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Date           Subject  12/02/2008 World Leaders Urged to Keep Promises to Fight...  12/01/2008 Bush Says US Meets HIV Treatment Goal Early  12/01/2008 Malian Appointed Head of UN Aids Program  12/01/2008 More HIV Testing Can Save Babies' lives-UN...  12/01/2008 Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy Safe for HIV...  11/30/2008 Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some dare to...  11/28/2008 Delay in Aids Drug Use in South Africa Costly  11/28/2008 France's Carla Bruni to Take Up Role at Aids...  11/28/2008 MTV's Aids Awareness Campaign Turns 10  11/26/2008 Universal HIV Tests Would Have Big Impact:...  11/25/2008 Study says HIV could be eliminated in a...  11/24/2008 Indonesia's Papua Plans to Tag Aids Sufferers  11/19/2008 Early Treatment Best for AIDS-infected Babies  11/19/2008 Working in Health Care Can Be Risky, Study...  11/17/2008 Togo Says to Distribute Hiv/AIDS Drugs at No...  11/13/2008 Chile Says 512 May Be Infected in HIV Scandal  11/13/2008 Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured...  11/13/2008 Injecting Drugs Threaten India's Aids Fight:...  11/13/2008 More countries make spreading HIV a crime  11/10/2008 Angola Sees Aids As New Post-war Threat  11/05/2008 Gates Urges Rich Countries Not to Cut Health...  10/30/2008 China Aids Patients Dying Because of "Tragic...  10/27/2008 AIDS treatment should start sooner, study...  10/27/2008 Smallpox Vaccine Safe in HIV-infected...  10/22/2008 HIV testing planned amid scare at Mo. high...  10/22/2008 Swedish health agency blasted for HIV stance  10/22/2008 US FDA Expands Approval for J&J HIV Drug  10/21/2008 HIV May Cause Dangerous Blood Clots  10/17/2008 HIV Infections Up Sharply Among Hong Kong Gay...  10/17/2008 Women Need Empowerment in Fight Against Aids:...  10/14/2008 Scientists bleak about AIDS vaccine prospects

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Date           Subject  12/01/2008 Acupuncture Might Ease Hay Fever Symptoms  11/27/2008 Texas Firm Recalls "Gluten-free" Chicken...  11/14/2008 Problems Reported with Wrinkle Fillers in...  11/13/2008 Lymph Node Injections Offer Fast Allergy...  11/12/2008 Allergists' dander up about Obama quest for...  11/10/2008 Drinking Milk May Ease Milk Allergy  11/10/2008 Immunotherapy May Benefit Allergic Preschoole...  11/10/2008 Survey Looks at How Schools Handle Food...  11/07/2008 Early Exposure to Peanuts May Prevent Allergy  11/06/2008 Kid Vaccines Okay for Kids at Risk for...  11/06/2008 Steroid Nasal Spray Does Not Affect Kid's...  11/04/2008 Exposure to Mice Increase Risk of Wheeze in...  11/04/2008 Rice Can Trigger Severe Gut Reaction in...  10/31/2008 Probiotic for Babies Doesn't Ward Off...  10/28/2008 Ace Inhibitor Drugs Okay with Venom Therapy  10/23/2008 Food allergies increasing in US kids, study...  10/16/2008 Doctors Warn of Rash from Mobile Phone Use  10/10/2008 Latex Hides in Unexpected Places, Experts...  10/06/2008 Asthma Drug Helps Children: Novartis  10/02/2008 Mediterranean Diet May Protect Kids from...  09/29/2008 Rapid Fire-ant Sting Desensitization Ok in...  09/25/2008 Workshop Helps Parents And Food-allergic Kids  09/18/2008 Cesarean Section Linked to Allergy in...  09/15/2008 Skin Test Predicts Cow Milk Allergy...  09/10/2008 Allergy Tests Useful Before Implanting...

