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Date           Subject  12/22/2009 Aid Group Lists Top 10 Worst Humanitarian...  12/01/2009 South Africa's leader announces new AIDS...  11/30/2009 Fighting Aids at Home And Around the World  11/25/2009 UNAIDS: Sex main cause for HIV spreading in...  11/19/2009 HIV Law Change Brings Peace of Mind for...

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Date           Subject  01/13/2010 Peanut Allergies Less Common Than Tests...  11/12/2009 Allergy Drug Tackles Nasal Congestion: Study

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Date           Subject  01/28/2010 Plant Flavonoid May Help Prevent Leukaemia -...  01/07/2010 U.S. FDA to Take New Look at Anemia Drugs  12/10/2009 Marrow Transplant Cures Adult Sickle Cell...

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Date           Subject  01/22/2010 Weak Evidence of Benefit for Scoliosis...  01/21/2010 Electro-acupuncture Shows Promise for Knee...  12/10/2009 Osteoporosis Drug May Help Fight Breast...  11/17/2009 Twins joined at head successfully separated  11/12/2009 Abused Kids May Grow Up to Have Arthritis

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Date           Subject  02/02/2010 Lexapro Helped Preserve Brain Function After...  01/26/2010 More blood pressure worry: It's linked to...  01/14/2010 British Govt Accused of Inadequate Dementia...  01/14/2010 Diabetes Ups Risk of Dementia for Mildly...  01/07/2010 Could a Cell Phone Protect You from...  01/07/2010 Driving a Challenge for Parkinson's Patients  12/24/2009 Stress Speeds Mental Decline in Impaired...  11/20/2009 Harmful Effects Seen with Repeated Ketamine...  11/19/2009 Health Issues in Middle Age Can Lead to...  11/19/2009 Mouse Study Points to Treatment for Down...  11/17/2009 Going high-tech to track Alzheimer's patients  11/17/2009 Twins joined at head successfully separated  11/16/2009 Moderate Drinking May Not Preserve Thinking...  11/16/2009 Mutant Genes Linked to Parkinson's in Some:...  11/12/2009 Acrylamide Not Tied to Thyroid, Head-neck...  11/12/2009 Trouble Thinking? Better See the Dentist

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Date           Subject  02/08/2010 Few High-risk Women in U.S. Take Breast...  02/04/2010 Hormone Replacement Tied to Lower Colon...  01/28/2010 Pelvic Symptoms Unlikely to Mean Ovarian...  01/28/2010 Plant Flavonoid May Help Prevent Leukaemia -...  01/28/2010 Reflux Surgery No Guard Against Throat Cancer  01/28/2010 Scanner Helps Doctors Pinpoint Prostate...  01/22/2010 Exercise, Green Tea May Lessen Breast Cancer...  01/22/2010 Smokers with cancer could quit and double...  01/21/2010 Radiation Dose Less with Digital Mammograms  01/19/2010 FDA debates tougher cancer warning on tanning...  01/07/2010 Exercise May Prevent Incontinence from...  01/05/2010 New Guidelines Back Mammograms Starting at...  12/11/2009 Chemotherapy Boosts Breast Cancer Survival:...  12/10/2009 Alcohol May Raise Chances of Breast Cancer...  12/10/2009 Birth Weight, Early Weight Gain May Hasten...  12/10/2009 Osteoporosis Drug May Help Fight Breast...  12/03/2009 India's "Death Factory" Leaves Toxic Legacy...  12/03/2009 Watching Tumors on CTs Can Predict Lung...  12/02/2009 CT Scans May Predict Survival in Colorectal...  11/22/2009 Former NIH chief: Ignore new mammogram...  11/22/2009 Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health...  11/20/2009 Breast Guidelines Test American Tolerance for...  11/20/2009 Burden of Proof: Breast Cancer Changes Fall...  11/20/2009 Eat And Drink Your Way to a Healthy Colon?  11/20/2009 Guidelines for cancer screening differ by...  11/19/2009 UK's Nice Says Bayer Liver Cancer Drug Too...  11/18/2009 Ex-Kiss drummer: Breast cancer not just for...  11/18/2009 Folic Acid Supplements May Raise Cancer Risk:...  11/18/2009 HHS secretary says mammograms still vital  11/17/2009 Experts Question Motives of Mammogram...  11/17/2009 New mammogram advice raises questions,...

