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Saturday, February 02, 2008  
Suspected bird flu in northern Turkey: report (AFP) (No Prescription)
Suspected bird flu in northern Turkey: report (AFP)

Hens are pictured in Telceker village of Dogubeyazit, eastern Turkey. Turkish authorities in the northern coastal town of Samsun have erected a quarantine zone and begun slaughtering poultry after suspected cases of bird flu, news agency Anatolia reported on Saturday.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer )AFP - Turkish authorities in the northern coastal town of Samsun have erected a quarantine zone and begun slaughtering poultry after suspected cases of bird flu, news agency Anatolia reported on Saturday.



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Indian state says bird flu under control, Bangladesh reports spread (AFP)

Indian health workers hold chickens during a culling operation at Rampurhat, some 230 km north of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, 21 January 2008. An Indian state said it had brought the country's worst ever bird flu outbreak under control on Saturday, just as neighbouring Bangladesh reported the virus was spreading.(AFP/File)AFP - An Indian state said it had brought the country's worst ever bird flu outbreak under control on Saturday, just as neighbouring Bangladesh reported the virus was spreading.



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CDC: Drug sickens dialysis patients (AP) (No Prescription)
CDC: Drug sickens dialysis patients (AP)
AP - More than 50 dialysis patients in 12 states have come down with allergic reactions that are being blamed on recalled batches of a blood thinner, federal health officials said Friday.
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FDA: Chantix may pose psychiatric risks (AP)
AP - Government regulators said Friday the connection between Pfizer's anti-smoking drug Chantix and serious psychiatric problems is "increasingly likely."
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Indian state says bird flu under control, Bangladesh reports spread (AFP)

Indian health workers hold chickens during a culling operation at Rampurhat, some 230 km north of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, 21 January 2008. An Indian state said it had brought the country's worst ever bird flu outbreak under control on Saturday, just as neighbouring Bangladesh reported the virus was spreading.(AFP/File)AFP - An Indian state said it had brought the country's worst ever bird flu outbreak under control on Saturday, just as neighbouring Bangladesh reported the virus was spreading.



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Fight looms over global AIDS program (Online Pharmacy) (AP)
Fight looms over global AIDS program (AP)

Pascazia Mukamana, left, holds her three-year-old sister Solange Muragishemaria, who displays symptoms of HIV infections at their home in Ntenyo in southwestern Rwanda, months after she quit school to single-handedly raise three siblings after their mother died from AIDS in this May 6, 2003 file photo. Arguably the most important and popular international program of the Bush presidency, a five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas, may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal this year. President Bush wants to double and House Democrats want to triple spending on a program that is now treating 1.4 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, where he will visit in two weeks (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)AP - A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas � arguably the most important and popular international program of the Bush presidency � may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal.



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CDC: Drug sickens dialysis patients (AP)
AP - More than 50 dialysis patients in 12 states have come down with allergic reactions that are being blamed on recalled batches of a blood thinner, federal health officials said Friday.
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FDA: Chantix may pose psychiatric risks (AP)
AP - Government regulators said Friday the connection between Pfizer's anti-smoking drug Chantix and serious psychiatric problems is "increasingly likely."
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CDC: Drug sickens dialysis patients (AP)
CDC: Drug sickens dialysis patients (AP)
AP - More than 50 dialysis patients in 12 states have come down with allergic reactions that are being blamed on recalled batches of a blood thinner, federal health officials said Friday.
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Fight looms over global AIDS program (AP)

Pascazia Mukamana, left, holds her three-year-old sister Solange Muragishemaria, who displays symptoms of HIV infections at their home in Ntenyo in southwestern Rwanda, months after she quit school to single-handedly raise three siblings after their mother died from AIDS in this May 6, 2003 file photo. Arguably the most important and popular international program of the Bush presidency, a five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas, may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal this year. President Bush wants to double and House Democrats want to triple spending on a program that is now treating 1.4 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, where he will visit in two weeks (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)AP - A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas � arguably the most important and popular international program of the Bush presidency � may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal.



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FDA: Chantix may pose psychiatric risks (AP)
AP - Government regulators said Friday the connection between Pfizer's anti-smoking drug Chantix and serious psychiatric problems is "increasingly likely."
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Friday, February 01, 2008  
No Prescription - HPV causing more oral cancer in men (AP)
HPV causing more oral cancer in men (AP)
AP - The sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer in women is poised to become one of the leading causes of oral cancer in men, according to a new study.
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More swans test positive for H5N1 bird flu: officials (AFP)

Two swans glide on the flooded Welney Washes in Norfolk, January 2008. Two more wild swans found dead on a nature reserve in south-west England have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu, which can be deadly for humans, the environment ministry said.(AFP/File/Edmond Terakopian)AFP - Two more wild swans found dead on a nature reserve in south-west England have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu, which can be deadly for humans, the environment ministry said Friday.



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Pregnant Women With Asthma Should Stay on Low Dose of Meds (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- During pregnancy, asthmatic women should continue to use their asthma medication in the lowest dose possible to manage symptoms.
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Bird flu continues march 4 years later (AP)

Ducks and chickens are sold in a market in Ha Tay Province,Vietnam, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)AP - Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.