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Date           Subject  12/03/2008 South African Dies of Suspected Deadly Virus...  12/01/2008 Evidence Growing for Vitamin D-heart Health...  11/28/2008 Scientists Track Genetic Changes in Leukemia  11/25/2008 Blood Tests May Show Inherited Diseases in...  11/25/2008 Less Toxic Bmt Can Cure Sickle Cell Disease  11/24/2008 Study: Many kids in Katrina trailer park...  11/21/2008 Drug Can Extend Leukaemia Patients' Lives:...  11/19/2008 Avastin Raises Risk of Blood Clots in Veins:...  11/18/2008 New Study Backs Solvent, Leukemia Link  11/13/2008 Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured...  11/11/2008 Cardiologist Questions Safety of Lilly's...  11/10/2008 Bayer to Advance Clot Drug Despite Mixed...  11/04/2008 Breast Implants May Increase Risk of Rare...  10/21/2008 Blood Pressure Drug Before Surgery Raises...  10/21/2008 HIV May Cause Dangerous Blood Clots  10/21/2008 Socioeconomics Play Into Lymphoma Survival  10/17/2008 Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly: New drug still on...  10/17/2008 Needle Breast Biopsy Safe with Blood Thinner  10/08/2008 Easy Test As Good As Difficult One for Blood...  09/26/2008 U.S. FDA Probing Deaths in Anemia Drug Study  09/24/2008 Regulator says hospitals need strict heparin...  09/22/2008 Secondhand Smoke Tied to Artery Disease in...  09/18/2008 Calcium in Pregnancy Shields Fetus from Lead...  09/17/2008 Blocking Enzyme Could Help in Rare Blood...  09/16/2008 Varicose Vein Treatment Eases Hunger for Pigs  09/15/2008 Deep Blood Clots May Affect 600,000 Annually  09/15/2008 Doctors say leg pain can signal deadly blood...  09/15/2008 Migraine May Be a Risk Factor for Blood Clots  09/12/2008 Anemia Makes Heart Failure More Deadly  09/10/2008 Survival Rates Rise in Childhood Blood...

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Date           Subject  12/03/2008 Carrot Juice Botulism Outbreak Prompts FDA...  12/03/2008 High Carb Diet Useful for Muscle Disorder  11/28/2008 Extra Testosterone Won't Boost Physical...  11/27/2008 "Watchful Waiting" Okay for Hernias in...  11/26/2008 Dairy Foods Help Kids Build Stronger Bones  11/26/2008 Patient-led drug trials defy medical...  11/26/2008 Shock Wave Therapy Relieves Plantar Fasciitis...  11/26/2008 Smoking May Worsen Rheumatoid Arthritis in...  11/21/2008 Hormone Linked to Falls in Older Diabetic...  11/20/2008 Knee Replacement Improves Physical Function:...  11/20/2008 Vitamin E Won't Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis:...  11/17/2008 Doctors hoping for new era of artificial...  11/17/2008 Through Website, Patients Creating Own Drug...  11/14/2008 Aggressive Bone Care Could Prevent Hip...  11/12/2008 Beta-alanine Helps Seniors Stave Off Fatigue  11/12/2008 Personal Rehab Helpful for Multiple Sclerosis  11/11/2008 Bayer Drug Delays MS in Half of Patients: Mri...  11/11/2008 Calcium Builds Men's Bones, Too, Study...  11/11/2008 People in Chronic Pain Show Higher Suicide...  11/10/2008 Juvenile Arthritis Teens Less Physically...  11/10/2008 Rerouting urinary nerves may help spina...  11/07/2008 Myopic Patients Cautioned About Heavy Lifting  11/06/2008 Growth, Loading Put Gymnasts' Wrists at Risk  11/05/2008 Depression, Anxiety May Exacerbate Chronic...  11/03/2008 Drug May Help Combat Frailty in Older Adults  11/03/2008 HEALTHBEAT: Brain slows at 40, starts body...  10/31/2008 Arthritis Drug Unlikely to Slow Spinal...  10/31/2008 Glucosamine-chondroitin Won't Halt Cartilage...  10/31/2008 Successive Births, Hrt Hard on the Joints  10/30/2008 Arthritis Research Lacking in Minorities:...  10/30/2008 Gum Disease Common with Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Date           Subject  12/03/2008 Binge-drinking May Raise Stroke Risk  12/03/2008 Carrot Juice Botulism Outbreak Prompts FDA...  12/03/2008 Multiple Sclerosis Seen Associated with...  12/02/2008 1 in 5 young adults has personality disorder  12/02/2008 Brain waves are window into autism language...  12/02/2008 Exercise Improves Brain Blood Flow in Older...  12/02/2008 Partial Vaccine Dose May Work As Well As Full...  12/02/2008 Surgery for Refractory Epilepsy Lengthens...  12/01/2008 Possible Link between Epilepsy Drug And...  11/29/2008 Internet Searching Stimulates Brain, Study...  11/28/2008 Bangladesh to Launch Polio Vaccination Drive  11/28/2008 Kids' Development Woes Tied to Mom's Flower...  11/28/2008 Research on Mice Links Fast Food to...  11/27/2008 Author Terry Pratchett in UK Alzheimer's Plea  11/27/2008 Gum Disease Tied to Worse Mental Function  11/27/2008 Tamoxifen Easier on the Brain Than Thought:...  11/26/2008 Adhd Meds Do Not Induce Cell Damage  11/26/2008 Apnea Therapy May Help Cognition in...  11/26/2008 Gut Chemical May Inspire New Way to Fight...  11/25/2008 J&J Supported Research Institute to Get Drug...  11/25/2008 Nigeria to Launch Mass Polio Immunization...  11/25/2008 Simple Test Might Catch Early Mental Decline  11/24/2008 Antigenics Vaccine Promising in Small Cancer...  11/24/2008 Diabetic Monitors Can Prevent Nighttime...  11/24/2008 FDA: Epilepsy drug may be risky for Asians  11/24/2008 Fibromyalgia Patients Show Brain Abnormalitie...  11/24/2008 Peginterferon-induced Depression Is...  11/24/2008 Scientists Shed Light on Causes of Epilepsy  11/21/2008 Weight-Alzheimer Link Different for Men And...  11/20/2008 Type 2 Diabetes May Slow Mental Processing...  11/18/2008 Addicts Prefer Drug Imagery to Pleasant...

