FDA approves high blood pressure tablets (AP) AP - Tablets containing a combination of the blood pressure medication aliskiren and water pill hydrochlorothiazide have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the product's manufacturer, Novartis AG, said Monday.
Source: news.yahoo.comStudy looks at why poor kids are heavy (AP) AP - New research discounts a common theory on why poor children are more likely to be overweight than children from wealthier families.
Source: news.yahoo.comLawsuit: Test Texas lawmaker for STDs (AP) AP - A lawsuit against a state lawmaker claims he forcibly kissed a woman at a holiday party and demands he be tested for sexually transmitted diseases.
Source: news.yahoo.comOnce Again, Caffeine Linked to Miscarriage (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 21 (
HealthDay News) -- Caffeine consumption by pregnant women can increase the risk of miscarriage, a new study reports.
Source: news.yahoo.comNew HIV Drug Sanctioned When Others Fail (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 21 (
HealthDay News) -- The anti-HIV medication entravirine has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for adults who have failed treatment with other antiretrovirals.
Source: news.yahoo.com"Ugly duckling" sign spots most malignant melanomas (Reuters) Reuters - Identifying pigmented moles that look different from a person's other moles -- the "ugly duckling sign" -- is a practical way to spot malignant melanoma skin cancer, doctors say.
Source: news.yahoo.comFood poisoning can be long-term problem (AP) 
AP - It's a dirty little secret of food poisoning: E. coli and certain other foodborne illnesses can sometimes trigger serious health problems months or years after patients survived that initial bout.
Source: news.yahoo.comExperts working on vaccine to fight AIDS in China (Reuters) 
Reuters - Scientists in Hong Kong and China are working on an AIDS vaccine to protect against three variants of HIV sweeping across south and west China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Source: news.yahoo.com
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