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==Cervical cancer shots less cost-effective with age

ATLANTA (AP) -- An expensive vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer makes sense for young teens when it comes to cost-effectiveness, but not for women in their 20s, contends a new report....

==Judge: Company must give experimental drug to teen

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a research company to supply an experimental drug to a 16-year-old Minnesota boy who is terminally ill with a rare form of muscular dystrophy....

==Trace arsenic in water may be linked with diabetes

CHICAGO (AP) -- A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research necessary. And public water systems were on their way to meeting tougher U.S. arsenic standards as the data were collected....

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