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Reuters Health News: 10-22-2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whether a woman is living with her partner or not when she conceives seems to influence the sex of her child, new research reports.
LONDON (Reuters) - Drugs given to patients with multiple sclerosis can reduce brain tissue loss and slow down the progression of the illness, scientists said on Friday.
LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have discovered a new way to improve the effectiveness of drugs used to treat prostate cancer.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Another 1 million doses of a nasal spray influenza vaccine will be available in the United States this year, Bush administration officials said on Thursday as they sought to calm concerns about a flu shot shortage.
LONDON (Reuters) - Children born to older fathers have a higher than normal risk of developing schizophrenia later in life, Swedish scientists said on Friday.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The bird flu toll among tigers at a Thai zoo has risen to 83, but the keepers who looked after them are free of the deadly disease which has killed 31 people in southeast Asia this year, officials said on Friday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Estrogen treatment given to tall adolescent girls to reduce their height can lead to fertility problems, Australian scientists said on Friday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iridex Corp. on Friday said its experimental laser treatment for the leading cause of age-related blindness was no better than a placebo in a clinical trial, sending shares down more than 40 percent.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union unveiled grisly photos of rotten lungs, throat tumors and decayed teeth on Friday, which it hopes will be used on cigarette packets to persuade smokers to quit and convince children never to start.
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Commission has ordered a full-scale probe into the safety of five remaining Cox-2 arthritis drugs, following last month's worldwide withdrawal of Merck & Co Inc.'s Vioxx.
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