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<p>Here’s what we’re checking out today:</p>
<p>Here’s what we’re checking out today:</p>
<p>Here’s what we’re checking out today:</p>
<p>Here’s what we’re checking out today:</p> <p><strong>Condoms</strong>: Should condoms be given to teens instead of candy on Halloween? <a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101105/NEWS/11050343/Handout-… Oregon family did, sparking a statewide debate</a>.</p>
<p>Here’s what we’re checking out today:</p> <p><strong>Lung Cancer:</strong> Liz Szabo of USA Today examines a new study showing that <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-11-04-ct-scan-lung-cancer_N.ht… CT scans can reduce lung cancer deaths by 20 percent</a> (x-rays, apparently, haven’t done the trick). Kudos for reporting on why the study results shouldn’t immediately spark calls for mass screenings. </p>
<p>Here’s what we’re checking out today, post-election:</p>
<p>Here’s what we’re checking out today:</p> <p><strong>Sniffle:</strong> A new study suggests that you’ll get fewer colds if you’re older, male and married. If you’re none of the above, <a href="http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/features_julieshealthclub/2010/… regular exercise seems to prevent the sniffles</a>, Julie Deardorff reports for the Chicago Tribune.</p>
<p>Here’s what we’re checking out today:</p><p><strong>STDs:</strong> Writing in BNET’s Placebo Effects blog, Jim Edwards writes about the <a href="http://www.bnet.com/blog/drug-business/girls-as-guinea-pigs-what-the-cd…, moral and health issues surrounding the HPV-preventing Gardasil vaccine for boys</a>. They’re more complicated – and expensive – than you’d think, and Edwards wonders whether the current debate reflects sexism in medicine.</p>
<p>Happy Halloween! Don’t eat too much candy, or you’ll wind up like this poor pumpkin. Here's what we're checking out today:</p>
<p>Here’s what we’re checking out today:</p> <p><strong>“Liberal” Gene?</strong> Researchers are suggesting that the gene DRD4, which had previously been linked to risk-taking behavior, <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkup/2010/10/is_there_a_gene_for_li… makes people more likely to be liberal</a>, the Washington Post’s Rob Stein reports. Admit it: biology, not free will, is driving you to the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-stewart-rally-20101029,0,727… rally</a> this weekend.</p>