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AP - In a surprising discovery, researchers say they have found a virus
 in some prostate cancer patients, a finding that opens new research
 avenues in the most common major cancer among men in the United States.

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AP - France confirmed cases of bird flu on a turkey farm, but it was not
 immediately clear whether it was the deadly H5N1 strain, the
 agriculture minister said Friday.

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AP - Columbia University has ordered new training for faculty members
 whose research involves children after a federal investigation faulted
 a program that tested AIDS drugs on foster children.

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AP - Nearly 60 percent of Americans are concerned about bird flu, but
 fewer than one-third think it will show up in the United States this
 year, according to a new poll.

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AP - Puerto Ricans have a higher death rate linked to high blood
 pressure than blacks, whites or other Hispanic-Americans do, federal
 health researchers said Thursday in one of the first analyses of
 specific U.S. Hispanic populations.

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Reuters - Among women not using hormone therapy, obesity and the
 byproducts of estrogen breakdown appear to raise the risk of breast
 cancer, according to findings published in the International Journal of
 Cancer.

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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) -- The most common type
 of seasonal flu has now become resistant to widely used antiviral
 medications, experts say.

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AFP - A Malaysian child suspected of having bird flu has been cleared of
 the deadly disease, but the results of tests on two other people are
 pending.

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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers are
 looking for 800 older adults to join a study aimed at identifying
 biological markers of memory decline and Alzheimer's disease.

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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Some people are at high risk for
 colorectal cancer because of a genetic mutation known as Lynch
 syndrome.

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