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Reuters Health News: 09-20-2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A gel that withstands the acidic environment of the stomach could help create oral versions of drugs that currently must be given by injection, scientists reported on Monday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research suggests that drinking alcohol does not increase the risk of bladder. In fact, the investigators found that beer may actually reduce the risk, according to their report in the September 15th issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
LONDON (Reuters) - Overweight children are three to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke before they reach 65 than slimmer youngsters, an international charity said Monday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Super drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis are at the tipping point of a global epidemic, and only small changes are needed to help them spread quickly, U.S. researchers predicted Sunday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Physical therapy aimed at strengthening the pelvic floor muscles may help many women who suffer lingering incontinence months after giving birth, a study suggests.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Heavy alcohol use, diabetes, and viral hepatitis combine synergistically to raise the risk of developing liver cancer, according to a new report.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among Mexican-American children at high risk for developing diabetes, a school-based prevention program led to statistically significant increases in fitness levels and reductions in fasting glucose levels, researchers report.
LONDON (Reuters) - Adults eat twice as many fruits and vegetables as they did when they were children and take in less fat and sugar, according to a new study.
LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists launched an investigation on Monday into the feasibility of designing medicines based on a patient's genetic make-up.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There have been widespread concerns that mercury-based preservatives used in vaccines might impair the neurological development of children, but the opposite seems to be true.
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