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Towne Medical Supply has been a fixture in Shrewsbury for 41 years. Owner Mary Frances Rozak specializes in caring for women after breast cancer surgery, but her livelihood is being threatened by paperwork. More
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A new report from gynecologists says that girls can wait until 21 to get their first pap smear and wait two years between tests. More
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A wavering moderate Democrat said Friday he'd stand with Senate Democratic leaders on a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill amid indications other moderates would fall in line. More


Two more Massachusetts residents have died form complications related to the H1N1 virus, health officials said Friday. More
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The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance of the mutation is unclear. More


Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. More
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The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. More
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Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention. More
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The Senate will hold its first vote on health care legislation on Saturday night and Democrats will need 60 votes to prevail. More
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First mammograms. Now -- in an apparent coincidence -- Pap smears. More


The mother of recently separated conjoined Bangladeshi twins does not want custody of the daughters she gave up for adoption and wants them to have new lives in Australia, newspapers reported Saturday. More


China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up. More




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