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Report: Cancer is the world’s costliest disease (AP)

AP - Cancer is the world’s top “economic killer” as well as its likely leading cause of death, the American Cancer Society contends in a new report it will present at a global cancer conference in China this week.

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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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FDA to review first of 3 new weight loss drugs (AP)

AP - Dieters, doctors and investors get their first extensive look at the first of a trio of new weight loss drugs this week. The hope is that the new drugs can succeed where many others have failed: delivering significant weight loss without risky side effects.

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Alzheimer’s advances show need for better drugs (AP)

AP - Scientists are reporting advances in detecting and predicting Alzheimer’s disease at a conference in Honolulu this week, plus more proof that getting enough exercise and vitamin D may lower your risk.

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Cancer wins may be bigger than they seem (AP)

AP - Doctors reported gains against nearly every form of cancer at a conference that ended this week. Yet when Will Thomas heard about an advance against prostate cancer, he wanted to know just one thing: “Is it a cure?”

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Vaccine body supports WHO action on pneumonia (AP)

AP - A global vaccine group hopes the World Health Organization will pass a resolution later this week to step up efforts against pneumonia.

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Major study on cell phones and cancer inconclusive (AP)

AP - A major international study into the link between cell phone use and two types of brain cancer has proved inconclusive, according to a report in a medical journal due to be published later this week.

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Mexico pushing for homegrown swine flu vaccine (AP)

AP - Grappling with low supplies of swine flu vaccines, President Felipe Calderon persuaded drug makers this week to sell him 30 million doses, while 1,000 Mexicans lined up for an experimental vaccine they hope can speed up supplies.

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Kids’ weight a factor in hospital admission (Reuters)

Reuters - Overweight or underweight children who are seen in the emergency department are more likely to be admitted to the hospital, and to stay longer, than normal-weight youngsters, according to a study reported Monday at the American College of Emergency Physicians’ annual meeting in Boston.

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Exercise in Adolescence May Cut Risk of Deadly Brain Tumor (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) — Exercising during adolescence may help guard against a deadly form of brain tumor in adulthood, new research suggests.

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