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Different groups sometimes come up with different advice on cancer screening
Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer. more
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Guidelines say less frequent Paps OK to detect cervical cancer - every 2 years for under-30
WASHINGTON (AP) — First mammograms. Now — in an apparent coincidence — Pap smears. more
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CDC: 4 people in NC test positive for Tamiflu-resistant swine flu, first such US cluster
ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu. more
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As price of child vaccines drop, millions of lives saved from preventable diseases
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty. more
