Sexual health

Autism treatment works in kids as young as 18 mos.
(AP)

AP – The first rigorous study of behavior treatment in autistic children as young as 18 months found two years of therapy can vastly improve symptoms, often resulting in a milder diagnosis.

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America wages new war in Vietnam – on AIDS
(AP)

AP – When her husband fell ill with AIDS, doctors at the hospital turned him away, fearing they would catch the virus.

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Food stamps estimate raises debate over ‘poverty’
(AP)

AP – The estimate was startling, and made headlines around the country: Almost half of all U.S. kids will be on food stamps at some time during childhood.

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WHO says Tamiflu still works against swine flu
(AP)

AP – The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency’s assessment of the disease.

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UNAIDS: Sex main cause for HIV spreading in China
(AP)

AP – The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said.

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Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years
(AP)

AP – For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.

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Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill
(AP)

AP – Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren’t met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend.

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GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
(AP)

AP – Republicans are seizing on this week’s recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama’s proposed health care overhaul.

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GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
(AP)

AP – Republicans are seizing on this week’s recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama’s proposed health care overhaul.

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Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps
(AP)

AP – First mammograms. Now — in an apparent coincidence — Pap smears.

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