Reuters - High child mortality rates in conservative Afghanistan are linked not just to war but to mothers being uneducated and having little or no say when their children need medical help, a study has found.

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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian researchers arechallenging the widely held belief that flu shots help protect olderpeople from potentially deadly diseases such as pneumonia.

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