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Reuters Health News: 12-01-2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nutritional deficiencies early in life may predispose children to behavioral problems into their teenage years, new research suggests.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulatory reviewers on Wednesday said it was unclear if Procter & Gamble Co.'s PG.N testosterone patch for boosting sexual desire in women produces meaningful benefit or is safe over the long term.
LONDON (Reuters) - Teenagers and young adults who frequently use cannabis are increasing their risk of suffering from psychotic symptoms such as bizarre behavior and delusions later in life, Dutch scientists said on Wednesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cold weather enthusiasts may eagerly await the snowy days of winter, but for those with seasonal affective disorder, the change from sunny to gloomy days often brings on a similar change in mood.
BEIJING (Reuters) - The world's two most populous nations promised on Wednesday to eradicate ignorance about AIDS, a disease that was at first dismissed by many as a Western evil confined to drug users, homosexuals and prostitutes.
SILVER SPRING, Md. (Reuters) - A panel of medical experts on Wednesday said Ilex Oncology Inc.'s new drug Clolar for children and young adults was "reasonably likely" to be beneficial for acute lymphocytic leukemia.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scanning a patient's colon for cancerous polyps also offers an opportunity to assess the risk of a heart attack by checking for calcium deposits in the aorta, researchers said on Wednesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Iris Murdoch, one of the greatest British novelists of the 20th century, revealed the first signs of Alzheimer's disease in her final novel, researchers said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Germs found in dental plaque can make their way into the lungs and cause potentially fatal pneumonia in elderly nursing home patients, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A tiny device that is placed inside the uterus and releases the hormone levonorgestrel is an effective treatment for excessive menstrual bleeding, a problem called menorrhagia, new research shows.
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