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CDC: Child abuse price tag for U.S. is $124 billion
The financial burden of child abuse on the nation is comparable to that of other costly health diseases, CDC finds
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Africa: Health Organization Aims to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases
[State Department] The World Health Organization (WHO) is intensifying efforts to prevent, control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases, ailments that plague the developing world. The new WHO campaign aims to eradicate at least 10 of these illnesses by 2020.
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Sundin announces $330,000 health fellowship
Former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin announces a $330,000 donation to help fund a new research partnership between the University of Toronto and the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.
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Child Abuse Costs US a Staggering $124 Billion
The child abuse that takes place in one year in the United States will cost the nation $124 billion over the victims' lifetimes, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Supermodel Karolina Kurkova: Thyroid Caused Early Menopause
Kurkova Says She Packed on 30 Pounds, Too
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Zimbabwe: Govt Blames Typhoid Outbreak on Sewage
[The Herald] Health and Child Welfare Minister Dr Henry Madzorera has said that the typhoid outbreak is due to people eating human waste.
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CDC: Child abuse costs U.S. $124 billion
Report estimates lifetime monetary cost of child abuse to be in the hundreds of thousands per case
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'Designer' babies with three parents 'may help eradicate genetic diseases'
Melbourne, Feb 5 (ANI):Sydney scientists are now willing to create designer babies with the DNA of three parents to prevent children from inheriting life-threatening genetic diseases.
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Unimmunized Kids Pose Public Health Risks
Most childhood diseases appear to be on the verge of being wiped out in the United States, but health officials are paying attention to recent outbreaks of measles currently in southwest Kansas and last year in Johnson County, Kan.
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First Person: The Financial Surprises That Come With Having a Child
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