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Reuters Health News: 10-29-2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty-nine patients who took AstraZeneca Plc's cholesterol drug Crestor have developed kidney damage, a U.S. consumer group said on Friday as it called again for a ban on the medicine.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the midst of the rise of the reality makeover show, recent statistics have shown that U.S. teenagers are increasingly turning to adult cosmetic procedures such as Botox injections and liposuction.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being either too thin or too heavy may lower a man's sperm count, in some cases enough to impair fertility, researchers report.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five million additional does of flu vaccine have been located in Germany and Canada and U.S. regulators will try to import them for Americans if they meet U.S. safety standards, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It might be possible to make a pill that prevents the brain damage that marks Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said Thursday.
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A rare sexually transmitted disease that is spreading among gay and bisexual men in Europe could be poised to surface in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Breast cancer screening in the US is common among women 80 years of age or older, but it is of little benefit to the majority of them, according to a new study.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Five-year-old children who snore or have sleep apnea -- the more serious disorder in which breathing stops intermittently while they sleep-- score worse on tests of memory and intelligence than unaffected kids, investigators report.
LONDON (Reuters) - Blood from a baby's umbilical cord could help doctors predict which children will suffer from allergies and asthma later in their lives, British and American scientists said on Thursday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Drinking red wine could protect against lung cancer, but white wine may increase the risk, Spanish scientists said on Thursday.
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