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Date           Subject  02/08/2010 Autism risks detailed in children of older...  02/04/2010 Genes in Mother, Baby Raise Risk of Preterm...  02/04/2010 New Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise in Children  02/04/2010 Swine Flu Pandemic Hit European Children:...  02/03/2010 Healthy baby campaign uses texts to reach...  02/01/2010 Girl's odyssey shows challenge of fighting...  01/28/2010 Even Routine Tests Can Up Newborns' Pain...  01/28/2010 Kids of Bipolar Parents at Risk for Mental...  01/25/2010 Many Children 'Hear Voices'; Most Aren't...  01/25/2010 Parents Cut Kids' Calories When Menus Are...  01/22/2010 Weak Evidence of Benefit for Scoliosis...  01/21/2010 One-fifth of US Teens Have Unhealthy...  01/21/2010 Study finds US birth weights inch down a bit  01/11/2010 AP: Feds probe cadmium in kids' jewelry from...  01/11/2010 Buckle up! Kid films getting better at safety  01/07/2010 Gas Stoves Show Small Effect on Kids' Lung...  01/05/2010 Hunting newborn tests for super-rare gene...  01/04/2010 Evidence lacking for special diets in autism  12/24/2009 Swine Flu Deadlier in Children Than Seasonal...  12/24/2009 U.S. Doctors Link Gene to Childhood Asthma  12/16/2009 Health expert: Santa needs a carrot, not a...  12/15/2009 Junk Food Reigns in Ads on Web Sites for Kids  12/14/2009 Study shows pot more popular with teenagers  12/10/2009 Birth Weight, Early Weight Gain May Hasten...  12/10/2009 Mozart's music may help preemies gain weight  12/10/2009 Sugar with Hugs Relieve Newborn Pain  11/23/2009 Child Care Doubles TV Time for Some Children  11/23/2009 Meet Flu's Rival in Kids: Respiratory...  11/20/2009 Cost of child vaccines fall, more kids saved  11/20/2009 Exercise Important in Teens' Blood Pressure...  11/19/2009 More Birth Defects Seen with Assisted...

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Date           Subject  11/17/2009 Don't blame fast food: Mummies had heart...  11/17/2009 High Cholesterol under Treated in Many...

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Date           Subject  11/19/2009 Mouse Study Points to Treatment for Down...

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Date           Subject  01/28/2010 Family Fat Explains Some of Family Diabetes...  01/14/2010 Diabetes Ups Risk of Dementia for Mildly...  12/24/2009 Low Blood Sugar May Impair Diabetics' Driving  12/22/2009 Enriched Gel Grows Blood Vessels in Rats: US...  12/10/2009 Birth Weight, Early Weight Gain May Hasten...  11/19/2009 US survey shows southern counties most obese

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Date           Subject  01/28/2010 Public Swimming Ups Risk of Gastrointestinal...  01/28/2010 Reflux Surgery No Guard Against Throat Cancer

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Date           Subject  01/22/2010 Smokers with cancer could quit and double...  01/14/2010 Adults' Breathing Troubles May Begin in...  01/05/2010 No. 1 Health Problem? Dual-DIAGNOSIS  12/14/2009 Study shows pot more popular with teenagers  12/09/2009 GAO: FDA yet to make safety changes...  12/07/2009 FDA Seeks Plan to Curb Opioid Pain Killer...  11/20/2009 Harmful Effects Seen with Repeated Ketamine...  11/18/2009 Time to Quit for Good  11/12/2009 U.S. Stop-smoking Efforts Stalled, Report...  11/12/2009 US adult smoking rate rises slightly

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Date           Subject  11/12/2009 Allergy Drug Tackles Nasal Congestion: Study

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Date           Subject  11/19/2009 Model Kate Moss Criticised for "Skinny"...

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Date           Subject  01/28/2010 Family Fat Explains Some of Family Diabetes...  01/14/2010 Diabetes Ups Risk of Dementia for Mildly...  12/24/2009 Low Blood Sugar May Impair Diabetics' Driving  12/22/2009 Enriched Gel Grows Blood Vessels in Rats: US...  12/10/2009 Birth Weight, Early Weight Gain May Hasten...  11/19/2009 US survey shows southern counties most obese

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Date           Subject  11/19/2009 Company Seeks to Test Stem Cells for...  11/12/2009 Does Cataract Surgery Make Eye Disease Worse?

