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California is poised to become the first state in the nation to ban restaurants and other food facilities from using trans fats, which are known to increase the risk of heart disease, under a bill approved by the state Legislature today and sent to the...
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Reuters - U.S. health officials asked doctors on Thursday to be alert for possible cases of meningitis and other illnesses in children caused by Hib bacteria amid an ongoing vaccine shortage.
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Federal officials urged doctors and state health agencies to be more vigilant for suspected cases of Haemophilus influenzae type B in children under age 5.
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Vitamin C supplements may reduce benefit from wide range of anti-cancer drugs, research suggests.
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A British reporters tales of her own rehab -- an amusing read that paints a picture of oddness of real-life rehab clinics.
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The government blocked the importation of more than 30 generic drugs made by India’s biggest pharmaceutical company, citing poor quality in two of its factories.
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BEIJING -- Like thousands of other parents, Gu Yinghua took his 3-year-old son to the kidney unit of a local children's hospital for free testing as China's tainted milk scandal continued to widen. Another hospital had declared the boy healthy despite a steady diet of...(more)
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Reuters - Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins modestly reduce levels of a protein in a man's blood that doctors often use to screen for prostate cancer, researchers said on Tuesday.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 -- Buoyed by new data showing malaria rates are falling for the first time in some African nations, philanthropies, international organizations and corporations announced on Thursday more than $1.4 billion in private funding toward eradicating the disease over the next seven...(more)
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U.S. regulators warned the public on Friday not to consume seven Mr. Brown instant coffee and milk tea products that were made in China because of concerns they may be contaminated with melamine.
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AP - Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted...(more)
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Reuters - Suicide has not declined among elderly people living in long-term care facilities as it has among community-living elders, research hints.
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