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	• Safety Should Be Priority for Those Involved in Kids' Sports
	Teamwork between players, parents and coaches can help prevent injuries
	SUNDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Sports offer children and teens many health and social benefits, but parents and players also need to be aware of the risks, experts advise. Each year in the United States, 715,000 high school sports-related injuries are reported, and every day 8,000 children are treated in emergency departments for sports-related injuries, according to the National
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	• Gene-Targeted Cancer Fix Could Be a Breakthrough
	For first time in humans, scientists used RNA to stop production of protein driving malignancy
	SUNDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time in humans, scientists have successfully used a gene-manipulation therapy to enter tumor cells and block the production of toxic proteins that are causing cancer, researchers report. "They're basically putting an instruction booklet into the cell saying, 'We don't want this protein expressed for now,'" explained Gregory Adams, co-l
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Health Highlights

FDA to Review Menaflex Knee Repair Implant

Women In Certain Countries Prefer Hunks: Study

March Madness Good Time for Vasectomy: Doctors

Radioactive Thyroid Cancer Patients a Threat: Report

Arizona Drops Children's Health Insurance Program

FDA Approvals

• Carbaglu Approved for Rare Genetic Disorder

Causes elevated ammonia in blood

• Implanted Hearing System Approved

To treat senorineural hearing loss

• Pelvic Artery Stent Approved

Props open vessel that supplies blood to the legs

• Botox Approved for Spasticity in Stroke Victims

A common aftereffect of stroke

• Heartburn Drug Kapidex Renamed to Dexilant

FDA approves name change to avoid confusion with other drugs

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• Health Tip: Symptoms of IBS

Common warning signs of irritable bowel

• Health Tip: Doing Baby's Laundry

Prevent skin irritation

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	Last Modified: 21 February 2010