Young Soccer Players Tackle Deadly Disease
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Beverly Castriotta lost her husband to cancer two years ago. Her 12-year-old son, Joey, and his soccer teammates are doing their best to help prevent other youngsters from losing loved ones to deadly diseases.
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The troubled 19-year-old campaign to eradicate polio is celebrating recent progress and an unexpected infusion of cash, but experts are coming to realize they will not be able to end the expensive and laborious efforts to control the virus anytime soon.
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KANO, Nigeria  - Political leaders and health  workers launched a drive Saturday to immunise more than 80  million children against polio in 23 African nations and fight  back against a resurgence of the crippling disease.
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The European summer is barely over, the Olympic Games have come and gone, and still soccer&#39;s insatiable thirst for do-or-die intensity revs up toward the qualification for the 2006 World Cup.
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NEW YORK, Sep 16 (IPS) - With HIV-infected children dying much faster than  adults â shockingly, one-half by their second birthday â doctors  are scrambling to design new treatment protocols that work even  in the most resource-poor settings.
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In the battle between Major League Soccer and the national teams of several players over the coming weeks, there will be likely few winners.
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SLALEY, England, Aug 17  - England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has thrown down to gauntlet to the international soccer authorities to preserve the health of the world &quot;superstar&quot; footballers for major tournaments.
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NEW YORK  - Some knee injuries appear to  cause years of pain and increase the risk of arthritis among  female soccer players, a new study shows.
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A report by a kids&#39; group says more than half of the children in the world are suffering because of the effects of war, poverty and the HIV virus.
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Leading cardiologists called on Sunday for routine heart checks on all competitive athletes to identify those with heart problems, following a spate of sudden deaths among soccer players.
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As local officials struggled to account for the dead and missing, another challenge began to loom: heading off disease.
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Young athletes in Europe should be  screened before competing in events to detect heart problems  and reduce sport-related deaths, health experts said on  Wednesday.
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News of an effective vaccine against malaria being developed is certainly a shot in the arm for the fight against this disease which kills over a million children and infects an estimated 300 million annually.
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The hybridization of European soccer might have improved the game on the continent, but it is also highlighting the lack of emphasis on player development.
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Several former pro and national team players who have immigrated from Paraguay play for Sol de AmÃ©rica, a team in an over-40 soccer league.
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As sports becomes a measure of success in America, young athletes are training ever harder.
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KANO, Nigeria  - Political leaders and health  workers launched a drive Saturday to immunize more than 80  million children against polio in 23 African nations and fight  back against a resurgence of the crippling disease.