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Reuters Health News: 10-08-2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women with serious gum disease appear to have an increased risk of delivering prematurely, but whether this condition actually triggers early labor remains unclear, according to a new study.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N is warning doctors that patients taking its rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade may have a higher risk of lymphoma, a blood cancer, the company said on Friday.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A United Nations conference approved a proposal by African countries Friday to control trade in a rare plant sought hungrily by drug companies for its appetite-suppressing properties.
YANGON, Myanmar (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations agreed on Friday to set up a task force to coordinate the fight against a deadly bird flu which has killed 31 people and ravaged poultry flocks across the region.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration denied charges it tried to suppress a safety official's findings that painkiller Vioxx, which was pulled from the market last week, raised heart attack risks.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have discovered a genetic mutation that causes an aggressive form of childhood leukemia and said on Thursday it may mean that drugs being developed for Alzheimer's disease could also provide a better treatment for the cancer.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having a nurse visit the home a few days after a woman has a baby reduces the number of newborns being readmitted to the hospital with jaundice or dehydration -- and it saves money -- according to a new study.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some knee injuries appear to cause years of pain and increase the risk of arthritis among female soccer players, a new study shows.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to what has been shown in other reports, Gulf War veterans and their spouses are not at increased risk for peripheral neuropathy, a type of nerve problem that often involves numbness and tingling in the arms and legs, new research shows.
GENEVA (Reuters) - A major polio epidemic in West and Central Africa is inevitable in coming months, but the disease could be eradicated worldwide next year by mass immunizations, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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