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France urges care on skinny models but rejects ban
PARIS (Reuters) - France will not ban skinny models from Paris catwalks but will introduce a voluntary charter to make the fashion industry more aware of the health risks of being very ...

Beyond stillbirth, shame: Women with a fistula
BAHIR DAR, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Thirty-year-old Alem wears two small bags of perfumed soap around her neck to mask the stench of urine and feces that has accompanied her for 10 years since ...

Soy intake may stave off early prostate cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Consumption of the estrogen-like "isoflavone" substances found in soy may reduce the risk of developing early prostate cancer, but isoflavones appear ...

Oncologists reduce use of Amgen's Aranesp: survey
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oncologists are reacting to recent safety concerns by cutting back usage of Amgen Inc.'s Aranesp for treating anemia in cancer patients, even those undergoing ...

Pig cells still work in diabetic man after 10 yrs
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cells from a pig transplanted into a diabetic man from New Zealand are still producing insulin nearly 10 years later, prompting a biotechnology company to plan ...

School vaccine exemptions put kids at risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rules that allow parents to exempt their children from immunization requirements for "philosophical" reasons are putting all kids at risk of outbreaks ...

U.S. global AIDS effort urged to stress prevention
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. program fighting AIDS globally needs to put more emphasis on prevention and helping hard-hit nations in their long-term battle against the disease, an expert ...

"Transplant tourism" on rise due to donor shortages
GENEVA (Reuters) - "Transplant tourism" is on the rise because organ donations are not keeping up with growing demand, especially for kidneys, the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Dutch hope to invent foods that prevent obesity
WAGENINGEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - Scientists in the Netherlands are developing a new generation of foods that can help prevent obesity by making people eat less, a research institute said ...

FDA chief defends agency openness
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday defended the agency against charges that staff scientists are pressured to withhold their concerns about ...

Elizabeth Edwards diagnosis not a death sentence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elizabeth Edwards is facing the worst news any cancer patient can hear -- once cancer comes back, it can almost never be cured.

U.S. to test supplement against Parkinson's disease
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government researchers launched a trial on Thursday testing creatine, a supplement sold to improve exercise performance, against Parkinson's disease.

Breast cancer radiotherapy gentler on the heart
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Modern radiation therapy for early breast cancer seems to be much less toxic to the heart than older radiation regimens, according to a University of ...

Cosmetic surgery rates up, breasts most popular
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More people than ever got cosmetic plastic surgery in the United States in 2006, with breast enlargements the most popular procedure, the American Society of Plastic ...

Hispanic women develop cardiac risk factors early
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Compared with white women, Hispanic women develop risk factors for heart disease about a decade earlier, according to a presentation today at the American Heart ...

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