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Reuters Health News: 01-26-2005
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac called for a tax to fund the global fight against AIDS on Wednesday, as new figures showed a modest rise in the number of patients receiving life-saving drugs in poor nations.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicaid spending grew about one-third from 2000 to 2003 as job losses and other economic woes made more people eligible for the government-run health insurance program for the poor, a new study said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The children of overweight mothers are 15 times more likely to be obese by age 6 than children of lean mothers, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of AIDS patients receiving life-extending drugs in poor countries has jumped to 700,000 from 440,000 six months ago, U.N. agencies said on Wednesday, but warned much more needed to be done.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bone marrow cells infused to the heart through tiny incisions helped several severe heart failure patients get markedly better, an international team of researchers reported on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Athletes who have suffered spinal injuries severe enough to make them temporarily lose feeling in their limbs can sometimes safely return to their sport, research suggests.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Legislators in San Francisco city voted to ban smoking in public parks on Tuesday, becoming the first major American city to embrace such an expansive ban on tobacco use.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The nicotine in cigarettes is habit-forming but is not the sole cause of addiction, a tobacco company executive argued during testimony on Tuesday in the government's $280 billion suit against cigarette makers.
LONDON (Reuters) - Fear of rejection and concerns about the reaction of the child prevent many parents from telling their children they have been conceived with donated sperm, scientists said on Wednesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many people with alcohol dependence are able to recover completely, sometimes without formal treatment. Some may even be able to drink occasionally without relapsing, new study findings show.
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