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CDC: Drug sickens dialysis patients (AP)
AP - More than 50 dialysis patients in 12 states have come down with allergic reactions that are being blamed on recalled batches of a blood thinner, federal health officials said Friday.
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India isolates 26 people as bird flu spreads in Asia (Reuters)

A health worker culls a chicken in Akhira village, January 21, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - India has put 26 people in isolation with bird flu symptoms and hundreds more people are being monitored, officials said on Friday as Pakistan and Thailand reported outbreaks of bird flu in poultry.



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Safe sex the message as Rio launches into Carnival (Reuters)

Revellers from the Mangueira do Amanha children's samba school dance during their Carnival parade in the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro February 1, 2008. (Rickey Rogers/Reuters)Reuters - Wearing nuns' veils, condom-shaped hats and all kinds of silly headgear, Brazilians partied in the beer-slicked streets of Rio de Janeiro on Friday as its Carnival started in earnest.



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Online Pharmacy - Bangladesh steps up vigilance as bird flu spreads (Reuters)
Bangladesh steps up vigilance as bird flu spreads (Reuters)

Bangladeshi vendors display chickens in a cage at a market in Dhaka, May 3, 2007. In less than a year, bird flu has spread to nearly half of Bangladesh's 64 districts, threatening the livelihoods of millions of people reliant on the poultry industry and driving up food prices. (Rafiqur Rahman/Reuters)Reuters - In less than a year, bird flu has spread to nearly half of Bangladesh's 64 districts, threatening the livelihoods of millions of people reliant on the poultry industry and driving up food prices.



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Obese patients wait longer for kidney transplants (Reuters)
Reuters - Extremely obese adults in need of a kidney transplant appear to wait longer for a donor organ than their thinner counterparts do, a study has found.
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Online Pharmacy - India isolates 26 people as bird flu spreads in Asia (Reuters)
India isolates 26 people as bird flu spreads in Asia (Reuters)

A health worker culls a chicken in Akhira village, January 21, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - India has put 26 people in isolation with bird flu symptoms and hundreds more people are being monitored, officials said on Friday as Pakistan and Thailand reported outbreaks of bird flu in poultry.



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WHO reports Tamiflu-resistant flu in U.S., Canada (Reuters)

A Bosnian pharmacist displays Swiss drug maker Roche's Tamiflu bird flu anti-viral tablets at a pharmacy in the capital Sarajevo February 18, 2006. (Danilo Krstanovic/Reuters)Reuters - The main seasonal flu virus in the United States and Canada as well as parts of Europe shows higher resistance to the antiviral drug Tamiflu, raising questions about its potential effectiveness in a human bird flu pandemic.



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Bangladesh steps up (No Prescription) vigilance as bird flu spreads (Reuters)
Bangladesh steps up vigilance as bird flu spreads (Reuters)

Bangladeshi vendors display chickens in a cage at a market in Dhaka, May 3, 2007. In less than a year, bird flu has spread to nearly half of Bangladesh's 64 districts, threatening the livelihoods of millions of people reliant on the poultry industry and driving up food prices. (Rafiqur Rahman/Reuters)Reuters - In less than a year, bird flu has spread to nearly half of Bangladesh's 64 districts, threatening the livelihoods of millions of people reliant on the poultry industry and driving up food prices.



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Indonesian woman dies of bird flu near capital (Reuters)

A vendor holds a chick as he waits for customers outside a market in Karachi February 1, 2008. Pakistani authorities have detected an outbreak of the H5N1strain of bird flu at a poultry farm on the outskirts of its biggest city, Karachi, but officials said on Friday there was no likelihood of any human infection. The chicks are colour dyed to be more appealing to buyers, according to the vendor. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN)Reuters - An Indonesian woman who lived near a poultry slaughterhouse on the outskirts of the capital has died of bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday, the latest victim in a surge of cases this year.



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India isolates 26 people as bird flu spreads in Asia (Reuters)

A health worker culls a chicken in Akhira village, January 21, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - India has put 26 people in isolation with bird flu symptoms and hundreds more people are being monitored, officials said on Friday as Pakistan and Thailand reported outbreaks of bird flu in poultry.



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Bangladesh hit by bird flu outbreak (AP)
AP - Livestock officials slaughtered more than 27,000 chickens and ducks in northern Bangladesh after bird flu was confirmed at a poultry farm near the border with India, a report said Friday.
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Bird flu continues march 4 years later (AP)

Ducks and chickens are sold in a market in Ha Tay Province,Vietnam, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)AP - Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.



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Health workers quarantined in Indian bird flu state (AFP)

A vendor transports chickens for sale at the local market on the outskirts of Siliguri in eastern Indian state of West Bengal, 31 January 2008. A health worker in an Indian state was put in isolation and hundreds of others who had slaughtered chickens to stem an outbreak of bird flu were being monitored, an official said Friday.(AFP/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - A health worker in an Indian state was put in isolation and hundreds of others who had slaughtered chickens to stem an outbreak of bird flu were being monitored, an official said Friday.



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Indonesian woman dies of bird flu (Online Pharmacy) near capital (Reuters)
Indonesian woman dies of bird flu near capital (Reuters)

A vendor holds a chick as he waits for customers outside a market in Karachi February 1, 2008. Pakistani authorities have detected an outbreak of the H5N1strain of bird flu at a poultry farm on the outskirts of its biggest city, Karachi, but officials said on Friday there was no likelihood of any human infection. The chicks are colour dyed to be more appealing to buyers, according to the vendor. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN)Reuters - An Indonesian woman who lived near a poultry slaughterhouse on the outskirts of the capital has died of bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday, the latest victim in a surge of cases this year.



