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Reuters Health News: 09-16-2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A once-scarce vaccine that protects against a range of infections including meningitis is back in supply and small children should get four doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Vigorous exercise reduces the risk of diabetes among overweight, sedentary men, study findings suggest. And if these men reduce the amount of calories they consume each day, their diabetes risk drops even further.
LONDON (Reuters) - About a quarter of Britons may suffer from a winter deficiency of vitamin B which can increase the risk of muscle weakness, autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis and certain types of cancer, health experts said on Thursday.
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The threat of animal diseases spreading to humans is increasing and governments must improve coordination to prevent them from becoming pandemic, world health officials and vets said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a medical device maker's request to sell at-home heart defibrillators without a prescription.
DETROIT (Reuters) - A decade after U.S. automakers supported Hillary Clinton's failed plan to transform the U.S. health-care system, the car companies are taking a more cautious approach even as costs climb at threatening rates.
BOSTON (Reuters) - Thin sheets of cheek tissue can be used to replace the damaged corneas of people blinded by certain eye diseases, Japanese researchers reported on Wednesday.
BOSTON (Reuters) - It is OK to discuss death with a dying child and in fact desirable, Swedish researchers reported on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elderly patients who show signs of Alzheimer's will be able to get brain scans under the government's Medicare program, U.S. officials said on Thursday, a step which could lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Loss of a tumor suppresser gene called Rb may be the first step in the development of prostate cancer, according to findings from experiments in mice.
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