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Panel urges recall authority for FDA (AP)
AP - The Food and Drug Administration would be empowered to order mandatory recalls of products deemed a risk to consumers under recommendations from an advisory commission created in ...

Dengue means death for many of Cambodia's children
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Dawn has not yet broken but already more than 1,000 sick children queue outside a hospital in Phnom Penh in a desperate wait to get treatment for dengue, a ...

Asbestos victims lose compensation fight
LONDON (Reuters) - Victims of the early effects of exposure to asbestos lost a landmark compensation claim in the British House of Lords on Wednesday.

Medtronic heart device injuries up in 2007: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Patient injury reports for the tiny wires used with Medtronic's implantable heart devices jumped dramatically in the past year, a consumer group said on Tuesday, a ...

U.N. report details progress in preventing malaria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More African children are getting insecticide-treated bed nets in their homes, and more are being treated for malaria, U.N. and children's health experts said in a ...

Studies find acupuncture cuts post-surgical pain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The use of acupuncture before and during surgery reduces patients' post-operative pain as well as the need for pain-killing medication, researchers said on Tuesday.

Herbs "more helpful" than drugs for period pain
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A study involving nearly 3,500 women in several countries suggests that Chinese herbs might be more effective in relieving menstrual cramps than drugs, acupuncture or ...

Obesity a result of modern life
LONDON (Reuters) - Obesity does not result simply from over-eating and a lack of exercise, but is a consequence of modern life, a British government think-tank said on Wednesday.

Agency: Pollution cuts Europe lifespans (AP)
AP - Poor air and water quality, and environmental changes blamed on global warming, have cut Europeans' life expectancy by nearly a year, Europe's environmental agency warned ...

Study: Statin helps prevent heart attack (AP)
AP - Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs help prevent heart attacks for at least a decade after people stop taking them, the first long-term study of the world's top-selling type of ...

Study: Kids get inadequate health care (AP)
AP - As Washington debates children's health insurance, a startling study finds that kids who regularly see doctors get the right care less than half the time — whether it's ...

Prostate cancer therapy raises heart attack risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The use of androgen deprivation therapy appears to increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease among men who undergo radical prostatectomy for ...

Schwarzenegger offers health care bill for uninsured
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday unveiled his long awaited bill aimed at providing health care insurance to nearly 7 million people in the most ...

Health alert on some turkey, chicken pot pies: USDA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans should refrain from eating some turkey and chicken pot pies because they may be linked to reported cases of salmonella, a food-borne illness, the U.S.

Widespread weight loss may reap health benefits
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If a large swath of the population cut down on calories and took up exercise, the resulting health benefits could be extensive, a new study suggests.

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