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Children's Health

	Research reveals how Down syndrome shields against cancer
	Health Tip: Keep medications away from children
	Keeping appointments key to keeping vaccines on track
	Timing may matter in organ donation decisions
	Survey shows many want to donate organs, but few do
	Writing about values boosts grades for middle schoolers
	Parents worry that 'alcopops' encourage teen drinking
	Health Tip: Selecting a baby stroller
	Health Tip: Managing the teen years
	Study links pesticides to birth defects

Infections

	Swine Flu Outbreak May Be Subsiding, CDC Says
	Older adults may have some immunity to swine flu
	Swine flu hits sick people the hardest: CDC
	Sicker people more vulnerable to swine flu: CDC
	Hospitalization rates higher in kids who get flu shots
	'Nanotechnology' may simplify antibiotic treatment
	Spread of swine flu in Japan could raise WHO alert to highest level
	Swine flu fatality rate a 'little bit' higher than that of seasonal flu
	New methods could speed production of flu vaccines
	Adequate supply of swine flu vaccine uncertain

Allergies

	Health Tip: Keep allergy symptoms under control
	Bed bugs bring no disease danger
	Health Tip: Breathe fresh air at home
	Clear skies have become less so over time, data show
	City kids find the breathin' is easier elsewhere
	Lung problems persist for 9/11 responders
	Health Tip: Coping with pet allergies
	Antifungal Drug May Help Ease Asthma
	Pesticides May Cause Asthma Among Farm Women
	Exhaust From Railroad Diesel Linked to Lung Ailments

Asthma

	Even barely early babies face respiratory risks
	Health Tip: Asthmatics don't have to stop exercising
	European researchers call for new doping standards
	Experimental drug may dampen severe asthma
	Health Tip: How serious is your asthma attack?
	RSV to blame for 1 in 13 pediatrician visits
	Additional steroid dose may help preemies
	Cleaning products up nurses' asthma risk
	Nitric oxide monitoring of little benefit for kids' asthma
	Multiple doses of steroids don't help preemies

Nutrition

	E-mailing your way to healthier habits
	Multivitamins might prolong life
	New insights show ginseng fights inflammation
	Nutrient-rich diet lowers risk of age-related eye disease
	Global warming biggest health threat of 21st century, experts say
	Before conceiving, take folic acid for one full year
	Folic acid reduces infant heart defects
	More educated choose healthier foods, but pay more
	Folic acid might offer allergy relief
	Critically ill patients lack vitamin D

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