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Date           Subject  02/08/2010 Autism risks detailed in children of older...  02/08/2010 Few High-risk Women in U.S. Take Breast...  02/08/2010 For Obese, Vaccine Needle Size Matters  02/04/2010 Gov't to pay more than half of US health...  02/04/2010 Heart Risk Lower in Spanish Men Who Drink  02/04/2010 Study Fails to Link Saturated Fat, Heart...  02/04/2010 US Effort Will Check for Risky Food, Drug...  02/03/2010 Healthy baby campaign uses texts to reach...  02/02/2010 Community Health Centers Fill US Care Gaps:...  02/02/2010 Immune Treatment Helps Chronic Pain Patients  02/02/2010 Obama Budget Boosts Funds for Tropical...  02/02/2010 The Lancet retracts flawed autism study  02/02/2010 US Study Links Infections in Womb to Asthma  02/01/2010 Girl's odyssey shows challenge of fighting...  01/28/2010 Higher Copays Raise Health Costs in US Aged  01/28/2010 Michelle Obama makes obesity campaign...  01/28/2010 Public Swimming Ups Risk of Gastrointestinal...  01/28/2010 Rwandans Reach Out to Yoga As Trauma Therapy  01/28/2010 Scanner Helps Doctors Pinpoint Prostate...  01/26/2010 More blood pressure worry: It's linked to...  01/26/2010 Study finds drop in age-related hearing...  01/25/2010 Many Children 'Hear Voices'; Most Aren't...  01/25/2010 Parents Cut Kids' Calories When Menus Are...  01/25/2010 WHO slams swine flu critics as 'irresponsible...  01/22/2010 Smokers with cancer could quit and double...  01/21/2010 One-fifth of US Teens Have Unhealthy...  01/21/2010 Salt Reduction Could Save 92,000 U.S. Lives a...  01/20/2010 Country Star Charlie Daniels Recovering After...  01/20/2010 German Scientists Develop Fast-acting Germ...  01/20/2010 Heart group lists 7 essentials for heart...  01/20/2010 Scientists Want More Safety Studies on...

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Date           Subject  02/04/2010 Study Fails to Link Saturated Fat, Heart...  01/20/2010 Heart group lists 7 essentials for heart...  12/30/2009 FDA Clears Cardio Devices on Weak Research:...  12/22/2009 Enriched Gel Grows Blood Vessels in Rats: US...  12/11/2009 FDA confirms benefits of Crestor in more...  12/10/2009 Common Heart Rhythm Problem on the Rise in...  12/08/2009 Groups try simple steps to avoid hospital...  12/03/2009 Study finds hospitals speeding heart attack...  12/02/2009 For Some Women, Trans Fats Could Be Deadly  11/25/2009 Studies: Fighting global warming reduces...  11/19/2009 Study Showing Alcohol May Cut Heart Risk...  11/18/2009 Study: CT scans rule out heart attacks faster  11/17/2009 Crestor Shows Equal Or Better Benefit to...  11/17/2009 Don't blame fast food: Mummies had heart...  11/17/2009 FDA says heartburn drugs can interfere with...  11/17/2009 Heart Disease a Killer in Psychotic...  11/17/2009 Study: New device boosts heart failure...  11/16/2009 Global Health Alliance Targets Chronic...  11/16/2009 Just One Heart Attack Leads to 725 X-rays  11/16/2009 Slow Walkers More Likely to Die of Heart...

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Date           Subject  12/24/2009 Stress Speeds Mental Decline in Impaired...  11/20/2009 Exercise Important in Teens' Blood Pressure...

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Date           Subject  02/02/2010 Immune Treatment Helps Chronic Pain Patients  12/22/2009 Aid Group Lists Top 10 Worst Humanitarian...  12/15/2009 Antibody Tests Boost Celiac Disease Diagnoses  12/01/2009 South Africa's leader announces new AIDS...  11/30/2009 Fighting Aids at Home And Around the World  11/25/2009 UNAIDS: Sex main cause for HIV spreading in...  11/24/2009 UN: HIV outbreak peaked in 1996

