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- U.S. to Send N. Korea 500,000 Tons of Food Aid
Category: Health
Publish Date: 05-16-2008 09:00 PM -0700
The Bush administration said yesterday it will restart food aid to North Korea and provide it with more than 500,000 tons of food -- the largest one-year amount since 1999.
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- Syringe reuse linked to hepatitis C outbreak
Category: Health
Publish Date: 05-16-2008 03:44 PM -0700
A hepatitis C outbreak affecting more than 80 people and exposing tens of thousands more was caused by workers reusing syringes at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said.[more]
- Survival of quake victims depends on many factors
Category: Health
Publish Date: 05-16-2008 03:22 PM -0700
NEW YORK -- A nurse survived eight days in the wreckage of a Turkish hospital destroyed by an earthquake in 1992. A newborn was rescued after more than a week in the rubble of Mexico City's 1985...[more]
- Experimental Novartis drug slows kidney cancer
Category: Health
Publish Date: 05-16-2008 03:15 PM -0700
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental drug from Swiss drugmaker Novartis slowed the progression of kidney cancer in patients whose tumors returned after initial chemotherapy, researchers reported...[more]
- Canada halts plan for medical isotope reactors
Category: Health
Publish Date: 05-16-2008 03:00 PM -0700
Canada's atomic energy company said Friday that it is scrapping a nuclear reactor project designed to produce medical isotopes used in vital body scans for many illnesses.[more]
- FDA stresses birth defect risks with Roche drug
Category: Health
Publish Date: 05-16-2008 02:31 PM -0700
Health regulators warned again that certain drugs prescribed to organ transplant patients can cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant women.[more]
- Only 1 in 20 cancer survivors meet diet advice
Category: Health
Publish Date: 05-16-2008 01:55 PM -0700
Just 5 percent of U.S. cancer survivors are meeting experts' recommendations on diet, physical activity and cigarette smoking, a new survey shows.[more]
- FDA warns of fetal risk of two transplant drugs
Category: Health
Publish Date: 05-16-2008 01:46 PM -0700
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials issued an alert on Friday about the risk of first-trimester miscarriages and birth defects from Novartis AG and Roche Holding AG transplant drugs.
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- Childhood anxiety may worsen anorexia
Category: Health
Publish Date: 05-16-2008 12:58 PM -0700
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Anorexic women with a history of childhood anxiety may have particularly severe symptoms of the eating disorder, a study suggests.
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- Diet, exercise tied to cancer survivor well-being
Category: Health
Publish Date: 05-16-2008 12:04 PM -0700
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Just 5 percent of U.S. cancer survivors are meeting experts' recommendations on diet, physical activity and cigarette smoking, a new survey shows.
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