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Reuters Health News: 04-24-2006
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Researchers are closing in on a breakthrough microbicide gel to help prevent HIV infection in women, scientists said on Monday, but a lack of funding by major pharmaceutical companies is hampering research.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers should give the Food and Drug Administration the power to require additional studies from drugmakers after their products hit the market, according to a report released on Monday that found lingering safety problems at the agency.
ROME (Reuters) - The Vatican will soon publish a statement on using condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS, an issue highlighted by a call from a leading cardinal to ease its ban on them, the Catholic Church's health minister has said.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - About 20 percent of U.S. teenagers admit they have gotten high by inhaling common household products, and fewer understand the dangers of this practice compared with teenagers five years ago, according to a report released Monday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After surviving breast cancer, the percentage of women who undergo annual mammograms declines steadily with each passing year, new research shows. This is a concerning trend because these women have an increased risk of disease recurrence or the development of a second cancer in the other breast.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Infectious disease experts and the American Civil Liberties Union raised concerns on Friday about an agreement that would allow U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and customs agents to detain anyone who looked sick with bird flu.
GAZA (Reuters) - Confined to a wheel-chair, Amena Ghaith complains bitterly inside the Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip after doctors told her to find medicine elsewhere.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Execution by lethal injection may cause excruciating pain, contradicting its reputation as a humane and thus publicly acceptable way to impose the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said.
LONDON (Reuters) - If choosing the right outfit or whether to invest in stocks or bonds is difficult, it may not be just indecisiveness but how brain cells assign values to different items, scientists said on Sunday.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's army recruits can look forward to a better night's sleep thanks to a new regulation banning chronic snorers from joining up.
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