Surprising ways to get antioxidants
They're the latest fad in food marketing, hotter than sugar-free, fat-free, high-protein or low-carb offerings. Today's buzzword: antioxidants. (Today)
1 in 4 U.S. teen girls got cervical cancer shot
ATLANTA -- One in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said yesterday. (Today)
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The Rev. Aaron Zimmerman, assistant pastor at St. Stephen's Church in Sewickley, listens to the story of a young African girl named Babirye as he stands in front of the prayer wall at the "World Vision Experience: AIDS -- Step into Africa" exhibit at the church. Visitors were encouraged to write a note and post it on the prayer wall. Mr. Zimmerman left this message: "May the Lord bless you and keep you." He said, "That's the prayer I pray for my children every night when I put them to bed. And then I just wrote, 'My heart breaks.' "
A spotlight on AIDS in Africa
Although the AIDS epidemic doesn't capture the headlines that it once did, more than 30 million people around the globe suffer with the disease, and almost three-quarters of those are in Africa. (Yesterday)
Notes on the wall
A moving note
Cold medicine to get voluntary warning on kids
WASHINGTON -- The makers of cold and cough medicines announced yesterday that they are voluntarily warning parents not to give their products to children under the age of 4, a move negotiated in private with federal drug regulators over the past six months. (10/08/2008)
Firm will offer test for breast cancer
WASHINGTON -- A biotech company today will begin offering the first genetic test to assess a woman's risk for the most common forms of breast cancer, reigniting debate about the growing number of (10/08/2008)
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