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• Scientists test brain pacemakers for depression

• Researchers studying better insect repellents

• First mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Illinois

• Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation awards scholarships
  Awards go to students from Lincoln, New Holland, Mason City, Elkhart, Mount Pulaski and Emden

• State public health director urges vaccinations after two cases of measles found in Illinois

• Monitors urged for all with high blood pressure

• McDonald's cooking fries in trans-fat-free oil

• Common virus blamed for 5 infant deaths, CDC says

• Friends quit smoking? You probably will too

• Bush signs bill outlawing genetic discrimination

• A grim diagnosis: Kennedy's brain cancer is worst kind

• Google makes health service publicly available

• Gov. Blagojevich announces more than $2.8 million to help protect Illinoisans from West Nile virus

• Those with rare diseases offered a chance for free treatment

• Do we know enough about presidential health?

• Survival of quake victims depends on many factors

• Gov. Blagojevich calls on media, parents to unite in preventing drug abuse
  New public service announcements include messages about over-the-counter and prescription drugs, the fastest-growing drugs of abuse among teens

• People over 60 urged to get one-time shingles shot

• Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study finds

• Drug combo helps women with advanced breast cancer

• Gov. Blagojevich announces launch of Web portal to keep patients in state programs safer
  Secure Web portal now allows physicians treating Medicaid patients to view past prescriptions, immunizations and procedures

• More Americans are taking prescription medications

• Exercise may protect girls from future breast cancer

• Government to unveil fitness test for adults

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