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Reuters Health News: 01-28-2005
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain moved on Friday to impose tougher regulations on the booming cosmetic surgery industry as concerns grow that people seeking beauty can end up disfigured by rogue practitioners.
LONDON (Reuters) - Cooling the brains of newborns who have been deprived of oxygen during birth could help cut the risk of brain damage.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The perception that children seem to grow taller overnight is likely true, researchers said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Smoking may speed the growth of pancreatic cancer by causing it to develop in younger people, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The same brand names are sometimes used for different drugs in different countries, posing a risk for people who import cheaper medicines from abroad, a U.S. group warned on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who literally cannot sit still may have inborn behavior that keeps them slim even if they overeat a little, researchers in the United States said on Thursday.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Health plans with high patient-paid deductibles, embraced by many Republicans as a market-based solution to quell soaring medical-care costs, lead to poorer quality care and increasing patient debt, a study released on Thursday said.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Mad cow disease has been found in a goat, the first time the brain-wasting affliction that ravaged European cattle herds and killed at least 100 people, has been diagnosed in another animal, the EU said on Friday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Children exposed to passive smoking have a higher risk of developing lung cancer later in life than other youngsters, according to new research.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wider coverage for expensive implanted heart devices likely will cost the U.S. Medicare program for seniors about $2 billion over five years, the program's administrator said on Thursday.
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