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New obesity compound shows promise in mice (Reuters)

Reuters - A compound similar to Sanofi-Aventis’ once-promising weight loss drug Acomplia helped obese mice lose weight and lower their blood fats and blood sugar without causing psychological side effects, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

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FDA panel rejects experimental weight loss pill (AP)

AP - A panel of federal health experts dealt a surprising setback Thursday to a highly anticipated anti-obesity pill from Vivus Inc., saying the drug’s side effects outweigh its ability to help patients lose weight.

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FDA panel rejects experimental weight loss pill
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New Pill Found to Cut Weight With Few Side Effects: Study (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) — A weight-loss pill called lorcaserin not only helps people drop pounds but does so with few side effects, new industry-funded research reports.

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New Pill Found to Cut Weight With Few Side Effects: Study
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Vivus weight loss drug faces safety questions (AP)

AP - Vivus Inc.’s potential weight loss drug Qnexa will likely draw scrutiny over nervous system and psychiatric side effects from a panel of Food and Drug Administration experts this week.

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Vivus weight loss drug faces safety questions
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Common treatments fail to lower diabetic heart risk: study (AFP)

AFP - Diabetics who seek to aggressively lower their blood pressure and cholesterol are not reducing their risk of a heart attack and could suffer negative side effects, a study released Sunday said.

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Common treatments fail to lower diabetic heart risk: study
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Laser Deemed Best Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) — Steroid injections into the eye slowed diabetes-related eye disease, though lasers remain the treatment of choice because of side effects related to the steroids, new research shows.

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Laser Deemed Best Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy
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Pain drug morphine may accelerate cancer growth (Reuters)

Reuters - Evidence is mounting that morphine, commonly used to manage pain, may accelerate cancer growth, but a newly-approved drug that blocks its side effects could also keep tumors from spreading, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

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Pain drug morphine may accelerate cancer growth
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Cancer, bowel drugs on FDA safety scrutiny list (Reuters)

Reuters - More than a dozen drugs including a cancer therapy and a bowel medicine are under early scrutiny for potential side effects, U.S. regulators said in a quarterly list released on Thursday.

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Cancer, bowel drugs on FDA safety scrutiny list
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Tiny chip can measure estrogen in breast tissue (Reuters)

Reuters - A new pocket-sized device may allow doctors to check a woman’s breast cancer risk in minutes with just droplets of blood or a sliver of breast tissue, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday.

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Tiny chip can measure estrogen in breast tissue
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More than half million kids get bad drug reactions (AP)

AP - More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treatment and sometimes hospitalization, new research shows.

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