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...saying goes, Prevention is the best medicine. If you haven't already been vaccinated, you still have time to get a shot. Definitely consider it if you are over 65 or suffer from chronic diseases of the heart, lungs or kidneys; diabetes; a weakened immune system; or if you live with or care for an elderly person. It'll take two weeks for any appreciable protection to build up, and some areas have already run out of vaccine. In the meantime, wash your hands a lot and pop some vitamin C. It may not keep Mr. Flu from knocking...
...cell anemia will go on to develop serious, life-threatening problems. But which ones? Now researchers think they have an objective way to make that determination: sick kids with very high white-blood-cell counts, low hemoglobin and swelling in their arms and legs are twice as likely to suffer severe complications by the time they're 10 years old. That means they're probably good candidates for new, but risky, experimental treatments like stem-cell transplants...
...continuum (human nature and weather itself being more or less constant, with certain variations, and things tending to even out over the centuries, except for occasional ice ages) might make the man feel ordinary - or, in any case, not sufficiently superior to millions of his predecessors who, after all, suffer the hugely disqualifying human defect of being, at the present time, dead. Being alive brings with it a certain prestige, and a tendency to exaggerate...
...company that doesn't [fully disclose factory locations to the public] is lagging behind the others and might well suffer economically as a result," McKean said...
Scientists have known for some time that virtually all cases of cervical cancer are triggered by a family of viruses called human papillomavirus, or HPV. Most women who become infected with HPV are able to shake off the virus and suffer no apparent long-term consequences to their health. But a few women develop a persistent infection that can, for reasons that are not entirely clear, eventually lead to cancerous changes in the cervix. (One thing we do know: the risk of developing cervical cancer increases dramatically for women who have HPV and smoke...