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Date           Subject  02/08/2010 For Obese, Vaccine Needle Size Matters  02/04/2010 New Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise in Children  02/04/2010 Swine Flu Pandemic Hit European Children:...  02/02/2010 The Lancet retracts flawed autism study  01/25/2010 WHO slams swine flu critics as 'irresponsible...  01/22/2010 80 Percent of Darfur Conflict Deaths Due to...  01/21/2010 Gene sleuthing tracks variation in MRSA...  01/21/2010 Swine Flu Shots Given to 3.7 Million in...  01/20/2010 German Scientists Develop Fast-acting Germ...  01/14/2010 Gene Map for Malaria Crop Offers Higher Yield...  01/14/2010 No Link Seem between Flu Outbreak, Schizophre...  01/14/2010 Polar Bear Poo Helps in Superbug Hunt  01/12/2010 Too much flu vaccine? Shot push this week to...  01/12/2010 Who to Review Its Handling of H1n1 Flu...  01/07/2010 No U.S. Decision on H1n1 Vaccine Orders:...  01/07/2010 Nose Treatment Cuts Hospital-acquired...  01/05/2010 Who Chief Gets H1n1 Flu Vaccination  12/29/2009 May Take a Year to Conquer H1n1 Flu Pandemic:...  12/24/2009 Swine Flu Deadlier in Children Than Seasonal...  12/22/2009 Aid Group Lists Top 10 Worst Humanitarian...  12/22/2009 Meddling in Mosquitoes' Sex Life Could Cut...  12/22/2009 Nasal swine flu vaccine recalled over potency  12/17/2009 Swine flu vaccine now plentiful in half the...  12/17/2009 WHO to send swine flu vaccine to poor...  12/15/2009 800,000 doses of kids' swine flu vaccine...  12/11/2009 Chinese health officials step up flu...  12/11/2009 Who Backs Findings on Tamiflu for Seasonal...  12/10/2009 Canada Looks to Share Vaccine As Flu Cases...  12/10/2009 Netherlands reports 6 human deaths from Q...  12/10/2009 Sugar with Hugs Relieve Newborn Pain  12/10/2009 Swine Flu Has Killed 10,000 Americans Since...

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Date           Subject  01/07/2010 U.S. FDA to Take New Look at Anemia Drugs  12/14/2009 Study shows pot more popular with teenagers

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Date           Subject  02/02/2010 US Study Links Infections in Womb to Asthma  01/14/2010 Adults' Breathing Troubles May Begin in...  01/07/2010 Gas Stoves Show Small Effect on Kids' Lung...  12/24/2009 U.S. Doctors Link Gene to Childhood Asthma  12/10/2009 FDA panel backs inhalable drug for lung...  12/09/2009 WHO: Smoking kills 5 million every year  12/03/2009 Watching Tumors on CTs Can Predict Lung...  11/23/2009 Meet Flu's Rival in Kids: Respiratory...  11/16/2009 Global Health Alliance Targets Chronic...  11/12/2009 Acetaminophen Could Up Asthma, Wheezing Risk

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Date           Subject  02/04/2010 Heart Risk Lower in Spanish Men Who Drink  01/12/2010 Economic, Health Worries Make 35 the New 40:...  01/06/2010 Fight against fat goes high-tech with new...  12/10/2009 Birth Weight, Early Weight Gain May Hasten...  11/20/2009 Eat And Drink Your Way to a Healthy Colon?  11/19/2009 Spray Can Prevent Premature Ejaculation:...  11/18/2009 Ex-Kiss drummer: Breast cancer not just for...  11/17/2009 Shockwave Therapy Shows Promise for Ed  11/16/2009 Global Health Alliance Targets Chronic...  11/16/2009 Sex Infections Still Growing in U.S., Says...

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Date           Subject  01/28/2010 Kids of Bipolar Parents at Risk for Mental...  01/25/2010 Many Children 'Hear Voices'; Most Aren't...  01/22/2010 Exercise, Green Tea May Lessen Breast Cancer...  01/21/2010 Drugs for Depression, Anxiety Tied to Preterm...  01/14/2010 No Link Seem between Flu Outbreak, Schizophre...  01/14/2010 Study in Mice Shows Why Antidepressants Often...  01/12/2010 Economic, Health Worries Make 35 the New 40:...  01/05/2010 No. 1 Health Problem? Dual-DIAGNOSIS  12/24/2009 Stress Speeds Mental Decline in Impaired...  11/30/2009 Autism treatment works in kids as young as 18...  11/20/2009 Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD  11/19/2009 Health Issues in Middle Age Can Lead to...  11/18/2009 Army Suicides Set to Hit New High in 2009  11/17/2009 Heart Disease a Killer in Psychotic...  11/17/2009 Treating Depression After Surgery Speeds...  11/16/2009 In Binge-tolerant Japan, Alcoholism Not Seen...  11/16/2009 Moderate Drinking May Not Preserve Thinking...  11/16/2009 Mutant Genes Linked to Parkinson's in Some:...  11/16/2009 Potential for Criminal Behavior Evident at...  11/12/2009 Trouble Thinking? Better See the Dentist  11/12/2009 UK Study Warns Against Anti-psychotics for...

