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GOP: Cancer test advice may taint care
Republicans are seizing on this week’s recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by w...
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N.C. State researchers chase stem cell advance
Researchers from N.C. State University have identified a gene that tells embryonic stem cells in the brain when to stop producing nerve cells called neurons
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Fred Massoomi, pharmacy operations coordinator at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Neb., examines a box containing five doses of swine flu vaccine. Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound
When the nation’s swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be “messy.” They were right
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Sebelius stresses importance of mammograms
Recent study suggests women wait until 50 to start scans
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A few tips for exercising in winter weather
Some of the trees still have some pretty color on them, and if you are like me, those pretty leaves keep falling in your yard
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Cribs for Kids helps families, seeks holiday support
Where a baby sleeps matters. It matters to the parent, it matters to the baby and although it may not seem obvious, it matters to the Durham community at large.
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Lifestyl.JPG Santas lobby for swine flu vaccine
Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine.
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Task force: Start mammograms at 50
NEW YORK — Most women don’t need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. It’s a major reversal that c...
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Study looks at antibodies and HIV
Duke researchers find more info to develop vaccine
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Smoking rate rises slightly
About 21 percent of U.S. adults say they light up
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