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Glenn Close has genes mapped

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:08 +0000

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter.

Do needle-exchange programs really work?

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:08 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Needle-exchange programs designed to cut injection drug users’ risk of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and other infections do seem to reduce needle sharing, but there is only limited evidence that they lower disease transmission, a new research review concludes.

Drugmakers agree on landmark vaccines deal for poor

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:07 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - Several drug firms have agreed on a landmark deal to supply up to 200 million doses a year of cut-price pneumococcal vaccines to developing nations, according to the global immunization alliance that is overseeing the deal.

U.S. safety panel says big Vytorin study can go on

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:07 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merck & Co on Thursday said an independent data safety monitoring board has approved continuation of a big study meant to determine whether its blockbuster Vytorin cholesterol drug prevents heart attacks and stroke.

Calcium may help you live longer: study

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:06 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting a bit more calcium in your diet could help you live longer, new research suggests.

Canadian vaccination study proves ‘herd immunity’

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:10 +0000

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Inoculating children against flu protects more people of all ages in the larger community, probably because young people tend to spread viruses through physical play, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday.

More cocaine-overdose deaths seen on hotter days

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:09 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of New Yorkers who die of cocaine overdose appears to go up when the temperature surpasses 75 degrees, a new study suggests.

Health secretary piles pressure on insurers

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:09 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ratcheted up the pressure on health insurance companies on Wednesday, urging them to forgo short-term profits and stop fighting President Barack Obama’s health reform plans.

U.S. herpes rates remain high: CDC

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:09 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.

Live kidney donors do not die sooner: study

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:07 +0000

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Healthy Americans who donated a kidney were not at higher risk of dying afterward, which may reassure potential donors and help shorten the long waiting list for an organ, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.