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Experts move closer to identifying best embryos
May 14, 2008 06:46 AM ET
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in Australia and Greece appear
to be moving closer to identifying genes that determine which
test-tube embryos stand the best chance of implanting in the
womb and growing into healthy babies.
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Tackle obesity like smoking: researcher
May 14, 2008 09:28 AM ET
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Tackling the global obesity epidemic will
require governments to take similar action to that many used
to curb smoking, a top researcher said on Wednesday.
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Researchers find smoking-lung cancer culprit
May 14, 2008 09:53 AM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A protein responsible for repairing damaged
DNA may be a vital link to explaining how smoking causes lung
cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Glaxo says cervical cancer vaccine works for longer
May 14, 2008 04:19 AM ET
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LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday new data
showed its Cervarix vaccine generated sustained, high levels
of neutralizing antibodies against the two most common cervical
cancer-causing virus types for 6.4 years.
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Sitting too long may be dangerous for young infants
May 13, 2008 03:46 PM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - "Do not leave infants less than one
month old in a sitting position for a long period of time,"
suggests Dr. Aurore Cote, because this may place them at increased
risk for sudden infant death.
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First Beijing death linked to China virus outbreak
May 14, 2008 06:28 AM ET
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's capital has recorded its first death
from an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease as authorities
try to contain the spread of a potent virus just three months
before the city hosts the Olympic Games.
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Many blacks miss therapy for rectal cancer
May 13, 2008 04:30 PM ET
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Blacks with rectal cancer are 23 percent
less likely to get chemotherapy than whites, even when they
see a cancer specialist, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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Senate revises drugmaker gift bill
May 13, 2008 06:22 PM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A revised Senate bill would require drugmakers
and medical devicemakers to publicly report gifts over $500
a year to doctors, watering down the standard set in a previous
version.
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Exforge cuts black patients' blood pressure: Novartis
May 14, 2008 03:23 AM ET
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis AG's Exforge drug significantly reduced
blood pressure in difficult-to-treat black patients, the Swiss
drugmaker said on Wednesday, citing a clinical trial.
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Novartis MenB meningitis vaccine protects infants
May 14, 2008 03:25 AM ET
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis AG's MenB vaccine showed potential
to give broad protection to infants against meningococcal B
infections in a mid-stage study, the Swiss drugmaker said on
Wednesday.
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