubs and Associations
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Behind-the-scenes talks prompted drug industry to adopt FDA recommendation on cold remedies
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ When drug makers made a surprise announcement this week that they no longer recommend cough and cold remedies for youngsters under 4, they didn't let on that it was the government's idea. And why age 4 rather than the age 6 that...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Family, Medicine, Diseases
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High Court Grants Marriage Rights For Same-Sex Couples
Courant Staff WritersThe state Supreme Court's 4-3 decision Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry swept through the state with the force of a cultural tidal wave. While lead plaintiff Beth Kerrigan and her partner -- soon to be wife -- embraced and sobbed...Tags: Minority Groups, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Family, Court Administration
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Soap Summary for the week of Oct. 11
Creators SyndicateALL MY CHILDREN: Angie confirms that Bella perfume is tainted. Kendall accuses Adam of sabotaging Bella in an attempt to destroy Fusion. Adam holds a press conference announcing he's going to file a lawsuit against Fusion for marketing poisoned perfume...Tags: Health and Beauty Products, Murder, Fragrances, Beauty Products and Fragrances, Diseases
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25% of teen girls vaccinated for cervical cancer, U.S. says
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAbout a quarter of the nation's teenage girls received the controversial cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil last year in its first full year of distribution, federal authorities said Thursday. "For a new vaccine, 25% is really very good," Lance Rodewald,...Tags: Vaccines, Minority Groups, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Merck & Company Incorporated, People
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An industry takes its medicine
Just in time for cold and flu season, manufacturers of popular over-the-counter cold and cough medicines have said they will stop marketing their remedies to children under age 4. It's the industry's latest response to a Baltimore-led push by health...Tags: Family, Pharmaceuticals, Medicine
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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,... -
WHO investigating 3 deaths from mystery hemorrhagic fever in South Africa
GENEVA (AP) _ The 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... -
Multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma What: Uncommon cancer of bone marrow and bone. Caused by abnormal growth in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell in the immune system. Leads to bone disease, anemia, kidney damage. Symptoms: Bone pain, notably in back and ribs; bone...Tags: Cancer, Diseases
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