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Bangladesh steps up vigilance as bird flu spreads (Reuters)

Bangladeshi vendors display chickens in a cage at a market in Dhaka, May 3, 2007. In less than a year, bird flu has spread to nearly half of Bangladesh's 64 districts, threatening the livelihoods of millions of people reliant on the poultry industry and driving up food prices. (Rafiqur Rahman/Reuters)Reuters - In less than a year, bird flu has spread to nearly half of Bangladesh's 64 districts, threatening the livelihoods of millions of people reliant on the poultry industry and driving up food prices.



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Bangladesh hit by bird flu outbreak (AP)
AP - Livestock officials slaughtered more than 27,000 chickens and ducks in northern Bangladesh after bird flu was confirmed at a poultry farm near the border with India, a report said Friday.
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India isolates 26 people as bird flu spreads in Asia (Reuters)

A health worker culls a chicken in Akhira village, January 21, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - India has put 26 people in isolation with bird flu symptoms and hundreds more people are being monitored, officials said on Friday as Pakistan and Thailand reported outbreaks of bird flu in poultry.



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Health workers quarantined in Indian bird flu state (AFP)

A vendor transports chickens for sale at the local market on the outskirts of Siliguri in eastern Indian state of West Bengal, 31 January 2008. A health worker in an Indian state was put in isolation and hundreds of others who had slaughtered chickens to stem an outbreak of bird flu were being monitored, an official said Friday.(AFP/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - A health worker in an Indian state was put in isolation and hundreds of others who had slaughtered chickens to stem an outbreak of bird flu were being monitored, an official said Friday.



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Bird flu continues march 4 years later (AP)

Ducks and chickens are sold in a market in Ha Tay Province,Vietnam, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)AP - Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.



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Thursday, January 31, 2008  
Atkins-Like Diet Cuts Epileptic Seizures (HealthDay) (Online Pharmacy)
Atkins-Like Diet Cuts Epileptic Seizures (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with epilepsy who have failed other treatments may be able to dramatically reduce their number of seizures by following a modified Atkins-like diet, Johns Hopkins researchers report.
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Super Bowl could be heart health hazard (AP)

Balloons are released over Sun Devil Stadium during the halftime festivities at the Dallas Cowboys vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers football game at Super Bowl XXX in Tempe, Ariz., in this Jan. 28, 1996 file photo. This 2008 Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and New York Giants on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008, is the latest in a growing list of national sports events that have landed in the desert. And more are on the way as Phoenix contends with Los Angeles to become the West Coast's top destination for major events. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file)AP - For rabid fans of the New York Giants and New England Patriots, this Sunday's Super Bowl won't be just a game. It may be a health hazard. Heart attacks and other cardiac emergencies doubled in Munich, Germany, when that nation's soccer team played in World Cup matches, a new study reports.



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Parenting lessons don't stop toddler tantrums: study (AFP)

Toddlers play in a playground. A new study shows that parent training programmes fail to reduce behavioural problems in toddlers, suggesting that coaching on how to rear children may be a waste of time and money.(AFP/File/John MacDougall)AFP - A new study shows that parent training programmes fail to reduce behavioural problems in toddlers, suggesting that coaching on how to rear children may be a waste of time and money.



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Compound cuts cerebral palsy in preemies (AP)
AP - Doctors can cut the risk of cerebral palsy in half for very premature babies by giving their mothers magnesium sulfate just before they give birth, new research shows.
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Scientists study how HIV hides in body (AP)
AP - The AIDS virus has hideouts deep in the immune system that today's drugs can't reach. Now scientists finally have discovered how HIV builds one of those fortresses � and they're exploring whether a drug already used to fight a parasite in developing countries just might hold a key to break in.
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Swiss change safe sex message on HIV (AP)
AP - Swiss AIDS experts said Thursday that some people with HIV who meet strict conditions and are under treatment can safely have unprotected sex with non-infected partners.
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Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 31, 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Suspected bird flu shuts Hong Kong park's aviaries (Reuters) (Online Pharmacy)
Suspected bird flu shuts Hong Kong park's aviaries (Reuters)

Flamingos rest at a pond in Ocean Park in Hong Kong February 26, 2004. (Kin Cheung/Reuters)Reuters - A Hong Kong theme park is to shut its aviaries for three weeks following the discovery of a wild heron suspected of dying from bird flu.



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New HIV Drug Sanctioned When Others Fail (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The anti-HIV medication etravirine has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for adults who have failed treatment with other antiretrovirals.
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HK closes aviaries after bird flu fears (AP)

Graphic shows bird flu epidemics in the world and its human cases by date and country; two sizes; 1c x 3 7/8 inches; 46.5 mm x 98.4 mm; 2c x 4 3/8 inches; 96.3 mm x 111.1 mmAP - Aviaries at a popular Hong Kong theme park were closed to the public for three weeks beginning Thursday, after tests indicated that a wild heron found dead in the park may have been killed by bird flu, agriculture officials said.



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Bangladesh, India spar over source of bird flu (AFP)

An Indian chicken shop owner waits for customers at a stall in Kolkata, 31 January 2008. Bangladesh on Thursday rejected suggestions it was the source of the massive bid flu outbreak in the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal, saying India had the deadly disease first.(AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - Bangladesh on Thursday rejected suggestions it was the source of the massive bid flu outbreak in the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal, saying India had the deadly disease first.



