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Experts: Baxter bird flu vaccine made from lab cells instead of chicken eggs appears promising
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June 11, 2008 - 5:07 PM EST
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The first experimental bird flu vaccine made from lab-grown cells instead of chicken eggs shows promise in blocking the highly lethal virus, scientists report.The advance is good news not just for preparations in case of a pandemic, but also because it offers a way to make shots for seasonal flu much faster. That gives health officials crucial extra time to better match annual shots to the flu strains circulating.It also would...
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Kennedy's brain tumor battle shifts to a new phase: radiation, chemo, maybe experimental meds
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June 9, 2008 - 1:54 PM EST
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is back home from brain cancer surgery with something he didn't have before: lots of treatment options.Because his tumor was operable, the 76-year-old senator is a candidate for the most promising treatments _ traditional and experimental _ being used against his dire disease.Kennedy flew back to Massachusetts on Monday, a week after having much of his tumor removed at Duke University in North Carolina,...
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Hong Kong slaughters 2,700 poultry after detecting bird flu in market
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June 7, 2008 - 6:47 AM EST
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Hong Kong health workers slaughtered 2,700 poultry in a market Saturday after chickens were found to be carrying the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus, officials said.The slaughter may be extended to all live poultry in the territory if the virus is detected in any other locations, Secretary for Food and Health York Chow said."Since we have detected the virus in the market, we will cull all the chickens in this market," Chow told...
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Doctors say Sen. Kennedy was awake for most of his brain surgery, including tumor removal
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June 2, 2008 - 6:33 PM EST
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Bravery in the face of cancer? Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has given it new meaning. Few things require as much courage as being wide awake and aware, lying perfectly still for hours, while surgeons methodically slice out bits of your brain. Kennedy did just that, in an unusual operation Monday at Duke University Medical Center to treat his cancerous brain tumor.His surgeon said the operation met its goal: removing as much of the...
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Doctors say Sen. Kennedy was awake and aware for most of his brain surgery
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June 2, 2008 - 6:18 PM EST
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Bravery in the face of cancer? Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has given it new meaning. Few things require as much courage as being wide awake and aware, lying perfectly still for hours, while surgeons methodically slice out bits of your brain. Kennedy did just that, in an unusual operation Monday at Duke University Medical Center to treat his cancerous brain tumor.His surgeon said the operation met its goal: removing as much of the...
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World Health Organization criticizes tobacco industry focus on Asian young people
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May 30, 2008 - 3:57 AM EST
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Tobacco companies are targeting the half billion young people in the Asia Pacific region by linking smoking to glamorous and attractive lifestyles, the U.N. World Health Organization said Friday.In a statement marking World No Tobacco Day on Saturday, WHO said the tobacco industry is taking advantage of young people's vulnerability to advertising and influence."The bombardment of messages through billboards, newspapers, magazines,...
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Obesity epidemic among US children may have peaked, study says; More than half are too fat
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May 27, 2008 - 7:07 PM EST
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The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new figures that offer a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dismal battle."That is a first encouraging finding in what has been unremittingly bad news," said Dr. David Ludwig, director of an obesity clinic at Children's Hospital Boston. "But it's too soon to know if this really means we're beginning...
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Children who lived in Katrina trailers may face lifelong ailments from formaldehyde fumes
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May 27, 2008 - 6:21 PM EST
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The anguish of Hurricane Katrina should have ended for Gina Bouffanie and her daughter when they left their FEMA trailer. But with each hospital visit and each labored breath her child takes, the young mother fears it has just begun."It's just the sickness. I can't get rid of it. It just keeps coming back," said Bouffanie, 27, who was pregnant with her now 15-month-old daughter, Lexi, while living in the trailer. "I'm just...
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