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German cancer researcher Harald zur Hausen stands in his laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Zur Hausen and French researchers Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discovering the AIDS virus and the role of viruses in cervical cancer. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)AP - Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases.




In this Feb. 3, 2001 file photo, a hedgehog curls up in the hands of its owner at a hedgehog club exhibit in Anchorage, Alaska. Hedgehogs can be dangerous for young children because their quills can penetrate skin and have been known to spread a bacteria germ that can cause fever, stomach pain and a rash, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics in a new report about dangers from exotic animals. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)AP - Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets — or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter — because of risks for disease.




AP - More children have died from flu because they also had staph infections, according to a new government report that urges parents to have their kids get the flu shot.

AP - Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:

A woman with her baby looks at powdered milk products with notice boards of 'no melamine' displayed inside a supermarket in Chengdu of Sichuan province in China, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. China's quality watchdog has said no traces of the industrial chemical melamine were found in new tests of liquid milk sold domestically, amid official efforts to restore public trust in milk supplies. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)AP - Hong Kong said Sunday it found two Cadbury chocolate products contained considerably more of the industrial chemical melamine than the city's legal limit in a growing scandal over tainted food made in China.




HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Men who are overweight and who have high insulin levels when they are diagnosed with prostate cancer may be more likely to die from the disease, research shows.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A Chinese herbal remedy known as "horny goat weed" may indeed live up to its name as a natural version of Viagra.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Free prescription drug samples distributed to pediatric patients may be unsafe, research suggests.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Exposing your children to the joys of pet ownership may, in some cases, also mean exposing them to infections and injuries.

In this photo released by Wildlife Conservation Society, a female soft-shell turtle rests near a pool inside a zoo in Suzhou, China, May 9, 2008. Breathless scientists watched as they successfully mated. But the attempt to breed an endangered turtle's last known female with China's last known male has failed because the eggs didn't hatch, disappointed conservationists say. (AP Photo/Wildlife Conservation Society, Gerald Kuchling)AP - She's around 80 years old. He's 100. Breathless scientists watched as the world's most endangered turtles successfully mated.




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