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No Prescription - HK closes aviaries after bird flu fears (AP)
HK closes aviaries after bird flu fears (AP)

An Indian health official culls a duck to curb the spread of bird flu, as poultry fell ill and died in new areas in the region, in Badha village, Margram, about 270 kilometers (167 miles) north of Calcutta, India, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. Fears of bird flu and a pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but the virus has quietly continued killing people and poultry in Asia as health experts warn that the threat remains unchanged.(AP Photo/Bikas Das)AP - Aviaries at a popular Hong Kong theme park were closed to the public for three weeks beginning Thursday, after tests indicated that a wild heron found dead in the park may have been killed by bird flu, agriculture officials said.



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Atkins-Like Diet Cuts Epileptic Seizures (HealthDay)
Atkins-Like Diet Cuts Epileptic Seizures (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with epilepsy who have failed other treatments may be able to dramatically reduce their number of seizures by following a modified Atkins-like diet, Johns Hopkins researchers report.
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Drug-resistant flu is found in Europe (AP) (No Prescription)
Drug-resistant flu is found in Europe (AP)
AP - A small number of flu viruses resistant to Tamiflu, a top antiviral drug, have been detected in Europe, health authorities said this week.
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Bangladesh, India spar over source of bird flu (AFP)

An Indian chicken shop owner waits for customers at a stall in Kolkata, 31 January 2008. Bangladesh on Thursday rejected suggestions it was the source of the massive bid flu outbreak in the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal, saying India had the deadly disease first.(AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - Bangladesh on Thursday rejected suggestions it was the source of the massive bid flu outbreak in the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal, saying India had the deadly disease first.



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Wednesday, January 30, 2008  
Online Pharmacy - Researcher admits leaking diabetes study (AP)
Researcher admits leaking diabetes study (AP)
AP - A Texas doctor leaked confidential research to the makers of the popular diabetes drug Avandia weeks before a study was published tying the drug to higher heart risks, the scientific journal Nature reported Wednesday.
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Lung cancer surgery improves quality of life (Reuters)
Reuters - Surgery for lung cancer can have a substantial impact on long-term, health-related quality of life, the results of a study published in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggest.
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Super Bowl could be heart health hazard (AP)

Balloons are released over Sun Devil Stadium during the halftime festivities at the Dallas Cowboys vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers football game at Super Bowl XXX in Tempe, Ariz., in this Jan. 28, 1996 file photo. This 2008 Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and New York Giants on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008, is the latest in a growing list of national sports events that have landed in the desert. And more are on the way as Phoenix contends with Los Angeles to become the West Coast's top destination for major events. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file)AP - For rabid fans of the New York Giants and New England Patriots, this Sunday's Super Bowl won't be just a game. It may be a health hazard. Heart attacks and other cardiac emergencies doubled in Munich, Germany, when that nation's soccer team played in World Cup matches, a new study reports.



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Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 30, 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Gentler fix for artery bulge proves best (AP)
AP - A new study may help older people and their doctors decide how to treat a very common and dangerous problem � a bulging abdominal artery threatening to burst.
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Mercury from vaccines disappears quickly (AP)
AP - Mercury from vaccines seems to disappear rapidly from the blood, returning to pre-vaccination levels in one month, according to a small study of children in Argentina.
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Mercury in Childhood Vaccines Excreted Quickly (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The latest chapter in the debate over whether childhood vaccines can cause autism was written Wednesday with release of a study that showed the controversial mercury-containing preservative thimerosal is rapidly excreted from babies' bodies and can't build up to toxic levels.
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Study links stress to soldiers' maladies (AP)
AP - The role of traumatic brain injury � blamed for symptoms plaguing thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq � might be overstated, contends a provocative military study that offers hope for successful treatment.
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Online Pharmacy - Gentler fix for artery bulge proves best (AP)
Gentler fix for artery bulge proves best (AP)
AP - A new study may help older people and their doctors decide how to treat a very common and dangerous problem � a bulging abdominal artery threatening to burst.
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Mercury from vaccines disappears quickly (AP)
AP - Mercury from vaccines seems to disappear rapidly from the blood, returning to pre-vaccination levels in one month, according to a small study of children in Argentina.
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Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 30, 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Super Bowl could be heart health hazard (AP)

Balloons are released over Sun Devil Stadium during the halftime festivities at the Dallas Cowboys vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers football game at Super Bowl XXX in Tempe, Ariz., in this Jan. 28, 1996 file photo. This 2008 Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and New York Giants on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008, is the latest in a growing list of national sports events that have landed in the desert. And more are on the way as Phoenix contends with Los Angeles to become the West Coast's top destination for major events. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file)AP - For rabid fans of the New York Giants and New England Patriots, this Sunday's Super Bowl won't be just a game. It may be a health hazard. Heart attacks and other cardiac emergencies doubled in Munich, Germany, when that nation's soccer team played in World Cup matches, a new study reports.



