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    Grass-roots effort in Egypt fights 'cutting' girls (AP)

    Maha Mohammed, right, and her daughter Rehab, left, listen to workers from a local rights group, not pictured, who explain the dangers of female circumcision during a visit to Mohammed's home in the Egyptian village of Sultan Zawyit on Dec. 5, 2007. Female circumcision is a long held tradition in Egypt, but Mohammed is starting to doubt whether she should circumcise her daughters. (AP Photo/Anna Johnson)AP - In this small Nile River farming village, Maha Mohammed has started to doubt whether she should circumcise her two daughters.


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    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:17:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Abbott faces more litigation over AIDS drug (AP)
    AP - When Abbott Laboratories Inc. hiked up the price of a popular AIDS drug by 400 percent in 2003, executives prepared for the inevitable public relations hit, but assured themselves the backlash would be brief. -- read full article
    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:56:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinton in Africa says nutrition key to AIDS fight (AP)

    Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, right, reacts after speaking with Philippe Douste-Blazy, special advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and UNITAID board chairman, during a Clinton Foundation event in Dakar, Senegal, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008. Senegal was the final stop of Clinton's four-country African tour to promote his foundation's initiatives to fight HIV/AIDS and malaria. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - Former President Clinton said Sunday that keeping HIV-infected children in the developing world well-fed amid the pressures of skyrocketing global food and fuel prices will be crucial to fending off the deadly virus.


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    Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:53:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Lax oversight risks millions of Medicare dollars (AP)
    AP - The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fictitious sellers of wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies to submit reimbursement claims with only limited review, congressional investigators say. -- read full article
    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:44:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Alzheimer's Research Holds Promise (Time.com)
    Time.com - In a field of inquiry that has yielded much disappointment, scientists studying Alzheimer's disease announce some hopeful news -- read full article
    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:35:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    UNICEF head concerned over spread of HIV in Mozambique (AFP)

    A man creates an AIDS awareness ribbon. The head of the UN's children fund has raised concerns over the spread of HIV in Mozambique, saying it was partly fueled by immigrants from Zimbabwe who were selling their bodies to make ends meet.(AFP/File/Toru yamanaka)AFP - The head of the UN's children fund has raised concerns over the spread of HIV in Mozambique, saying it was partly fueled by immigrants from Zimbabwe who were selling their bodies to make ends meet.


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    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:14:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Drug addicts benefit from HIV drugs, too: study (Reuters)
    Reuters - Drug abusers benefit just as much from HIV drugs as people who are infected sexually or some other way, Canadian researchers reported on Sunday. -- read full article
    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:05:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Mexican sex workers want place at AIDS conference (Reuters)
    Reuters - A global AIDS conference that opens in Mexico City on Sunday is meant for people infected with HIV, but transsexual sex worker Elma Delea cannot get inside. -- read full article
    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:38:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    CDC underestimated new HIV cases by 40 percent (AP)

    UPDATES to clarify chatter; Graphic shows a breakdown of new HIV infections for 2006; two sizes;AP - The number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported, acknowledging that their numbers have understated the level of the epidemic.


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    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:23:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Mixed results for growth hormone in HIV patients (AP)
    AP - A hormone better known for illicit use among athletes can help treat troublesome complications from the AIDS virus, but with potentially risky side effects, a small study found. -- read full article
    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:11:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    12-year-old with HIV to open world AIDS conference (AP)

    Keren Dunaway-Gonzalez, 12, shows a copy of the magazine she edits on HIV during an interview with the Associated Press in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. The 12-year-old girl, HIV positive, who has become a prominent AIDS activist in her native Honduras, will share the stage with the Mexican president and the U.N. Secretary-General Sunday, during the opening act of the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Keren Dunaway was 5 when her parents used drawings to explain to her that they both had the HIV virus — and so did she.


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    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:39:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Alzheimer's Research Holds Promise (Time.com)
    Time.com - In a field of inquiry that has yielded much disappointment, scientists studying Alzheimer's disease announce some hopeful news -- read full article
    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:10:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    'Hygiene hypothesis' may be tied to bowel disease (Reuters)
    Reuters - Children who grow up in a spic-and-span home may have a higher risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease, a study suggests. -- read full article
    Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:30:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    New HIV cases in US underestimated by 40 percent (AP)

    UPDATES to clarify chatter; Graphic shows a breakdown of new HIV infections for 2006; two sizes;AP - The number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported, acknowledging that their numbers have understated the level of the epidemic.


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    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:49:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Flu Vaccine Doesn't Protect Seniors From Pneumonia (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- Flu vaccine may not protect older people from pneumonia once they get the disease, researchers report. -- read full article
    Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:01:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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