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Gene Tierney Biography

American Film and Stage Actress The enigmatic beauty of film star Gene Tierney was ideally suited for her many roles in Hollywood mysteries. Gene Tierney’s Early Years Gene Eliza Tierney was born in Brooklyn, New York on...

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microcephaly (sign & symptom, causes & treatment)

What is microcephaly? Microcephaly is a medical condition in which the circumference of the head is smaller than normal because the brain has not developed properly or has stopped growing. Microcephaly can be present at birth...

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SRI LANKA: Anxiety Persists Over Safety of Rubella Vaccine

COLOMBO, Nov 4 (IPS) - Sudarma Senevirathana’s teenage daughter is at an age when she can already be given the ‘rubella’ vaccine, administered free of charge by government health officials at schools.

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What Is Erythema Infectiosum? What Is Slapped Cheek Syndrome?

Eythema infectiosum is also known as parvovirus infection, slapped cheek disease, or fifth disease. It is a disease caused by the parvovirus B19 and includes such symptoms as low-grade fever, tiredness, rash on the cheeks...

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MMR-autism link is clearly “busted”

Over at Aetiology, Jan Helldén mentioned a study: “I would like to point everyone who believes that there is a connection between autism and vaccination to a Danish study that includes almost one tenth of the population. It was...

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Scientists fear MMR link to autism

New American research shows that there could be a link between the controversial MMR triple vaccine and autism and bowel disease in children. The study appears to confirm the findings of British doctor Andrew Wakefield, who...

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Rx for the road

Many diseases lurk abroad. "When I recovered from malaria initially, all of my friends were very concerned," said Dickinson, minister of Olive Branch Ministries in Denver, which is developing an orphanage, medical clinic and...

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Wired: An Epidemic of Fear - How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All

Before smallpox was eradicated with a vaccine, it killed an estimated 500 million people. And just 60 years ago, polio paralyzed 16,000 Americans every year, while rubella caused birth defects and mental retardation in as many...

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The Common Childhood Illnesses Posted By : John Smi

There are always concerns about a baby's health. Many parents overreact to the smallest problem, but you really can't be too careful when it comes to your baby's health. Recognizing the symptoms to the most common diseases is...

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Health Ministry bars certain medicines in hospitals

only after they are examined by an Experts Committee comprising professors, doctors and knowledgeable personnel in the health sector. Only drugs that are with the Health Ministry are imported to the country. Before...

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