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Fertility drug combo promising in older women (Reuters) Reuters - The combination of two drugs -- Femara (letrozole) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) -- could be of benefit in infertile women of advanced reproductive age undergoing intrauterine insemination, results of a study indicate.

Botched circumcisions leave 31 dead in S.Africa (AFP)

A mother comforts her son as a doctor performs a circumcision in 2007. Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region.(AFP/File/Fayez Nureldine) AFP - Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region, officials said on Friday.

U.S. parents think twice about sending kids to camp (Reuters) Reuters - Since its opening last week, camp counselors at New Jersey's Liberty Lake Day Camp disinfect door knobs, take the temperatures of children as they arrive and remind the campers not to share canned sodas.

Bedwetting, being overweight linked to sleep apnea (Reuters) Reuters - Children who are overweight and wet the bed at night may have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), researchers report.

Uganda to outlaw female circumcision (AFP)

A woman who performs genital cutting displays a knife she uses to perform the procedure. Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region.(AFP/File/Kambou Sia) AFP - Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region, the president said in a statement Friday.

C-Section Stress Could Alter Baby's Immune Cells (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Babies delivered by cesarean section experience changes to the DNA of white blood cells, which might explain why they're at increased risk for immunological diseases such as diabetes and asthma later in life, Swedish researchers say.

Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Often Overweight (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Children with type 1 diabetes are more likely to be overweight than those without the disease, increasing their risk of serious health complications, researchers say.

Father's depression may affect infant's colic (Reuters) Reuters - Excessive crying in infants, otherwise known as colic, has been linked to symptoms of depression in the mother. Now a study conducted in the Netherlands links infant colic to depression in the father as well.

Australia urges calm after child flu death (AFP)

A woman has her temperature taken at the swine flu clinic at the Banyule Community Health Centre in Melbourne in June 2009. Australian authorities have told parents not to panic after the country announced its first child death linked to swine flu.(AFP/File/William West) AFP - Australian authorities told parents not to panic Thursday after the country announced its first child death linked to swine flu.

Antibiotics May Boost Risk for Recurrent Ear Infection (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Repeated use of antibiotics to treat acute ear infections in young children increases the risk of recurrent ear infections by 20 percent, according to researchers in the Netherlands who called for more prudent use of antibiotics in young children.

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