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                  as of Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:49:48 GMT

    Officials predict plenty of flu vaccine this year (Reuters)

Reuters - At least 70 million doses of influenza vaccine will be
 available for the U.S. market this year and everybody who wants a shot
 should be able to get one, health officials said on Monday.

    World not doing enough to fight bird flu: officials (Reuters)

Reuters - Fears of a bird flu pandemic among people has seriously
 hampered efforts to prevent the spread of an outbreak among birds
 because not enough money is being spent on prevention and surveillance,
 two leading food health officials said on Monday.

    Children are "invisible face" of AIDS: UNICEF (Reuters)

Reuters - Every minute of every day a child dies of AIDS but only 5
 percent of those infected have access to life-preserving drugs, UNICEF,
 the U.N. Children's Fund, said on Tuesday in launching a new campaign.

    'Sick worker' malady may be early RSI sign-study (Reuters)

Reuters - Early nerve damage caused by repetitive motion on the job can
 cause "sick worker" syndrome, a fatigue or depression that can be
 mistaken for poor work performance, according to a study published in
 this month's Journal of Neuroimmunology.

    Not all trauma centers equal (Reuters)

Reuters - Survival after the most severe traumatic injuries is
 significantly better at level I trauma centers than at level II trauma
 centers, according to a new report.

    Results of Poll on Childhood Obesity (AP)

AP - The AP-KOL poll on attitudes about childhood obesity is based on
 telephone interviews with 961 randomly selected parents of children
 from all states except Alaska and Hawaii and some areas recovering from
 Hurricane Katrina -- such as in Louisiana and coastal Mississippi. The
 interviews were conducted Oct. 5-23 by Ipsos, an international polling
 firm for AP and KOL, the kids' online service of America Online.

    Viagra May Treat Heart Failure (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Viagra, famous for
 improving men's sexual function, also appears to reduce the effects of
 hormonal stress on the heart by 50 percent, claims a report by
 researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

    Generic Drugs Could Have Saved Us $20B (AP)

AP - Consumers, their employers and health plans in the commercial
 market could have saved more than $20 billion last year through
 increased use of generic drugs, according to a new report by Express
 Scripts Inc., a pharmacy benefit manager.

    U.N. Campaigns to End AIDS in Kids (AP)

AP - The United Nations is launching a global campaign to combat the
 rising threat of AIDS against children, nearly 1,800 of whom are
 infected with HIV every day.

    Snail memory boost seen promising for Alzheimer's (Reuters)

Reuters - A cancer drug may stimulate the production of proteins needed
 for long-term memory, supporting interest in the compound as a possible
 treatment for Alzheimer's disease, researchers said on Monday.

    Western lifestyle increasing risk of breast cancer in Asia (AFP)

AFP - The image is stark, the message loud and clear: two alarm bells
 positioned over the naked chest of a faceless woman urge those in Hong
 Kong to be aware of the dangers of breast cancer.

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