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AstraZeneca Gets FDA Approval For Cancer Drug Vandetanib - Update
RTT News
(RTTNews) - AstraZeneca PLC (AZN: News ,AZN.L: News ), Wednesday said its orphan drug vandetanib was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, specifically for the treatment of advanced medullary thyroid cancer, which could not be removed by ...
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Health care: Reform act benefits LGBTs
Bay Area Reporter
by Matthew S. Bajko LGBT Americans have much to gain with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the health care reform law passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in March 2010, according to a recent report issued by ...
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Gel reduces preterm births in some women
Dayton Daily News
Our new online e-dition looks and reads just like the printed newspaper and can be viewed anytime, anywhere through Internet access or by downloading it to your computer. FREE for a limited time when you subscribe to home delivery. ...
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Waiting for a kidney? Try Facebook
Los Angeles Times
By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times Perhaps anything is possible with social media -- but even so, this story caught me off guard: A man donated his kidney to a stranger after seeing a plea on Facebook. Jeff Kurze's kidneys were failing, according to the ...
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Los Angeles Times
Researchers find India water bug
BBC News
A Cardiff University-led team of scientists are urging urgent action by health authorities worldwide after it discovered new strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in India. It is the first time the bacteria, found in the drinking water supply of New ...
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BBC News
Proposed ban on toys in kids' fast food meals
WXXA
One elected official thinks banning tiny, colorful, inviting toys from being given out for free with kids' meals at fast food restaurants will help make kids healthier. Queens Councilman Leroy Comrie thinks the toys only 'entice' children to want more ...
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Soy: Breast cancer survivors can eat soy foods without risk, study finds
Los Angeles Times
By Rosie Mestel, Los Angeles Times Breast cancer survivors needn't worry about eating soy, according to a new study presented at the American Assn. for Cancer Research in Orlando this week. Fears that the isoflavone chemicals found in soy -- which have ...
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Chinese ministry, WHO warn of antibiotic overuse
San Francisco Chronicle
By GILLIAN WONG, AP Drug-resistant forms of diseases such as tuberculosis are on the rise in China because of the overuse of antibiotics, the Health Ministry and the World Health Organization warned Thursday, saying urgent action was needed to reverse ...
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As Kids' CT Scans Rise, So Do Radiation Worries
WebMD
By Daniel J. DeNoon April 6, 2011 -- Emergency CT scans for kids are on the rise -- and so are worries that too many children are getting too much radiation too early in life. "We found that abdominal CT imaging went from almost never being used in ...
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CDC: US Teen Birth Rate Fell to Record Low in 2009
ABC News
By KATIE MOISSE, ABC News Medical Unit Fewer teens are having babies in the United States -- but not few enough, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although teen births dropped 37 percent nationwide over the last ...
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Australia unveils plans for tough anti-smoking laws
Reuters
By Rob Taylor CANBERRA, April 7 (Reuters) - Australia's government has unveiled plans for some of the world's toughest anti-smoking laws, saying it would force big tobacco companies to use plain green packaging for cigarettes despite the threat of ...
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XenoPort Wins US Approval for Restless Legs Treatment
BusinessWeek
By Catherine Larkin and Rob Waters April 6 (Bloomberg) -- XenoPort Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline Plc won US approval for a new treatment for restless legs syndrome after more than a year of delays. XenoPort's shares climbed 57 percent in extended trading ...
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Meditation May Reduce Pain
WebMD
By Salynn Boyles April 6, 2011 -- Even very brief instruction in meditation appears to help people cope with pain, and a newly published brain imaging study may explain why. After just four, 20-minute instructional sessions in mindfulness meditation, ...
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