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Special Report: Outgunned FDA tries to get tough with drug ads
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:18:14 -0400
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - It wasn't what you would call a casual get-together.
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Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:54:42 -0400
LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists say it shows promise as a possible future treatment for one of the world's major killer diseases.
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Early day care may promote eczema development
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:19:54 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who spend their earliest years in day care may be at higher risk of eczema than kids cared for at home, according to a new study from Germany.
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U.S. medical programs missing millions of kids: report
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:01:50 -0400
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An estimated five million uninsured children in the United States were eligible for Medicaid or the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but were not enrolled in either plan, according to a new report.
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Antidepressant patch doesn't help smokers quit
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:20:35 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An antidepressant drug delivered through a patch on the skin is no better than placebo for helping smokers kick the habit, new research shows.
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Timer may help kids' bladder control problems
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:24:26 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests.
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Colonoscopy repeats greater with non-specialists
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:07:19 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults who have a colonoscopy performed by a family doctor, internist or general surgeon are somewhat more likely to need another one within a year compared with those who have the procedure done by a gastroenterologist, a new report finds.
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Biotech salmon safe for eating: FDA
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:22:40 -0400
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A biotechnology company's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said as they weighed approval of the first DNA-altered animal for Americans' dinner plates.
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Protein test ups diabetes diagnoses in some races
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:23:17 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Efforts to adopt a more accurate test for diagnosing diabetes may have hit a snag. Comparing the age-old oral glucose tolerance test to the newer hemoglobin A1c test confirms earlier evidence that race may influence test results, Danish researchers report.
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Odds of getting new kidney uneven
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:13:24 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with kidney disease are more likely to be added to the waiting list for a kidney transplant if they've had a previous heart, lung or liver transplant, a new study suggests.
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