Sound Medicine: June 10, 2007

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Published June 10, 2007 at 12:46 PM EDT

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Topics for the week of June 10, 2007: Rickets Returns; Breast Milk Donors; Artificial Blood?; Pesticides and Infertility; Firefighter Hazards; Heart Beat iPods; Kids and Ear Buds.

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