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Changes proposed in how psychiatrists diagnoseWASHINGTON — Don't say "mental retardation" - the new term is "intellectual disability." No more diagnoses of Asperger's syndrome - call it a mild version of autism instead. And while "behavioral addictions" will be new to doctors' dictionaries, "Internet addiction" didn't make the cut.
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Lawmaker's death a reminder of surgery risksWASHINGTON — Gallbladder surgery is usually a very safe operation, but a powerful congressman's death is a reminder of the known risks.
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Mass. mom guilty of murder in girl's fatal OD
BROCKTON, Mass. — A Massachusetts woman was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday in the fatal prescription drug overdose of her 4-year-old daughter.
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Debate in US over blood from newborn safety tests
WASHINGTON — A critical safety net for babies - that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn in the U.S. - is facing an ethics attack.
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Ethics debate over blood from newborn safety tests
WASHINGTON — A critical safety net for babies - that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn - is facing an ethics attack.
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UK's Brown vows more cancer care as race heats up
LONDON — You know an election is coming when British politicians suddenly promise sweeping improvements to the National Health Service, a simultaneous source of national pride and worry.
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Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers
CHICAGO — A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.
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Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday.
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300 people diagnosed with mumps in suburban NY
MONSEY, N.Y. — More than 300 people have been diagnosed with the mumps in suburban New York as the nation's largest outbreak of the disease in years spreads.
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Is the US swine flu epidemic over?
ATLANTA — If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn't over, it certainly looks as if it's on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its course, they did report Friday that for the fourth week in a row, no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since late October.
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