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Date           Subject  02/08/2010 For Obese, Vaccine Needle Size Matters  02/01/2010 Girl's odyssey shows challenge of fighting...  01/28/2010 Family Fat Explains Some of Family Diabetes...  01/28/2010 Michelle Obama makes obesity campaign...  01/14/2010 Best to Lose Some Weight Before Weight-loss...  12/16/2009 Health expert: Santa needs a carrot, not a...  12/11/2009 Fat in Diet Won't Affect Weight Gain Over...  12/10/2009 Birth Weight, Early Weight Gain May Hasten...  11/19/2009 US survey shows southern counties most obese  11/17/2009 Obesity Rates Keep Climbing in Texas  11/12/2009 On-off Fasting Helps Obese Adults Shed Pounds

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Date           Subject  02/02/2010 Immune Treatment Helps Chronic Pain Patients  12/30/2009 Tobacco May Up Pain from Jaw Disorder  12/29/2009 Facial Pain Often Severe, But Not Common  12/09/2009 GAO: FDA yet to make safety changes...

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Date           Subject  01/28/2010 Higher Copays Raise Health Costs in US Aged  01/26/2010 More blood pressure worry: It's linked to...  01/26/2010 Study finds drop in age-related hearing...  01/21/2010 Strength Training Aids Stroke-weakened Hands,...  01/14/2010 British Govt Accused of Inadequate Dementia...  01/14/2010 Diabetes Ups Risk of Dementia for Mildly...  01/08/2010 Drug benefit expanded to 1 million more...  01/07/2010 Could a Cell Phone Protect You from...  01/07/2010 Driving a Challenge for Parkinson's Patients  12/24/2009 Stress Speeds Mental Decline in Impaired...  12/02/2009 U.S. Senate Battles Over Elderly Health...  11/23/2009 Psychotropic Drugs Boost Fall Risk in the...  11/19/2009 A Few Extra Pounds May Help Elderly Live...  11/19/2009 Health Issues in Middle Age Can Lead to...  11/19/2009 Medicare Participants Grapple with Selecting...  11/17/2009 Going high-tech to track Alzheimer's patients  11/17/2009 Study: New device boosts heart failure...  11/16/2009 Global Health Alliance Targets Chronic...  11/16/2009 Slow Walkers More Likely to Die of Heart...  11/12/2009 Does Cataract Surgery Make Eye Disease Worse?  11/12/2009 Trouble Thinking? Better See the Dentist  11/12/2009 WHO: Give at-risk groups anti-flu drugs early

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Date           Subject  11/16/2009 Sex Infections Still Growing in U.S., Says...

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Date           Subject  01/14/2010 Belgian doctors give injured woman a new...  11/17/2009 Treating Depression After Surgery Speeds...  11/16/2009 Trauma Especially Deadly for Uninsured

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Date           Subject  02/08/2010 Autism risks detailed in children of older...  02/08/2010 Few High-risk Women in U.S. Take Breast...  02/04/2010 Genes in Mother, Baby Raise Risk of Preterm...  02/03/2010 Healthy baby campaign uses texts to reach...  02/02/2010 US Study Links Infections in Womb to Asthma  01/28/2010 Delivery Mode Not Altered by Pregnancy...  01/28/2010 Pelvic Symptoms Unlikely to Mean Ovarian...  01/22/2010 Exercise, Green Tea May Lessen Breast Cancer...  01/21/2010 Radiation Dose Less with Digital Mammograms  01/21/2010 Study finds US birth weights inch down a bit  01/19/2010 FDA debates tougher cancer warning on tanning...  01/14/2010 Britain Apologises 50 Years After Thalidomide...  01/14/2010 Study: 1 in 4 female teens involved in...  01/12/2010 Economic, Health Worries Make 35 the New 40:...  01/07/2010 Inducing Labor May Lead to More C-sections  01/06/2010 Fight against fat goes high-tech with new...  01/05/2010 New Guidelines Back Mammograms Starting at...  12/11/2009 Chemotherapy Boosts Breast Cancer Survival:...  12/11/2009 Devices for Pelvic Disorder Often Have Side...  12/10/2009 Alcohol May Raise Chances of Breast Cancer...  12/10/2009 Birth Weight, Early Weight Gain May Hasten...  12/10/2009 Osteoporosis Drug May Help Fight Breast...  12/03/2009 Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea  12/02/2009 For Some Women, Trans Fats Could Be Deadly  11/22/2009 Former NIH chief: Ignore new mammogram...  11/22/2009 Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health...  11/20/2009 Breast Guidelines Test American Tolerance for...  11/20/2009 Burden of Proof: Breast Cancer Changes Fall...  11/20/2009 Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between...  11/19/2009 More Birth Defects Seen with Assisted...  11/18/2009 HHS secretary says mammograms still vital

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