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Lung cancer surgery improves quality of life (Reuters)
Reuters - Surgery for lung cancer can have a substantial impact on long-term, health-related quality of life, the results of a study published in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggest.
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Mercury in Childhood Vaccines Excreted Quickly (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The latest chapter in the debate over whether childhood vaccines can cause autism was written Wednesday with release of a study that showed the controversial mercury-containing preservative thimerosal is rapidly excreted from babies' bodies and can't build up to toxic levels.
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Researcher admits leaking diabetes study (AP)
AP - A Texas doctor leaked confidential research to the makers of the popular diabetes drug Avandia weeks before a study was published tying the drug to higher heart risks, the scientific journal Nature reported Wednesday.
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Study links stress to soldiers' maladies (AP)
AP - The role of traumatic brain injury � blamed for symptoms plaguing thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq � might be overstated, contends a provocative military study that offers hope for successful treatment.
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Indonesia launches bird flu plan as death toll tops 100 (AFP) (Online Pharmacy)
Indonesia launches bird flu plan as death toll tops 100 (AFP)

Health workers collect blood samples from a pigeon in the neighbourhood of woman who died of bird flu in Jakarta in late 2007. Indonesia has launched a new three-year plan to fight bird flu, just days after the confirmed death toll topped 100 in the country hardest hit by the H5N1 virus.(AFP/File/Adek Berry)AFP - Indonesia on Wednesday launched a new three-year plan to fight bird flu, just days after the confirmed death toll topped 100 in the country hardest hit by the H5N1 virus.



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Indian state calls for foreign help in bird flu battle (AFP)

A taxi rolls over a disinfective bed, a preventive measure against bird flu, in Kolkata, 30 January 2008. India's bird-flu hit state of West Bengal appealed to New Delhi to allow the United States and China to come to its aid in battling the disease, an official said on Wednesday.(AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - India's bird-flu hit state of West Bengal appealed to New Delhi to allow the United States and China to come to its aid in battling the disease, an official said on Wednesday.



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Online Pharmacy - India sprays markets, roads to halt bird flu outbreak (Reuters)
India sprays markets, roads to halt bird flu outbreak (Reuters)

A chicken waits to be sold in Kunming, Yunnan province, neighboring Tibet, January 30, 2008. China has detected an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry in Tibet, a government Web site said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) CHINA OUTReuters - Workers sprayed roads and markets in Kolkata with disinfectants and culled thousands of birds as authorities in eastern India battled to stop an outbreak of bird flu in poultry reaching the crowded city.



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Indonesian man dies of bird flu (AP)

A chicken waits to be sold in Kunming, Yunnan province, neighboring Tibet, January 30, 2008. China has detected an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry in Tibet, a government Web site said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) CHINA OUTAP - A 32-year-old man died of bird flu in Indonesia's capital, lifting the toll in the country hardest hit by the virus to 101.



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Online Pharmacy - Hand gels alone may not curb infections (AP)
Hand gels alone may not curb infections (AP)

A nurse uses an alcohol-based hand gel Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel. The spread of infection-causing germs in U.S. hospitals is a huge health problem, accounting for an estimated 1.7 million infections and 99,000 deaths each year, according to the CDC. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)AP - Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel, thinking the quick-acting goo will kill bacteria on their hands and curb the spread of infection. It turns out that's not enough.



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Vaccine for drug addiction could offer hope to users (AFP)

A cocaine sample. In a search for what could be the ultimate cure for drug addiction, scientists have developed a vaccine which prevents the body from getting high. The most promising results so far have been with cocaine, but researchers hope it could also one day be used to cure addiction to methamphetamine, heroin and even cigarettes.(AFP/File)AFP - In a search for what could be the ultimate cure for drug addiction, scientists have developed a vaccine which prevents the body from getting high.



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Indonesian man dies of bird flu (AP)

A chicken waits to be sold in Kunming, Yunnan province, neighboring Tibet, January 30, 2008. China has detected an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry in Tibet, a government Web site said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) CHINA OUTAP - A 32-year-old man died of bird flu in Indonesia's capital, lifting the toll in the country hardest hit by the virus to 101.



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India sprays markets, roads to halt bird flu outbreak (Reuters)

A chicken waits to be sold in Kunming, Yunnan province, neighboring Tibet, January 30, 2008. China has detected an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry in Tibet, a government Web site said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) CHINA OUTReuters - Workers sprayed roads and markets in Kolkata with disinfectants and culled thousands of birds as authorities in eastern India battled to stop an outbreak of bird flu in poultry reaching the crowded city.



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No Prescription - Cold meds send 7,000 kids to hospitals (AP)
Cold meds send 7,000 kids to hospitals (AP)
AP - Cough and cold medicines send about 7,000 children to hospital emergency rooms each year, the U.S. government said Monday in its first national estimate of the problem.
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Hand gels alone may not curb infections (AP)

A nurse uses an alcohol-based hand gel Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel. The spread of infection-causing germs in U.S. hospitals is a huge health problem, accounting for an estimated 1.7 million infections and 99,000 deaths each year, according to the CDC. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)AP - Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel, thinking the quick-acting goo will kill bacteria on their hands and curb the spread of infection. It turns out that's not enough.



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Costs for elderly diabetics on the rise in the U.S. (Reuters)
Reuters - The costs of caring for elderly people with diabetes, a growing population, are threatening to overwhelm the system designed to pay for their medical care, according to a new analysis of Medicare claims.
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Drug offers hope in treating deadly leukemia: study (AFP)

A drug currently used to treat kidney cancer has shown promising results in treating the most common and deadly form of adult leukemia, according to a US study released Tuesday.(JNCI)AFP - A drug currently used to treat kidney cancer has shown promising results in treating the most common and deadly form of adult leukemia, according to a US study released Tuesday.



