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 | Autistic Toddlers Prefer to Gaze at Geometric Patterns:
Study
(HealthDay)
07/09/2553 04:07  HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- When given the choice to gaze
at geometric patterns or children dancing and playing, toddlers with
autism spent more time looking at the patterns while typically developing
toddlers preferred to look at other kids, a new study finds. |
| Common bone drugs linked to esophageal cancer risk
(Reuters)
07/09/2553 03:15 Reuters - People who take a commonly used class of osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates for more than five years may be doubling their risk of developing cancer of the gullet or esophagus, a British study found on Friday. |
| Money can buy happiness, but only up to $75,000 07/09/2553 02:14 People”s emotional well-being increases along with their income up to about $75,000 but then levels out after their primary needs are met, researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
| UK regulators want Avandia diabetes pill pulled
(AP)
07/09/2553 02:06 AP - British drug regulators say GlaxoSmithKline”s controversial diabetes pill Avandia should be pulled from the U.K. market because of concerns that the drug can increase the risk of heart attacks. |
| WHO wants faster, more flu vaccine production 07/09/2553 01:26 The vaccine used to contain the recent swine flu pandemic was effective, but health authorities will need to ramp up the speed and volume of production during the next global outbreak, a World Health Organization official said Monday. |
| FDA relents from midodrine withdrawal plan
(AP)
06/09/2553 23:53 AP - Federal regulators have backed off a plan to remove a Shire PLC low blood-pressure treatment from the market after warning in August that the drug has not been proven effective. |
| Cholera outbreak in Cameroon ”worst in 20 years” 06/09/2553 17:43
By
2010-09-06T10:35:00Z
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) -- UNICEF says more than 300 people have died in the West African nation of Cameroon from the country”s worst cholera outbreak in 20 years....
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| WHO wants faster, more flu vaccine production 06/09/2553 17:24
By MIN LEE
2010-09-06T10:13:05Z
HONG KONG (AP) -- The vaccine used to contain the recent swine flu pandemic was effective, but health authorities will need to ramp up the speed and volume of production during the next global outbreak, a World Health Organization official said Monday....
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| WHO wants faster, more flu vaccine production
(AP)
06/09/2553 17:24 AP - The vaccine used to contain the recent swine flu pandemic was effective, but health authorities will need to ramp up the speed and volume of production during the next global outbreak, a World Health Organization official said Monday. |
| SKorean foreign minister in scandal offers to quit 06/09/2553 11:42
By KWANG-TAE KIM
2010-09-04T10:51:58Z
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan offered to resign Saturday amid accusations of nepotism over the hiring of his daughter for a ministry job, officials said....
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| Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia 06/09/2553 11:42
By STEPHANIE NANO
2010-09-01T22:25:41Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems....
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| New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB 06/09/2553 11:42
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
2010-09-01T22:27:54Z
Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it”s resistant to the main drug for treating it....
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| Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation 06/09/2553 11:42
By MATTHEW PERRONE
2010-09-02T08:01:52Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug....
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| Expert warns of complacency after swine flu fizzle 06/09/2553 11:42
By MIN LEE
2010-09-05T13:10:52Z
HONG KONG (AP) -- A leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that bird flu could spark the next global outbreak....
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| Text messages little help in remembering the Pill 06/09/2553 11:42 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A cell phone text message -- and the buzz or beep that signals its arrival -- may not help a woman remember to pop her birth control pill, a new study suggests. |
| Odds of getting new kidney uneven 06/09/2553 11:42 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with kidney disease are more likely to be added to the waiting list for a kidney transplant if they”ve had a previous heart, lung or liver transplant, a new study suggests. |
| No Pampers link to rash cases, safety groups say 06/09/2553 11:42 Two agencies investigating claims that Procter & Gamble Co”s Pampers Dry Max gave children severe diaper rash reported Thursday that they have found no specific cause linking the diapers to rashes. |
| Health care credit cards may add to your pain 06/09/2553 11:42 These days, you may leave your dentist”s office with more than a toothbrush and dental floss in your bag. Thousands of dentists are offering patients health-care credit cards to cover the work that needs to be done, with seemingly hard-to-resist repayment terms. If you need care and don”t have insurance to cover it or cash in hand, it”s tempting to sign up. |
| Osteoporosis drugs may raise throat cancer risk 06/09/2553 11:42 Researchers say new findings shouldn”t affect patients taking bisphosphonates, but said the medicines should be watched closely. Other studies have been divided over whether the risk is real. |
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