Yahoo! News: Health News
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                  as of Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:57:02 GMT

    U.S. urges urgent preparations for flu pandemic (Reuters)

Reuters - Governments have to work harder and faster to prepare for an
 inevitable bird flu pandemic, U.S. Health Secretary Michael Leavitt
 said on Monday as he began a tour of Southeast Asian nations hit by the
 virus.

    Pacifiers reduce sudden infant deaths, study finds (Reuters)

Reuters - Infants should be put to sleep on their backs only, not their
 sides, and pacifiers can be used to help prevent sudden infant death
 syndrome, U.S. pediatricians said on Monday.

    Sharp rise in UK breast cancer survival rates (Reuters)

Reuters - Earlier detection and better treatments have pushed up breast
 cancer survival rates in England and Wales where two-thirds of newly
 diagnosed women are likely to be alive 20 years later, scientists said
 on Monday.

    Bush plan for flu crisis shows U.S. not ready -NYT (Reuters)

Reuters - A draft of the Bush administration's final plan for dealing
 with a likely Pandemic flu outbreak shows the United States is woefully
 unprepared for the potential disaster, The New York Times reported on
 Saturday.

    Turkey, Romania kill poultry to stop bird flu spread (Reuters)

Reuters - Turkey and Romania culled thousands of birds and imposed
 quarantine zones on Sunday to try to stop the spread of avian flu as
 scientists worked to discover if the outbreaks could be the deadly H5N1
 strain.

    Experts Seek to Debunk Baby Food Myths (AP)

AP - Ditch the rice cereal and mashed peas, and make way for enchiladas,
 curry and even -- gasp! -- hot peppers. It's time to discard everything
 you think you know about feeding babies. It turns out most advice
 parents get about weaning infants onto solid foods -- even from
 pediatricians -- is more myth than science.

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