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Home abortion drug use effective, safe for most (Reuters)
Reuters - Medication-induced home abortions are safe for women who are 50 to 63 days pregnant, a new study from Sweden shows.
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Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)
AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.
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1 in 5 At-Risk U.S. Babies Doesn't Get Hepatitis B Vaccine (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- About one in five babies born to
mothers with hepatitis B aren't getting treatments that have been shown to
prevent the infection in newborns, a new study finds.
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HIV among newborns could be 'eradicated by 2015' (AFP)
AFP - Within five years, the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.
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World could soon shield "most newborns" from HIV (AFP)
AFP - Within five years the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.
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World could soon shield "most newborns from HIV" (AFP)
AFP - Within five years the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.
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World could soon shield "all newborns from HIV" (AFP)
AFP - Within five years the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.
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World could soon shield "all newborns from HIV" (AFP)
AFP - Within five years the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.
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Protect Your Baby's Smile (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SATURDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- The best way to give your
children's teeth a healthy start is to begin dental care early in life,
and the American Dental Association has tips for keeping kids' teeth in
tip-top shape:
Visit the dentist for regular checkups. Set up an appointment
within six months of the eruption of a child's first tooth, but no later
than the first birthday. Routine exams, cleanings and fluoride treatments
can catch problems early before they get worse and require significant
care. ...
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Baby Einstein DVD fails to boost language (Reuters)
Reuters - Fueling recent criticism of educational DVDs for toddlers, a new study finds that kids do not improve language skills after viewing one such product, the Baby Wordsworth from the Walt Disney Company's Baby Einstein series.
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