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Date           Subject  12/03/2008 Cervical Cancer Chemo Easier on Black Women:...  12/03/2008 Children with Bone Cancer at Risk for Second...  12/02/2008 Cancer Patients' Race May Affect Well-being  12/02/2008 U.S. Study Weighs Lifetime Risks from CT...  12/01/2008 Breast Cancer Results Good for Women with...  11/28/2008 Patients treat serious illness as laughing...  11/28/2008 Scientists Track Genetic Changes in Leukemia  11/28/2008 Testing for Cancer at Home  11/27/2008 Tamoxifen Easier on the Brain Than Thought:...  11/26/2008 Encouraging dip in rate of new cancers,...  11/25/2008 Low Birth Weight Ups Risk of Infant Skin...  11/25/2008 Overweight Women at Risk for Advanced Breast...  11/25/2008 Study examines whether breast tumors can...  11/24/2008 Antigenics Vaccine Promising in Small Cancer...  11/24/2008 Avastin Successful in Breast Cancer Trial  11/24/2008 Home Interventions Benefit Older Cancer...  11/24/2008 Some Breast Cancers May Spontaneously...  11/21/2008 Drug Can Extend Leukaemia Patients' Lives:...  11/21/2008 Lung Cancer Pill May Get Second Chance After...  11/21/2008 Saturated Fat Tied to Small Intestine Cancers  11/21/2008 Study Backs Finland's Colon Cancer Screening  11/20/2008 Dad's In-home Smoking May Harm Family's...  11/20/2008 Laura Bush in Panama to promote cancer...  11/20/2008 Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but...  11/20/2008 Removing Small Colon Polyps Costly,...  11/19/2008 Avastin Raises Risk of Blood Clots in Veins:...  11/19/2008 Gender And Age Impact Stomach Cancer...  11/18/2008 Broccoli Helps Prevent Cancer in Smokers -...  11/18/2008 Canola Oil Diet Lowers Cancer Risk for Mom,...  11/18/2008 Diabetes Drugs Tied to Lower Prostate Cancer...  11/18/2008 New Study Backs Solvent, Leukemia Link

