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Reuters Health News: 02-24-2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A consumer group sued the federal government Thursday, saying that salt is killing tens of thousands of Americans and that regulators have done too little to control salt in food.
HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - As governments and researchers race to develop vaccines against Asia's deadly bird flu, experts are debating their effectiveness against a versatile and resilient virus.
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian baby who had a 13-hour operation to remove the head of a twin that failed to develop in the womb is recovering, doctors treating her said Thursday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Treating early tooth decay could become easier and less painful thanks to a new discovery by Japanese scientists.
HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - Vietnam, the country hit worst by bird flu, has appealed for technical and financial help to fight the virus now endemic in the region, its chief of animal health said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Programs that promote abstinence and monogamy to combat AIDS are failing in a landmark Ugandan study, and only condom use has kept the deadly virus in check, researchers reported on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Murder is a surprisingly common cause of death among pregnant women in the United States, U.S. government researchers reported on Wednesday.
BOSTON (Reuters) - A single dose of a drug already used to treat hemophilia can help limit brain damage caused by the deadliest and most debilitating form of stroke, according to results of an international study released on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Within a decade, the public sector will be paying nearly half the cost of U.S. health care, which is also swallowing an ever-larger chunk of the nation's resources, government economists reported on Wednesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new once-a-day morphine formulation appears to provide better control of cancer pain than an earlier twice-daily version of the agent, according to Canadian researchers.
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