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ABC defends show against outcry by pediatricians (Reuters)
Reuters - The ABC network said on Monday it will go ahead with plans to air an episode of its new legal drama "Eli Stone" despite objections from pediatricians who say the show may discourage parents from having their children immunized.
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Under 1 percent of U.S. adults have HIV: report (Reuters)

Founder President of Fightaids, Princess Stephanie of Monaco, speaks during the opening session of HIV+Monaco conference Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, in Monaco. The conference with GPN (Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS) and UNAIDS, brings together many organizations to focus efforts in the area and will take place until Jan. 26.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)Reuters - About one-half of one percent of young adults living in homes in the United States are infected with the AIDS virus, around 600,000 people, the National Center for Health Statistics reported on Tuesday.



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New flu vaccine may not need needles (AP)

Doses of a flu vaccine lie on a table in San Luis Obispo, California October 31, 2006. REUTERS/Phil KleinAP - Relief may be on the way for all those youngsters trembling at the thought of another needle jab. One day the flu vaccine may simply be placed under the tongue.



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New treatment can clear brain clots (AP)

Rush Medical Center neurosurgeon Demetrius Lopes holds up a Penumbra stroke vacuum system, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, in Chicago. A tiny vacuum cleaner for the brain is the newest treatment for stroke victims, promising to literally suction out clogged arteries to get blood flowing again. Now the question is how to tell which patients are good candidates � because illogical as it may sound, unclogging isn't always the best option to treat strokes, the nation's No. 3 killer. (AP Photo/Jerry Lai)AP - It's a tiny vacuum cleaner for the brain: A new treatment for stroke victims promises to suction out clogged arteries in hopes of stopping the brain attack before it does permanent harm.



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Hand gels alone may not curb infections (AP) (Online Pharmacy)
Hand gels alone may not curb infections (AP)

A nurse uses an alcohol-based hand gel Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel. The spread of infection-causing germs in U.S. hospitals is a huge health problem, accounting for an estimated 1.7 million infections and 99,000 deaths each year, according to the CDC. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)AP - Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel, thinking the quick-acting goo will kill bacteria on their hands and curb the spread of infection. It turns out that's not enough.



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Exercise reverses weight gain from antipsychotics (Reuters)
Reuters - In patients who take antipsychotic medication, a supervised exercise program significantly reduces weight and improves cholesterol levels, a Canadian research team has found.
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New treatment can clear brain clots (AP)

Rush Medical Center neurosurgeon Demetrius Lopes holds up a Penumbra stroke vacuum system, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, in Chicago. A tiny vacuum cleaner for the brain is the newest treatment for stroke victims, promising to literally suction out clogged arteries to get blood flowing again. Now the question is how to tell which patients are good candidates � because illogical as it may sound, unclogging isn't always the best option to treat strokes, the nation's No. 3 killer. (AP Photo/Jerry Lai)AP - It's a tiny vacuum cleaner for the brain: A new treatment for stroke victims promises to suction out clogged arteries in hopes of stopping the brain attack before it does permanent harm.



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New flu vaccine may not need needles (AP)

Doses of a flu vaccine lie on a table in San Luis Obispo, California October 31, 2006. REUTERS/Phil KleinAP - Relief may be on the way for all those youngsters trembling at the thought of another needle jab. One day the flu vaccine may simply be placed under the tongue.



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Saudis kill poultry after bird flu found (AP)
AP - Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it had killed some 158,000 chickens after the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain was found at an infected farm.
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ABC defends show against outcry by pediatricians (Reuters)
Reuters - The ABC network said on Monday it will go ahead with plans to air an episode of its new legal drama "Eli Stone" despite objections from pediatricians who say the show may discourage parents from having their children immunized.
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China reports bird flu outbreak in poultry in Tibet (Reuters)

A roadside livestock vendor waits for customers sitting among his chickens in Jakarta. Confirmation of the 100th human bird flu death in Indonesia shows the virus is out of control in the country most ravaged by outbreaks of the disease, experts said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)Reuters - China has detected an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry in Tibet, a government Web site said on Tuesday.



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Costs for elderly diabetics on the rise in the U.S. (Reuters)
Reuters - The costs of caring for elderly people with diabetes, a growing population, are threatening to overwhelm the system designed to pay for their medical care, according to a new analysis of Medicare claims.
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Drug offers hope in treating deadly leukemia: study (AFP)

A drug currently used to treat kidney cancer has shown promising results in treating the most common and deadly form of adult leukemia, according to a US study released Tuesday.(JNCI)AFP - A drug currently used to treat kidney cancer has shown promising results in treating the most common and deadly form of adult leukemia, according to a US study released Tuesday.



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Cold meds send 7,000 kids to hospitals (AP)
Cold meds send 7,000 kids to hospitals (AP)

Pedia Care Infant Drops Long-Acting Cough and Concentrated Tylenol Infants' Drops Plus Cold & Cough are shown in a medicine cabinet at the home of Carol Uyeno in Palo Alto, Calif., in this Oct. 11, 2007 file photo. Parents should not give babies and toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold medicines they're too risky for tots so small, the government will declare Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Cough and cold medicines send about 7,000 children to hospital emergency rooms each year, the U.S. government said Monday in its first national estimate of the problem.



