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• Overweight students at university in US told to take fitness class or risk diplomas The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 20, 7:47 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - A university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

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  Bangladeshi mother tells newspaper formerly conjoined twins should grow up in Australia The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 20, 7:18 PM

  MELBOURNE, Australia - The mother of recently separated conjoined Bangladeshi twins does not want custody of the daughters she gave up for adoption and wants them to have new lives in Australia, newspapers reported Saturday.

• University of Nebraska regents vote not to further restrict embryonic stem-cell research rules The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 20, 6:45 PM

  LINCOLN, Neb. - The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama took office.

• US guidelines say less frequent Paps OK to detect cervical cancer - every 2 years for under-30 The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 20, 4:02 PM

  WASHINGTON - New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.

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  US sees fall in swine flu rate AFP - Fri Nov 20, 3:45 PM

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - US officials Friday said infections from A(H1N1) virus had slowed in the United States this week, raising hopes the early roll-out of vaccines may be bringing the disease under control.

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