Oral Allergy Immunotherapy Helps Control Asthma (HealthDay) HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 4 (
HealthDay News) -- Oral allergy immunotherapy -- in the form of drops or tablets -- is effective at reducing asthma symptoms and the need for asthma medications in children who have what's known as allergic asthma, a new study finds.
Source: news.yahoo.comOregon holds health insurance lottery (AP) 
AP - Oregon is conducting a one-of-a-kind lottery, and the prize is health insurance.
Source: news.yahoo.comCDC warns of safety problems at clinics (AP) 
AP - An outbreak of hepatitis C at a Nevada clinic may represent "the tip of an iceberg" of safety problems at clinics around the country, according to the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Source: news.yahoo.comRestricting TV and Computer Time Helps Kids Lose Weight (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, March 3 (
HealthDay News) -- Cutting kids' TV and computer time by half reduced the amount of food they ate and helped them lose weight, a new study found.
Source: news.yahoo.comSierra Leone women demonstrate for 'traditional' mutilation (AFP) 
AFP - Some 800 women in the Sierra Leone town of Kailahun paraded Tuesday in favour of genital mutilation and told donors opposed to the practice to keep their money, demonstrators and witnesses said.
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