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US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears (AP)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:14:26 +0800

AP - When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard.

Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 10, 2008 (HealthDay)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:48:52 +0800

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

Racial Disparities Exist in Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes (HealthDay)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:48:50 +0800

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks and the poor have worse outcomes when it comes to head and neck cancer, researchers say.

Older Diabetics With Depression Face Higher Death Rate (HealthDay)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:48:48 +0800

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- In a group of Medicare beneficiaries who have diabetes, being depressed was associated with a higher death rate, according to a new study.

Chemo Alone Effective in Treating Kids' Brain Tumors (HealthDay)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:48:47 +0800

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Using chemotherapy alone, and delaying or avoiding radiation altogether, may be effective in treating children with inoperable or progressive low-grade glioma brain tumors, according to a multi-institutional study.

Obesity increases risk of miscarriage (Reuters)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:25:07 +0800

Reuters - Obesity appears to increase the risk of miscarriage, according to a review study appearing in the journal Fertility and Sterility.

Limit on cold remedies for kids was FDA's idea (AP)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:59:35 +0800

AP - When drug makers made a surprise announcement this week that they no longer recommend cough and cold remedies for youngsters under 4, they didn't let on that it was the government's idea.

HPV infection rates similar in men and women (Reuters)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:43:46 +0800

Reuters - Although men are at high risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, most last no more than a year, about the same time this sexually transmitted disease persists in women, researchers report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

WHO probing deaths from mystery disease in SAfrica (AP)

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:24:19 +0800

AP - The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg.

1 in 4 US teen girls got cervical cancer shot (AP)

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:54:38 +0800

AP - One in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday.

German doing well after 1st double arm transplant (AP)

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:03:32 +0800

AP - A German farmer who received the world's first complete double arm transplant said Wednesday that incredulity gave way to joy when he woke from surgery to discover he had arms again.