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Reuters Health News: 02-17-2005
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (Reuters) - The heart attack and stroke risks linked to withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx are an inherent problem for similar pain pills, Vioxx maker Merck & Co. Inc. told advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Habitual coffee drinking seems to be associated with a lower risk of developing liver cancer, according to a study conducted in Japan and reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale) - Scientists reported on Wednesday a remarkable new side effect of the Pill -- it changes women's preference in men.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merck and Co. Inc. on Wednesday said a federal court in Louisiana will handle pretrial matters in product liability lawsuits around the country filed in federal courts by former users of the company's withdrawn Vioxx arthritis drug.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An herb long used in traditional Indian medicine appears to control the rise in blood sugar that follows a meal -- suggesting, researchers say, that it could help treat or even prevent type 2 diabetes.
WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) - A group of physicians and families called on US regulators Tuesday to warn the public about a rare but potentially fatal set of skin reactions linked to taking the painkiller ibuprofen.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When it comes to carbohydrates, it's not how much you eat, but which kind, that makes a difference to your bathroom scale, new research shows.
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's leading drugmakers are racing to be first to market with a new kind of pill that can block the AIDS virus before it enters human cells, experts said on Wednesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young children whose mothers suffer from depression are at greater risk of serious behavioral problems, and both "nurture" and "nature" seem to play a role, according to a new study.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study indicates that women with abnormally low thyroid function -- a condition known as hypothyroidism -- seem to be protected to some degree against breast cancer.
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