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Vaccine approved for anal cancer prevention
Gardasil, the vaccine that can prevent most cases of cervical cancer in girls, has won the FDA's blessing as a vaccine to prevent anal cancer, a rare but growing diagnosis in the United States. The drug agency's approval for Gardasil as an anal cancer...Tags: Chemical Industry, Health Treatments, Preventative Medicine, Health, Vaccines
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The business behind UCF basketball
Beth KassabUCF basketball's historic first appearance in the Top 25 this week is more than a source of bragging rights for the team, its boosters and fans. The national ranking couldn't come at a better time for the business behind the basketball. The University...Tags: College Basketball, College Sports, Sports, University of Central Florida, Basketball
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William F. Wilson Sr., 65
APRIL 16, 1945-JAN. 25, 2011 Mr. William "Whip" Franklin Wilson Sr., 65, of Hagerstown, Md., died on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, at The Golden Living Center in Frederick, after a short illness. He was the husband for 47 years of Mrs. Barbara Ellen...Tags: Paul Wilson, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Athletes, Georgia, Maryland
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Local mom insists: son should get std vaccine, too
Daily PressTonya McKinney couldn't wait to get her children vaccinated against the human papilloma virus (HPV). After attending an HPV conference in 2006, the Hampton Roads organizer of Making Strides Against Breast Cancer fundraiser wanted the protection for both...Tags: Children, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Princess Anne, Family
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Suzanne Malveaux helps run 'CNN Newsroom' weekdays
Zap2ItIf you don't believe upward mobility is still alive in the workplace, try convincing Suzanne Malveaux. In the same way her CNN colleague Candy Crowley came off a reporter's beat after many years to assume an anchor role (in Crowley's case, with the...Tags: Elections, Wolf Blitzer, CNN (tv network), Health, CNN International (tv network)
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Gates Foundation to improve child vaccines in China
Web ReporterThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is helping partners in China improve child vaccines, roll out faster TB detection kits and make higher-yielding rice which it hopes can be used later in other parts of the world. Ray Yip, the foundation's chief...Tags: Chemical Industry, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Preventative Medicine, Charity, Health
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HPV Shot Aimed at Boys
Tribune reporterDawn Delott is wary of new vaccines and doubts she will let her daughter get the potentially lifesaving HPV immunization — let alone her son, for whom the stakes aren't nearly as high. For parents already uneasy about vaccinating their children,...Tags: Children, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Preventative Medicine, Health Organizations, Health
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Wealthy nations must follow through on disease fight
In 1980, I moved my family from Maryland to the White Mountain Apache Reservation in Arizona to work on an issue most people are not comfortable talking about — diarrhea. At the time, diarrhea, which is preventable and treatable, was rampantly...Tags: GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Chemical Industry, India, Preventative Medicine, Health
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Sunscreen Label Changes Aim To Reduce Cancer Risk
REUTERSNew labeling rules for sunscreens should make it easier for U.S. consumers to choose products that will protect them from sunburn, skin cancer and premature aging. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruled on Tuesday that sunscreens making those claims...Tags: Health Organizations, School Examinations, Food and Drug Administration, Health, Energizer Holdings Incorporated
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Education briefs for June 16
Polson bears American flag at Wilmore’s Olympics West Jessamine High School graduate and University of Kentucky basketball player Jarrod Polson was the American flag bearer at Wilmore Elementary’s “OOVOTO” (Our Own Version Of The...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Christianity, High School Sports, College Sports, Colleges and Universities
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Piden a madres revisar salud de hijos en verano
NUEVA YORK — Los pre-adolescentes y los adolescentes están en riesgo de contraer ciertas enfermedades, incluidos el virus del papiloma humano (VPH), la enfermedad meningocócica (meningitis), la tos ferina y el tétanos. Con los niños fuera de la...Tags: Meningitis, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Texas, Harris Interactive Incorporated
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Vertex Hepatitis-C Drug OK'd, Promising More Cures
ReutersVertex Pharmaceuticals Inc's highly anticipated hepatitis C drug won U.S. approval, promising far higher cure rates for the liver-destroying disease and setting up a head-to-head marketing battle with a rival new medicine from Merck & Co. Incivek, a pill...Tags: NYSE Euronext, Inc., Stock Market, Food and Drug Administration, Health, John Wallace
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