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UK wants GSK’s Avandia pulled as EU reviews safety (Reuters)

Reuters - GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug Avandia should be pulled from sale because of concerns about heart risks, British drug regulators said on Monday ahead of a special European meeting on the drug’s safety.

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Scientists find blood protein link to Alzheimer’s (Reuters)

Reuters - High levels of a blood protein called clusterin are linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease, scientists said on Monday — a finding which could pave the way for doctors to detect the disease before it takes hold.

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Donors asked for $4.3 billion for vaccines for poor (Reuters)

Reuters - A further $4.3 billion is needed if a global vaccines alliance is to meet its goal of supplying life-saving immunizations to millions of children in poor countries by 2015, the organization said on Monday.

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School drink agreement cuts calories: group (Reuters)

Reuters - An initiative to get sugary drinks out of U.S. schools has begun to work, with diet beverages and smaller portions replacing some full-size, full-calorie varieties in school vending machines, organizers said on Monday.

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Long-term cannabis use can double risk of psychosis (Reuters)

Reuters - Young people who smoke cannabis or marijuana for six years or more are twice as likely to have psychotic episodes, hallucinations or delusions than people who have never used the drug, scientists said on Monday.

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Study shows how Medicare rewards MDs for overuse (Reuters)

Reuters - Medicare’s move in 2005 to pay doctors to do bladder cancer surgery in their offices rather than in hospitals dramatically raised the number of procedures and overall health costs, U.S.

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Fewer Childhood Deaths From Rheumatic Disease (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) — Death rates for U.S.

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Study weighs benefits of transplants for leukemia (Reuters)

Reuters - Leukemia patients who have blood stem cell transplants survive just as long on average as those who undergo the more invasive procedure of having a bone marrow transplant, scientists said on Monday.

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AIDS prevention gel fails in African trials (Reuters)

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New WHO guidelines urge phase-out of major HIV drug (Reuters)

Reuters - Countries should phase out the use of stavudine, the most common AIDS drug, because of “long-term, irreversible” side effects in HIV patients including wasting and a nerve disorder, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

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