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Reuters Health News: 10-19-2004
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Reuters) - President Bush told senior citizens in Florida on Tuesday he was doing everything possible to ensure they get flu shots and his campaign accused Sen. John Kerry of using "scare tactics" over the vaccine shortage to win votes.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Elderly people with diabetes have an increased risk of dementia, especially so-called vascular dementia, according to new data from an ongoing Swedish study.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with hypertension who practice slow breathing with the aid of a regulating device find their blood pressure drops, according to a new study from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first artificial heart won U.S. approval Monday for use as a temporary measure to keep alive patients on the verge of death while they wait for live organs to become available for transplants.
LONDON (Reuters) - Veterans of the Gulf War suffer more health problems than other members of the military but the causes of the mysterious array of symptoms may never be known, a leading British scientist said on Monday.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc. is evaluating why its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx raises the chance of heart attack and stroke, but it has not found a mechanism of action, a company official said on Monday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc. on Monday said a major new trial will test whether its popular Celebrex arthritis drug increases the risk of heart attacks, as seen with Merck and Co.'s recalled Vioxx pill.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Emergency room doctors warned of a "perfect storm" in hospitals due to a flu vaccine crisis on Monday, and politicians watched anxious Americans line up for shots and argued about whose fault it was.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acupuncture can help boost the power of drugs in reducing the pain suffered by patients with arthritis in their knees, researchers report.
LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have taken tips from Mother Nature to develop a new technology that could deliver cheaper, life-saving vaccines without refrigeration to millions of children in remote areas of the world.
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