Australia says big tobacco aiding WTO challengers
GENEVA (Reuters) - The tobacco industry is providing legal advice to Ukraine and Honduras in their challenges to Australia's new tobacco packaging rules at the World Trade Organization, Australian Health Secretary Jane Halton said on Tuesday. ......
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Health Tip: Avoiding Gluten
(HealthDay News) -- People with celiac disease should avoid eating gluten, a protein found in most grains, especially wheat....
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Neurosearch denies share manipulation charges
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish biopharma firm Neurosearch A/S said on Wednesday charges of share price manipulation had been filed against it, but it denied the allegations and said it was working with the authorities to clear up the matter. Neuros......
POSTED 05/23/2012 at 05:54 AM --
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Study Offers Ways to Decrease Use of Restraints at Nursing
Homes
WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- The use of physical restraints in nursing homes can be reduced through a multi-pronged approach that includes more training and supportive materials for staff, residents and relatives, according to a new Germa......
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Scientists Turn Skin Cells Into Cardiac Cells to Help Failing
Hearts
WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- In a medical science first, researchers turned skin cells from heart failure patients into heart muscle cells that may then be used to fix damaged cardiac tissue....
POSTED 05/23/2012 at 09:04 AM --
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Miracle sweetener stevia may have a sour note
PARIS (Reuters) - The meteoric rise of a natural, healthy alternative to sugar - a holy grail for the food industry - might just be a little too good to be true. In two years stevia, a plant used for centuries by Paraguay's Guarani Indians, ha......
POSTED 05/23/2012 at 11:46 AM --
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Auction claims it's selling vial with Reagan blood
A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan — a move denounced Tuesday by the late U.S. president's family and his foundation....
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Breast MRI Best at Tracking Response to Chemo: Study
WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Getting chemotherapy before breast cancer surgery can mean the difference between a mastectomy or a breast-conserving lumpectomy, experts say....
POSTED 05/23/2012 at 12:06 PM --
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Cancer Docs Often Deal With Own Grief, Doubts When Patients
Die
WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Some cancer doctors may build up emotional walls -- distancing themselves from the patients they can't save -- to avoid grief, sadness and even despair, new research shows....
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Health Tip: What Triggers Your Migraines?
(HealthDay News) -- The exact cause of migraines isn't fully understood, but experts have identified certain "triggers" that seem to bring on these headaches in many people....
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Health Highlights: May 23, 2012
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:...
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UN global health agency chief wins 2nd term
Dr. Margaret Chan, who has steered the World Health Organization through crises over bird flu and the respiratory SARS bug, has won a second five-year term as its director-general....
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WHO's Chan re-elected for second term
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday re-appointed Margaret Chan as its chief, who declared universal health care as her top priority....
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Docs win most malpractice suits, but road is long
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Malpractice claims against U.S. doctors are often dismissed, and when they go to trial, the verdict is usually in the doctor's favor, according to a new study. But even when a case is dismissed, the road is typicall......
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Mouse Study Sheds Light on How Diet May Affect Epilepsy
WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- It's long been known that a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet can reduce epileptic seizures that resist drug therapy, and now researchers studying mice say they think they know why....
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Overweight Moms More Apt to Have Large Babies, Study Says
WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Being overweight or obese before and during pregnancy is the most reliable predictor of a woman's risk of giving birth to a large baby, which can increase the chances of cesarean section and other complica......
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Kids suffer long-term from parents' smoking: study
Children exposed to their parents' cigarette smoke are at greater risk of suffering serious cardiovascular health problems later in life, a study showed Wednesday....
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Health officials testing 35 babies for TB exposure
Health officials are testing 35 babies for tuberculosis after a person with an active case of the life-threatening disease visited neonatal-intensive care units at two Northern California hospitals....
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Patients May Receive Too Much Acetaminophen in Hospital
WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Roughly 2.5 percent of admitted hospital patients may receive more than the safe daily cumulative dose of the pain-reliever acetaminophen, best known as Tylenol, on at least one day, according to a new U.S. st......
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Lab uses skin cells to help repair heart muscle
Lab scientists on Wednesday reported that for the first time they had taken skin cells from patients who had suffered heart failure and turned them into cells that could repair damaged cardiac muscle....
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