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Kenyan court sentences 2 TB patients to 8 months (AP)

AP - A health official says a court in western Kenya has sentenced two tuberculosis patients to eight months in prison for skipping their medications.

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Kenyan court sentences 2 TB patients to 8 months
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Avandia Raises Heart Risk But Should Stay on Market, FDA Panel Finds (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) — The controversial diabetes drug Avandia does raise the risk of heart attack more than other medications of its kind but should stay on the market with tightened controls, a U.S. government advisory panel recommended late Wednesday.

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Diabetics eye obesity surgery to tame blood sugar (AP)

AP - For nearly a decade, Cristina Iaboni tried to tame her diabetes the usual way, through daily shots of insulin and other medicine.

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Diabetics eye obesity surgery to tame blood sugar
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HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow Cells (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) — Medications can reduce the level of the AIDS virus in the blood to zero, but HIV doesn’t disappear and often roars back when patients stop taking their pills. Now, research is giving scientists new insight into how the virus manages to hide and avoid the killing powers of medicine.

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HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow Cells
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FDA questions heart risk findings on ADHD drugs (Reuters)

Reuters - A study that found possible heart risks with attention deficit drugs had limitations and should not prompt parents to stop giving the medications to children, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday.

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FDA questions heart risk findings on ADHD drugs (Reuters)

Reuters - A study that found possible heart risks with attention deficit drugs had limitations and should not prompt parents to stop giving the medications to children, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday.

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Common skin cancer drug smoothes wrinkles: study (Reuters)

Reuters - A cream used to treat the early signs of skin cancer may erase wrinkles and leave behind younger-looking skin, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

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Common skin cancer drug smoothes wrinkles: study
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