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New York Times Health News: 12-09-2004
A class of hormone-blocking drugs was more effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence in women past menopause than was a medication now prescribed by many doctors.
Implanting defibrillators in patients just weeks after a heart attack does not improve their chances of survival, according to an international study.
Libya will not execute five nurses and a doctor who were sentenced to death for infecting more than 400 children with H.I.V. in 1998.
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped has decided to switch to a digital system over the next four years.
Research groups are working on miniaturized, hand-held ultrasound devices that in the future may be used for low-cost, first-stage screening for osteoporosis.
In negotiating to buy Guidant, Johnson & Johnson is looking for an acquisition to increase its presence in the lucrative, fast-growing market for medical devices.
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