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Reuters Medical and Health News
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Arsenic, a naturally occurring poison and carcinogen found in ground water, is strongly linked to adult-onset diabetes, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:28:04 -0400
LONDON (Reuters) - Stem cell scientists have developed a new and more accurate way of spotting aggressive forms of bowel cancer, allowing for tailored treatment that should improve patients' chances of survival.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:18:33 -0400
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Reducing levels of the amino acid homocysteine with folic acid and B vitamins failed to prevent serious complications in patients with heart disease, Norwegian researchers said on Tuesday.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:02:48 -0400
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Embryonic stem cells can be used to grow vats of red blood cells, which could lead to the creation of "farms" that could provide limitless sources of blood, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:37:02 -0400
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Ventilator tubes treated with silver to reduce infections cut the risk of pneumonia in gravely ill patients by 36 percent compared with similar, untreated tubes, researchers reported on Tuesday.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:01:19 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The primary purpose of a 1999 clinical study that Merck & Co Inc said was done to test side effects of Vioxx was actually to support a marketing campaign before the now-withdrawn painkiller's launch, according to U.S. researchers.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:25:33 -0400
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bacterial pneumonia may have killed most people during the 1918 flu pandemic, and antibiotics may be as crucial as flu drugs to fight any new pandemic, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:56:51 -0400
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Impotence drugs may be able to help reduce the symptoms caused by enlarged prostates, such as trouble urinating, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:09:34 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New mothers with a history of depression or other psychiatric disorders appear more likely than other women to attempt suicide soon after giving birth, a new study suggests.
Publ.Date : Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:21:36 -0400
GENEVA (Reuters) - Seasonal floods in West Africa, which have uprooted more than 200,000 people, are increasing the risk of deadly diseases including cholera which has already struck, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:20:59 -0400
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