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Reuters Health News: 12-30-2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who smoke face a higher risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy -- a condition known as gestational diabetes -- according to a new study.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with advanced heart failure and who also have diabetes that requires insulin treatment have about a fourfold greater mortality rate than heart failure patients who don't take insulin, researchers report.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In Hawaii, the proportion of cases of gonorrhea that are resistant to treatment with the antibiotic Cipro increased nearly sevenfold between 1997 and 2000, new findings show.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New prescriptions for Pfizer Inc.'s arthritis drug Celebrex fell 56 percent last week after the company released data showing the drug may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, the Wall Street Journal said.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Preventing outbreaks of diseases across tsunami-hit Asia is a race against time, but contrary to popular belief, the thousands of rotting corpses do not pose the main threat, health officials said on Thursday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Methotrexate is a potent drug that induces abortion at high doses, and is used at low doses to treat conditions like rheumatoid arthritis. There has been concern that women taking low-dose methotrexate and don't realize they've become pregnant could have babies with birth defects.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After having a stroke, people with lower incomes and blue-collar jobs seem to be more likely to die in the next year or two than those with higher incomes and white-collar jobs -- regardless of the severity of the stroke -- according to a new study.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who are distraught after breaking up with a romantic partner show brain changes that are not seen in women less upset by a romantic rift, researchers report.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents who believe their young teen is likely to drink excessively may prompt him or her to adopt drinking behaviors that mirror those negative expectations, according to a study from Iowa State University.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Polyethylene wrapping can help prevent heat loss by very premature infants when they're born, a Canadian group of researchers report.
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