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Reuters Health News: 12-12-2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc.'s Bextra will come with a new warning about possible heart and blood clotting problems when the drug is used by patients who have just had heart bypass surgery, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer Reports magazine, best known for comparing the prices and performance of cars, televisions and washing machines, is adding drugs to its coverage to help Americans save money on their health care.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A novel antibiotic that is working well in mice may be the first new drug enlisted in the fight against tuberculosis in 40 years, an international team of researchers said on Thursday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In addition to improved fitness levels, eight weeks of aerobic exercise improves levels of "good" HDL cholesterol and measures of circulatory function, in overweight children and adolescents, according to a report in the December issue of the Journal of Pediatrics.
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Deck the halls, but don't fall doing it, U.S. health officials warned on Thursday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cutting carbohydrates in pregnancy may help babies' livers, protecting them from later diseases such as diabetes, according to preliminary studies conducted in mice.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adolescents and some adults should be revaccinated against pertussis, also known as "whopping cough," to decrease the risk of transmission to infants, according to a report in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An insulin pump that provide continuous release of insulin provides good control of blood sugar (glucose) in very young patients with type 1 diabetes, according to a new report in the journal Pediatrics. Researchers think this treatment may be superior to multiple daily injections in lowering the risk of episodes of severe low blood glucose, or hypoglycemia.
LONDON (Reuters) - Smoking not only damages health, it is bad for the brain too, according to a Scottish study spanning nearly 60 years.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Troubled hospital products maker Baxter International Inc. on Thursday said it halted a late-stage European trial of its experimental flu vaccine because of higher-than-expected rates of fever.
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