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Date           Subject  12/03/2008 A New Self-harm Disorder Among Teens...  12/03/2008 Children with Bone Cancer at Risk for Second...  12/03/2008 Conjoined twin dies after separation surgery  12/03/2008 Danish Firm to Give African Children Free...  12/03/2008 Even Moderate Drinking in Pregnancy Harmful:...  12/03/2008 Exercise Helps Overweight Kids with Anger  12/03/2008 Saudi Arabia finds chemical in milk from...  12/02/2008 Brain waves are window into autism language...  12/02/2008 China Raises Death Estimate from Tainted Milk...  12/02/2008 Folate in Pregnancy Linked to Respiratory...  12/02/2008 Kids Take Responsibility for Asthma Meds...  12/02/2008 Lots of TV And Web Harms Kids' Health  12/02/2008 Researchers Link C-section Babies to Asthma...  12/02/2008 World Leaders Urged to Keep Promises to Fight...  12/01/2008 Accidental Child Poisonings Still a Major...  12/01/2008 More HIV Testing Can Save Babies' lives-UN...  12/01/2008 Possible Link between Epilepsy Drug And...  12/01/2008 Pregnant Indians Pass Diabetes Risk to Babies  12/01/2008 Sleep Terrors May Have Genetic Roots  12/01/2008 Some doctors may give up vaccines because of...  12/01/2008 Surgery for Chest Abnormality Improves Body...  11/29/2008 FDA sets melamine standard for baby formula  11/28/2008 Africa Vaccine Trial New Push Against Malaria  11/28/2008 Bangladesh to Launch Polio Vaccination Drive  11/28/2008 Domestic Violence May Raise Kids' Abuse Risk  11/28/2008 Growth Hormone Boosts Height in Kids with...  11/28/2008 Kids' Development Woes Tied to Mom's Flower...  11/28/2008 Measles "Epidemic" Risk As Parents Shun Mmr...  11/28/2008 Scientists Track Genetic Changes in Leukemia  11/27/2008 Flu Vaccination Rates Low in High-risk Teens  11/27/2008 Non-surgical Treatments Effective for...

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Date           Subject  12/02/2008 High Phosphorus Tied to Early Artery Plaques  12/01/2008 Depression Linked with Abdominal Obesity  12/01/2008 Evidence Growing for Vitamin D-heart Health...  11/28/2008 Exercise, Calcium May Lower Metabolic...  11/28/2008 Research on Mice Links Fast Food to...  11/27/2008 Periodontal Disease Linked to Metabolic...  11/27/2008 Prenatal Diabetes Exposure Has Consequences:...  11/18/2008 Good News And Bad on Cholesterol Levels: US...  11/13/2008 Study: Family members take diet seriously...  11/12/2008 More US Women Are Surviving Heart Attack  11/10/2008 Statin Reduces Death And Heart Attack Rates  11/09/2008 Study: Wider cholesterol drug use may save...  11/07/2008 Statins Lower Biological Marker of Prostate...  10/29/2008 Obesity, Other Health Issues Delay Diagnosis...  10/28/2008 Statins Cut Key Indicator of Prostate Cancer  10/14/2008 Sleep Apnea Treatment Good for the Heart  09/16/2008 Effective Drugs Help Curb Diabetes Deaths  09/16/2008 Marathoners Show Higher-than-expected Heart...  09/16/2008 Statin Use Suboptimal Among Elderly Heart...  09/15/2008 Lawmakers Investigate Wyeth Vitamin Claims  09/05/2008 Going Off Statins After Heart Attack Risky:...

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Date           Subject  12/03/2008 Conjoined twin dies after separation surgery  12/02/2008 Folate in Pregnancy Linked to Respiratory...  12/01/2008 Surgery for Chest Abnormality Improves Body...  11/27/2008 Non-surgical Treatments Effective for...  11/10/2008 Rerouting urinary nerves may help spina...  11/10/2008 Umbilical Cord Blood May Help Build Heart...  10/30/2008 Congenital Heart Disease May Go Unrecognized  10/29/2008 Heart Defect Shouldn't Limit Kids' Exercise:...  09/29/2008 Miniature Heart Pump Used Successfully in...  09/24/2008 German Thalidomide Victims Go on Hunger  09/23/2008 Drinking in Early Pregnancy Tied to Cleft Lip

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Date           Subject  12/03/2008 Danish Firm to Give African Children Free...  12/02/2008 Undiagnosed Diabetes Common in Hospitalized...  12/01/2008 Depression Linked with Abdominal Obesity  12/01/2008