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    Ill. Hospital Does Unique Study of Limbs (AP)

AP - It may seem impolite, but doctors at one Chicago hospital routinely
 ask patients with artificial knees and hips if they wouldn't mind
 returning their joints when they're done with them.

    Kan. Court Blocks Abortion Records' Access (AP)

AP - The state's highest court on Friday temporarily stopped the state
 attorney general from looking at records from two abortion clinics,
 saying such a review could violate patient privacy.

    Italy's Frozen Mummy May Have Been Sterile (AP)

AP - New DNA analysis indicates that a 5,000-year-old mummy found frozen
 in the Italian Alps may have been sterile -- a hypothesis that would
 support the theory that he may have been a social outcast, officials
 said Friday.

    Rotavirus Vaccine for Infants Approved (AP)

AP - A vaccine that protects against a virus that is the leading cause
 of early childhood diarrhea -- one that kills hundreds of thousands of
 infants in developing countries -- received U.S. approval Friday.

    Wal-Mart Urged to Stock Day-After Pill (AP)

AP - A coalition of women's groups and family-planning organizations on
 Friday urged Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to change its policy and start
 stocking emergency contraceptive pills in its pharmacies.

    Obesity Raises Pregnancy Risks (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Compared with normal
 weight women, overweight and obese women suffer more pregnancy
 complications and their babies are more likely to have medical problems
 at birth, a panel of experts concludes.

    Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 3, 2006 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials,
 courtesy of CenterWatch:

    Golf-Swing Study May Aid Disabled Kids (AP)

AP - Stanford University researchers are trying to determine why the
 world's best golfers have such powerful swings in hopes of discovering
 better treatments for disabled children.

    Bush to propose Medicare savings measures: NY Times (Reuters)

Reuters - President Bush will propose substantial savings in Medicare in
 his budget next week as part of his efforts to rein in the increasing
 costs of social insurance programs, The New York Times reported on
 Saturday.

    New Cancer Treatment Targets Breast Ducts (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Delivering chemotherapy
 drugs directly to breast ducts might make early breast cancer treatment
 easier on patients and could be as effective as radiation or surgery,
 animal studies suggest.

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