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    Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with the anti-rejection drug sirolimus may lead to increased risk of diabetes in kidney transplant patients, say researchers who analyzed data on about 20,000 Medicare patients who had kidney transplants between 1995 and 2003. -- read full article
    Fri, 30 May 2008 03:46:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Baby born after rare ovarian pregnancy (AP)
    AP - A woman in a northern Australian city gave birth to a healthy baby girl after a rare full-term ectopic pregnancy, a hospital official said Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 30 May 2008 08:25:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: May 29, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Fri, 30 May 2008 03:46:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    British Cabinet had warning of cancer-smoking link (AP)
    AP - The British Cabinet discussed the early warnings about a link between smoking and lung cancer more than 50 years ago, but viewed the threat as minor and did little for fear of losing tax revenue, according to documents released Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 30 May 2008 02:52:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    N.J., Texas courts reverse verdicts in Vioxx cases (AP)

    In this Monday, April 10, 2006 file photograph, plaintiff John McDarby arrives with his wife, Irma, to court in Atlantic City, N.J., during his trail against drug maker Merck for failure to warn of Vioxx's risks and that the company had misrepresented those risks to prescribing physicians. On Thursday, May 29, 2008, a New Jersey appeals court voided $9 million of the $13.9 million awarded to John McDarby in 2006 by a jury in Atlantic City. (AP Photo/Mary Godleski,file)AP - Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas on Thursday scrapped verdicts against the drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. stemming from some of the earliest trials involving its once popular painkiller Vioxx.


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    Thu, 29 May 2008 20:55:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Researchers to examine video games and health (AP)
    AP - Why fight the proliferation of video games if you can use them to improve the nation's health? Health researchers are looking at ways that people's obsession with video games might be put to good use. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced Thursday it will give a dozen research teams up to $200,000 each for studies lasting one to two years. -- read full article
    Thu, 29 May 2008 23:06:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Study: Bacteria may be link in sudden baby deaths (AP)
    AP - A baffling phenomenon known as sudden infant death syndrome is one of the leading causes of death for children under 1. Now, British researchers say they may have found a contributing factor: bacteria. -- read full article
    Fri, 30 May 2008 05:05:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    WHO slams tobacco industry's youth focus (AP)

    School girls in their band uniform display the 'No Smoking' sign on their beret during a band competition in celebration of the World No Tobacco Day Friday, May 30, 2008 in Manila. The World Health Organization urged a total ban on all tobacco advertising to break its marketing net and its use. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - Tobacco companies are targeting the half billion young people in the Asia Pacific region by linking smoking to glamorous and attractive lifestyles, the U.N. World Health Organization said Friday.


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    Fri, 30 May 2008 07:57:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Type of Tomato Product Determines Power Against Prostate Cancer (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Dried tomatoes, anyone? -- read full article
    Thu, 29 May 2008 18:02:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    DTaP and polio vaccines effective when combined (Reuters)
    Reuters - As booster vaccines in young children, the DTaP vaccine, which protects against diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough, can be combined with the inactivated poliovirus (IPV) vaccine without reducing the effectiveness of either, new research shows. -- read full article
    Thu, 29 May 2008 18:32:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: May 29, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Thu, 29 May 2008 18:02:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    N.J., Texas courts reverse verdicts in Vioxx cases (AP)

    Bottles of the prescription arthritis and pain medication VIOXX sit on a shelf at a New York City Pharmacy, September 30, 2004. REUTERS/Mike SegarAP - Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas on Thursday scrapped verdicts against the drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. stemming from some of the earliest trials involving its once popular painkiller Vioxx.


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    Thu, 29 May 2008 16:10:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Researchers hail anti-cancer advances but lament dip in funds (AFP)

    File photo shows DNA samples being loaded onto a gel while searching for variations in genetic samples that would point to someone's succeptibility to cancer. US researchers hailed promising advances in cancer treatment but lamented the decreasing amount of federal money devoted to finding a cure, ahead of the world's largest cancer conference this week.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - US researchers hailed promising advances in cancer treatment but lamented the decreasing amount of federal money devoted to finding a cure, ahead of the world's largest cancer conference this week.


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    Thu, 29 May 2008 04:05:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Study IDs Gene for Late-Onset Alzheimer's (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) -- A gene that plays a role in Alzheimer's disease in two large families in which many siblings suffer from the neurodegenerative condition has been identified by U.S. researchers. -- read full article
    Thu, 29 May 2008 03:46:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Health Tip: Prepare Your Body for Pregnancy (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Three months to a year before you conceive, it's important to begin preparing your body for pregnancy. -- read full article
    Thu, 29 May 2008 03:46:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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