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href="/web/20090303095043/http://www.bbc.co.uk/vision/genres/feedback_form.shtml?genre=health">your feedback</a> about the Health beta homepage to try to improve it further.</p> <p>Then once everyone is happy with it, we'll remove its beta label.</p> </div> </li> </ul>  </ul> </div>  <div id="g-content-featured-a">  <div class="pMod"> <div class="capTop"><div class="cnrR"></div><div class="cnrL"></div></div> <div class="promo atoz graphic-heading"> <h3><a href="/web/20090303095043/http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/">A to Z of illness and conditions</a></h3> <form method="get" action="/web/20090303095043/http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/openurl" onsubmit="self.location=this.link.options[this.link.selectedIndex].value; return false;"> <p> <label for="healthList">Search by age and gender:</label><br/><br/> <select name="link" id="healthList"> <option value="/health/conditions/index.shtml?babies">Babies</option> <option value="/health/conditions/index.shtml?children">Children</option> 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