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Reuters Health News: 01-27-2005
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The British Medical Journal has retracted certain claims about drug maker Eli Lilly and Co., its drug Prozac and a potential link to suicide, both sides said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A human genetics clinic said on Thursday it had developed 18 new lines of disease-carrying embryonic stem cells and was offering them to researchers eager to study their potential for treating inherited diseases.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk for several poor pregnancy outcomes compared with the general population, and with women who have type 1 diabetes, a Danish study shows.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Middle-aged men may be able to lay a hefty share of the blame for their expanding bellies on their parents, study findings suggest.
LONDON (Reuters) - Sports doctors under pressure from pushy managers and the media could be cutting corners and risking the health of athletes, researchers said Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eighty percent of U.S. doctors and half of nurses surveyed said they had seen colleagues make mistakes, but only 10 percent ever spoke up, according to a study released on Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adding the drug Avastin to a regimen of targeted therapy Erbitux and chemotherapy in patients with advanced colon cancer is more effective than the two drugs alone, a leading cancer researcher said on Wednesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Americans, and especially women, are three times more likely to suffer premature death and adverse health due to sexual activity than people in other rich nations, scientists said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fearing that a flu vaccine shortage may turn into a glut, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday more people should get shots so the vaccines don't go to waste.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans wanting to buy many common cold medicines would have to go to a drug store and ask the pharmacist under legislation introduced on Wednesday aimed at fighting the spread of the illegal stimulant methamphetamine.
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