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                  as of Fri, 07 Oct 2005 10:12:04 GMT

    Vaccine prevents onset of cervical cancer (Reuters)

Reuters - A vaccine that targets a human wart virus completely prevented
 early-stage cervical cancer and precancerous lesions in women caused by
 the two most common forms of the virus, Merck & Co. Inc. said on
 Thursday.

    Web sales of bird flu drug spark counterfeit fears (Reuters)

Reuters - Swiss drug maker Roche urged consumers on Friday not to buy
 its flu drug Tamiflu over the Internet to avoid the risk of purchasing
 potentially counterfeit pills as they build stockpiles in case of a
 bird flu pandemic.

    Meeting aims for coordinated bird flu response (Reuters)

Reuters - Delegates from 80 nations and international agencies began a
 meeting on Thursday to formulate the best way to fight the growing
 outbreak of avian influenza before it can cause a human pandemic that
 could kill millions.

    Painkillers cut risk of mouth cancer, study finds (Reuters)

Reuters - Commonly used painkillers can reduce the risk of mouth cancer
 in smokers but long-term use could raise the odds of dying from heart
 disease, Norwegian scientists said on Friday.

    Soy not so smart for lowering breast cancer risk (Reuters)

Reuters - At least one third of women at high risk for breast cancer
 regularly consume soy-based foods -- but this may not be a good idea,
 researchers say.

    Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 6, 2005 (HealthDay)

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

    Birth Mother Vs. Egg Donor Decision Upheld (AP)

AP - A woman who gave birth to triplets using donated eggs is the legal
 mother of the children even though she has no genetic link to them, the
 Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

    Toronto's mystery illness is legionnaires' disease (Reuters)

Reuters - Canadian health officials on Thursday identified the "mystery
 illness" that killed 16 people in a Toronto nursing home as
 legionnaires' disease.

    Hormone Therapy May Fight Localized Prostate Cancer (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- For men with advanced
 prostate cancer confined to the prostate, radiation treatment along
 with a six-month program of androgen (male hormone) deprivation therapy
 can improve survival by as much as 50 percent, researchers report.

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