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Reuters Health News: 01-13-2005
BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) - Giving consumers access to cholesterol-lowering drugs without a prescription could expand use of the medicines and help fight the U.S. heart disease epidemic, drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. told an advisory panel on Thursday.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Fears that the Indian Ocean tsunami could unleash epidemics which would double the death toll are fading as access to clean water improves, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New eating guidelines issued by the U.S. government on Wednesday stress that most Americans are overweight and need to eat more vegetables, fruits and whole grains.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Pfizer Inc. that television and print advertisements for its painkillers Celebrex and Bextra misled consumers, according to a letter made public on Wednesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For the treatment of vaginal bacterial infections, ovules containing the combination of metronidazole plus nystatin are significantly more effective than metronidazole gel, according to results of a trial conducted in Lima, Peru.
TORONTO (Reuters) - ID Biomedical Corp said on Thursday analysis from a clinical trial of its experimental flu vaccine showed that it helped prevent the illness.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Nigeria, which accounts for nearly three quarters of polio cases worldwide, is determined to halt the spread of the crippling disease by immunizing all its children, its health minister declared on Thursday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite the importance of nutrition in managing type 1 diabetes, eating disorders and unhealthy weight-control tactics are not uncommon in young women with the disease -- and the combination can lead to serious complications, a new study shows.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Taser International on Thursday said a study in a cardiology journal found that products such as the company's stun guns are not dangerous to cardiac functions.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More research is needed to show that alternative therapies such as acupuncture and herbal supplements work and this may mean changing laws that protect the industry, a committee of experts said on Wednesday.
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