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Reuters Health News: 01-25-2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The antidepressant citalopram (Celexa) appears to be a safe and effective treatment for anxiety disorders in older patients, a small trial suggests.
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Survivors of last month's quake and tsunami in Indonesia still face the risk of deadly disease outbreaks such as cholera, but epidemics could be controlled, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Vioxx, the painkiller recalled last September because of safety concerns, may have caused up to 140,000 cases of serious heart disease in the United States, researchers said on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Starting people with moderate asthma on a high dose of the inhaled steroid fluticasone and then stepping down to a low dose is no more effective than starting with at a low fixed dose, according to a study conducted in Italy.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People taking the blood-thinner warfarin and a COX-2 type of painkiller are at heightened risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, a population-based study indicates.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first "map" of teen sexual behavior gives new meaning to the old warning that you don't just have sex with a person, but with everyone that person ever had sex with, researchers said on Monday.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Aastrom Biosciences Inc. on Monday said it uses adult, not embryonic, stem cells to produce cells that are being tested to see if they can repair severe bone fractures.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who have high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes or who smoke in midlife have a much higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later on, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A jump in the number of babies born at abnormally low birth weights was the main reason why the U.S. infant mortality rate rose in 2002 for the first time in 44 years, according to a federal study released on Monday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being open and easy-going can win you friends, and it probably won't raise your cancer risk either, according to a study published Monday.
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