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New flu vaccine may not need needles (AP)

Doses of a flu vaccine lie on a table in San Luis Obispo, California October 31, 2006. REUTERS/Phil KleinAP - Relief may be on the way for all those youngsters trembling at the thought of another needle jab. One day the flu vaccine may simply be placed under the tongue.



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Hand gels alone may not curb infections (AP)
AP - Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel, thinking the quick-acting goo will kill bacteria on their hands and curb the spread of infection.
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Anti-Clotting Drug Helps Infants With Heart Ills (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Small doses of the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel (Plavix) can benefit children under age 2 with heart problems, a new study says.
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Anti-Clotting Drug Helps Infants With Heart Ills (HealthDay) (Online Pharmacy)
Anti-Clotting Drug Helps Infants With Heart Ills (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Small doses of the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel (Plavix) can benefit children under age 2 with heart problems, a new study says.
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Hand gels alone may not curb infections (AP)
AP - Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel, thinking the quick-acting goo will kill bacteria on their hands and curb the spread of infection.
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Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 29, 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Cold meds send 7,000 kids to hospitals (AP)

Pedia Care Infant Drops Long-Acting Cough and Concentrated Tylenol Infants' Drops Plus Cold & Cough are shown in a medicine cabinet at the home of Carol Uyeno in Palo Alto, Calif., in this Oct. 11, 2007 file photo. Parents should not give babies and toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold medicines they're too risky for tots so small, the government will declare Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Cough and cold medicines send about 7,000 children to hospital emergency rooms each year, the U.S. government said Monday in its first national estimate of the problem.



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New flu vaccine may not need needles (AP)

Doses of a flu vaccine lie on a table in San Luis Obispo, California October 31, 2006. REUTERS/Phil KleinAP - Relief may be on the way for all those youngsters trembling at the thought of another needle jab. One day the flu vaccine may simply be placed under the tongue.



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China reports bird flu outbreak in poultry in Tibet (Reuters) (Online Pharmacy)
China reports bird flu outbreak in poultry in Tibet (Reuters)

Health workers cull chickens in Birlapur village, about 20km (13 miles) South of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, January 29, 2008. Veterinary staff in West Bengal are capturing chickens in night-time raids to surprise villagers unwilling to part with their backyard poultry as an outbreak of bird flu spreads. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA)Reuters - China has detected an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry in Tibet, a government Web site said on Tuesday.



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New flu vaccine may not need needles (AP)
New flu vaccine may not need needles (AP)

Doses of a flu vaccine lie on a table in San Luis Obispo, California October 31, 2006. REUTERS/Phil KleinAP - Relief may be on the way for all those youngsters trembling at the thought of another needle jab. One day the flu vaccine may simply be placed under the tongue.



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Cold meds send 7,000 kids to hospitals (AP)

Pedia Care Infant Drops Long-Acting Cough and Concentrated Tylenol Infants' Drops Plus Cold & Cough are shown in a medicine cabinet at the home of Carol Uyeno in Palo Alto, Calif., in this Oct. 11, 2007 file photo. Parents should not give babies and toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold medicines they're too risky for tots so small, the government will declare Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Cough and cold medicines send about 7,000 children to hospital emergency rooms each year, the U.S. government said Monday in its first national estimate of the problem.



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India steps up culling, calls for calm as bird flu spreads (AFP)

An Indian street vendor makes an omelette from a chicken egg at her tea stall in Kolkata, 28 January 2008. India's West Bengal state has said that it was slaughtering chickens on a AFP - India's West Bengal state has said that it was slaughtering chickens on a "war footing" as bird flu spread to new areas of the highly-populated province of 80 million people.



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Monday, January 28, 2008  
No Prescription - Medical schools prepare for "silver tsunami" (Reuters)
Medical schools prepare for "silver tsunami" (Reuters)

An older man waits for the arrival of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney during the opening of his campaign headquarters in Sioux City, Iowa, November 13, 2007. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Just a few years ago, a graduate from Brown University medical school had just an inkling about how to care for the elderly.



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Alzheimer's Research Target May Be a Dead End (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A once-promising pathway for research into preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease may have been derailed by a surprise chemical finding, researchers report.
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Study finds more elderly develop diabetes (Reuters)

A type 1 diabetic patient displays her blood sugar level testing device at the J.W.C.H. safety-net clinic in downtown Los Angeles, July 30, 2007. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)Reuters - More elderly Americans are contracting diabetes and the majority develop complications such as heart disease that might be prevented if they properly monitored their health, a researcher said on Monday.



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EU health chief uses food labels to fight obesity (Reuters)
Reuters - The European Union's health chief wants to introduce tougher food labeling rules to combat the growing problem of obesity across Europe, but is facing stiff political and industrial opposition.
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Online Pharmacy - Indonesia bird flu death toll hits 100 (Reuters)
Indonesia bird flu death toll hits 100 (Reuters)

Local husbandry officers, wearing protective suits, prepare to slaughter chickens in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra province, Indonesia May 19, 2007. (Y.T Haryono/Reuters)Reuters - A 23-year-old Indonesian woman from East Jakarta has died from bird flu, taking the country's death toll to 100, according to a report from Indonesia's bird flu information centre on Monday.



