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Flesh-eating germ rare, especially for the healthy

Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. One of her legs was amputated and her fingers will be too, her father says, because of the spreading infection.

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French trial opens in diabetes-diet drug scandal

Lawyers for a French pharmaceutical group suspected in the deaths of at least 500 people argued Monday that a trial against their client should be halted as two separate cases should be rolled into one before the court can proceed.

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Economic growth sows unhappiness in China: study

China’s economic growth of the last 20 years has generally been met with declining happiness, especially among the poorest members of society, according to a US analysis published on Monday.

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Economic growth sows unhappiness in China: study

Measles kills 12 children in Pakistan tribal area

A measles outbreak has killed 12 children in one of Pakistan’s lawless tribal districts and is spreading as fighting, power cuts and curfews cause a vaccine shortage, doctors said Monday.

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Botswana makes new pitch for circumcision in AIDS fight

“Should I, shouldn’t I?” That’s the question that 31-year-old Kabo Moeti ponders as he waits outside a clinic in a Botswana village, where he’s considering getting circumcised.

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Shape Up, Safely, for Summer

SATURDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) — Being healthy and losing weight are not only about crash diets, clothing sizes and numbers on the scale, experts say.

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Does Your Child Have Seasonal Allergies or a Cold?

SATURDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) — It can be difficult during the spring months for parents to determine whether their children have a cold or seasonal allergies, but an expert outlines how to tell the difference.

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Does Your Child Have Seasonal Allergies or a Cold?

FDA delays rules meant to ease sunscreen confusion

Sunscreen confusion won’t be over before summer after all. The government is bowing to industry requests for more time to make clear how much protection their lotions really offer.

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FDA reviews first rapid, take-home test for HIV

The Food and Drug Administration is considering approval of the first over-the-counter HIV test that would allow consumers to quickly test themselves for the virus at home, without medical supervision.

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FDA reviews first rapid, take-home test for HIV

Time cover masks problem: Too few kids breast-fed

The real issue with breast-feeding is this: Too few infants who could really benefit from it are getting mom’s milk.

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Time cover masks problem: Too few kids breast-fed

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