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My first son, stillborn, now a pure memory

Having waited until we were in our 30s to start a family, my wife and I were having trouble conceiving, leading to sperm tests, hormone shots and other extraordinary measures. Over many months, the process of conception became so technical that when Lisa told me she was at last pregnant, I found it hard to know what to credit.

Do self-exams do any good?
McClatchy Newspapers | October 11, 2008
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Every health magazine on the supermarket checkout aisle touts it. Women's health activists have long championed its practice.

1 in 4 teen girls got cervical cancer shot
By Mike Stobbe | Associated Press | October 10, 2008

About one in four teen girls last year got the groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer, federal health officials reported Thursday.

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