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Cancer risk growing in developing world: UN agencies (AFP)

World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland. Developing countries are facing a growing cancer epidemic and expected to see more than two thirds of new cases worldwide over the next 10 years, UN health officials warned on Monday.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Developing countries are facing a growing cancer epidemic and expected to see more than two thirds of new cases worldwide over the next 10 years, UN health officials warned on Monday.



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New treatment can clear brain clots (AP)

Rush Medical Center neurosurgeon Demetrius Lopes holds up a Penumbra stroke vacuum system, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, in Chicago. A tiny vacuum cleaner for the brain is the newest treatment for stroke victims, promising to literally suction out clogged arteries to get blood flowing again. Now the question is how to tell which patients are good candidates � because illogical as it may sound, unclogging isn't always the best option to treat strokes, the nation's No. 3 killer. (AP Photo/Jerry Lai)AP - It's a tiny vacuum cleaner for the brain: A new treatment for stroke victims promises to suction out clogged arteries in hopes of stopping the brain attack before it does permanent harm.



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Medical schools prepare for "silver tsunami" (Reuters)

An older man waits for the arrival of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney during the opening of his campaign headquarters in Sioux City, Iowa, November 13, 2007. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Just a few years ago, a graduate from Brown University medical school had just an inkling about how to care for the elderly.



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Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 28, 2008 (HealthDay) (No Prescription)
Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 28, 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Cancer risk growing in developing world: UN agencies (AFP)

World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland. Developing countries are facing a growing cancer epidemic and expected to see more than two thirds of new cases worldwide over the next 10 years, UN health officials warned on Monday.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Developing countries are facing a growing cancer epidemic and expected to see more than two thirds of new cases worldwide over the next 10 years, UN health officials warned on Monday.



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Online Pharmacy - India swoops on homes in night raids to halt bird flu (Reuters)
India swoops on homes in night raids to halt bird flu (Reuters)

Health workers collect chickens for culling in Dumurdaha village, north of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, January 25, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Veterinary staff in eastern India are capturing chickens in night-time raids on the backyards of homes to surprise villagers unwilling to part with their poultry as an outbreak of bird flu spread.



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No Prescription - India swoops on homes in night raids to halt bird flu (Reuters)
India swoops on homes in night raids to halt bird flu (Reuters)

Health workers collect chickens for culling in Dumurdaha village, north of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, January 25, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Veterinary staff in eastern India are capturing chickens in night-time raids on the backyards of homes to surprise villagers unwilling to part with their poultry as an outbreak of bird flu spread.



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Indonesia bird flu death toll hits 100 (Reuters)

Local husbandry officers, wearing protective suits, prepare to slaughter chickens in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra province, Indonesia May 19, 2007. (Y.T Haryono/Reuters)Reuters - A 23-year-old Indonesian woman from East Jakarta has died from bird flu, taking the country's death toll to 100, according to a report from Indonesia's bird flu information centre on Monday.



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India steps up culling as bird flu spreads (AFP)

Indian health workers carry out a mass culling of birds in the village of Ganganagar, north of Kolkata, 24 January 2008. Health officials in India's West Bengal state said that they were culling chickens on a AFP - Health officials in India's West Bengal state said on Monday that they were culling chickens on a "war footing" as bird flu spread to new areas of the state at the weekend.



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Bangladesh plans house-to-house bird flu search (AFP)

A Bangladeshi livestock vendor waiting for customers in Dhaka, 22 January 2008. Bangladeshi authorities are to start house-to-house surveillance in their latest effort to stem a worsening outbreak of bird flu, an official said Monday.(AFP/File/Farjana Khan Godhuly)AFP - Bangladeshi authorities are to start house-to-house surveillance in their latest effort to stem a worsening outbreak of bird flu, an official said Monday.



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Some ordinary flu strains resist Tamiflu in study (Reuters)

A warehouse manager takes a carton of Tamiflu, which contains the antiviral drug oseltamivir, for packing at a pharmaceuticals storage facility in Singapore March 21, 2007. (Nicky Loh/Reuters)Reuters - Some seasonal influenza viruses are resistant to Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu, a study showed, but Roche said no doubts had been raised about the drug's power to combat any deadly bird flu pandemic.



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India steps up culling as bird flu spreads (AFP) (Online Pharmacy)
India steps up culling as bird flu spreads (AFP)

Indian health workers carry out a mass culling of birds in the village of Ganganagar, north of Kolkata, 24 January 2008. Health officials in India's West Bengal state said that they were culling chickens on a AFP - Health officials in India's West Bengal state said on Monday that they were culling chickens on a "war footing" as bird flu spread to new areas of the state at the weekend.



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Indonesia bird flu death toll hits 100 (Reuters)

Local husbandry officers, wearing protective suits, prepare to slaughter chickens in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra province, Indonesia May 19, 2007. (Y.T Haryono/Reuters)Reuters - A 23-year-old Indonesian woman from East Jakarta has died from bird flu, taking the country's death toll to 100, according to a report from Indonesia's bird flu information centre on Monday.



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India swoops on homes in night raids to halt bird flu (Reuters)

Health workers collect chickens for culling in Dumurdaha village, north of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, January 25, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Veterinary staff in eastern India are capturing chickens in night-time raids on the backyards of homes to surprise villagers unwilling to part with their poultry as an outbreak of bird flu