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- New TB test must reach more people: expert
Category: Health
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 09:28 PM -0700
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A new diagnostic tool that reduces to two hours the time needed to detect drug-resistant tuberculosis must be made available to populations vulnerable to the disease, a World...[more]
- Sanofi Net Jumps 61%
Category: Health
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 07:20 PM -0700
Sanofi-Aventis reported a 61% rise in net profit and will conduct "another re-evaluation" of the structure of its U.S. sales force in light of looming generic competition to the company's...[more]
- Health Bill's New Tax Rules Under Fire
Category: Health
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 06:33 PM -0700
Democrats may water down or repeal new tax-reporting rules that are supposed to raise $16 billion for health-care legislation, facing a chorus of criticism about the rules.[more]
- Hands-only CPR equally effective
Category: Health
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 04:36 PM -0700
As compression-only CPR has grown in use, the question has remained whether it's as effective as the traditional form that includes mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Two new studies say yes. FULL STORY...[more]
- Army's suicide rate tied to rise in risky behaviors
Category: Health
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 04:20 PM -0700
An Army report on the record number of soldier suicides says the trend is part of a rise in risky behavior, including drunk driving and drug abuse.[more]
- Calcium supplements may raise risk of heart attack
Category: Health
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 04:20 PM -0700
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Calcium supplements, which many people consume hoping to ward off osteoporosis, may increase the risk of heart attack by as much as 30 percent, researchers reported Friday.
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- Obese patients shown to lose weight on Orexigen
Category: Health
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 04:14 PM -0700
Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen's experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about 13 pounds (6 kg) over a year, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.[more]
- Protein in urine can forecast kidney disease
Category: Health
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 04:13 PM -0700
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors may be able to watch for kidney injury and protect patients by looking for protein in urine, researchers reported on Thursday.
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- Protein in urine can forecast kidney disease
Category: Health
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 04:13 PM -0700
Doctors may be able to watch for kidney injury and protect patients by looking for protein in urine, researchers reported on Thursday.[more]
- Prostate cancer 'cell of origin' identified
Category: Health
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 04:09 PM -0700
For researchers, a key to studying any cancer is finding its "cell of origin." Now scientists at the University of California at Los Angeles say they've found just that -- a specific type of cell...[more]
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