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Dengue fever surges in Latin America (AP)

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Dengue fever surges in Latin America (AP)

Graphic shows number of dengue fever cases in Latin America and the Caribbean; three sizes; 1c x 4 3/8 inches; 46.5 mm x 111.1 mm; 2c x 2 1/4 inches; 96.3 mm x 57.2 mm; 2c x 3 3/8 inches; 96.3 mm x 85.7 mmAP - Dengue fever is spreading across Latin America and the Caribbean in one of the worst outbreaks in decades, causing agonizing joint pain for hundreds of thousands of people and killing nearly 200 so far this year.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yaho! o.com/s/ap/20070930/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/dengue_epidemic

 

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FDA Experts Urge Ban on Cold Medicines for Young Children (HealthDay)

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FDA Experts Urge Ban on Cold Medicines for Young Children (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health experts onFriday urged the federal Food and Medicine Administration to consider banningthe sale of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for youngchildren.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070930/hl_hsn/fdaexpertsurgebanoncoldmedicinesforyoungchildren

 

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Wounded vets also suffer financial woes (AP)

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Wounded vets also suffer financial woes (AP)

Pisey Tan climbs into a chair beside his prosthetic legs at Prosthetic Innovations in Eddystone, Pa., Monday, Sept. 10, 2007. Tan lost his legs in a makeshift bomb blast in Iraq. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - He was one of America’s first defenders on Sept. 11, 2001, a Marine who pulled burned bodies from the ruins of the Pentagon. He saw more horrors in Kuwait and Iraq.

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FDA Experts Urge Ban on Cold Medicines for Young Children (HealthDay)

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FDA Experts Urge Ban on Cold Medicines for Young Children (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health experts onFriday urged the federal Food and Medicine Administration to consider banningthe sale of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for youngchildren.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070929/hl_hsn/fdaexpertsurgebanoncoldmedicinesforyoungchildren

 

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6 die from brain-eating amoeba in lakes (AP)

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6 die from brain-eating amoeba in lakes (AP)

AP - It sounds like science fiction but it’s true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070929/ap_on_he_me/killer_amoeba

 

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