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Reuters Health News: 11-29-2004
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Urinary incontinence in women can be corrected by transplanting the patient's own muscle-derived stem cells into the urethra to strengthen it, scientists said on Monday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists launched a trial on Monday to test whether a new drug works as an initial treatment against the most common form of lung cancer.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Brain scans of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder show abnormalities in the fiber pathways along which brain signals pass, scientists said on Monday.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The bird flu virus is far more lethal than the SARS virus that struck Asia last year and could unleash a pandemic that could kill as many as 50 million people, a World Health Organization official said Monday.
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc has won U.S. approval to market its Nexium ulcer pill as a treatment that reduces the risk of ulcers developing in patients on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, it said on Monday.
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - An experimental vaccine reduced the presence of the HIV virus by at least 80 percent in a Brazilian study of 18 infected patients released in the journal Nature Medicine.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss voters endorsed restrictive legislation on stem cell research Sunday that forbids the cloning of human embryos and put Switzerland on a par with some other continental European countries.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - An environmental group accused Europe's top food safety agency on Monday of repeated bias in favor of genetically modified (GMO) foods and links with the biotech industry.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore, facing a rise in AIDS cases, is considering making it compulsory for pregnant women to be screened for HIV/AIDS, an official said on Saturday.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Every country in the world must come up urgently with a plan to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year, a top global health expert said on Friday.
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