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Reuters Health News: 09-21-2004
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of children and teenagers taking antidepressants has fallen more than 20 percent this year after U.S. warnings the medicines may increase suicidal tendencies among youth, pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc. said on Tuesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Excessive eating and piling on the pounds when young could be warning signs that children will develop bulimia as adults, psychiatrists said on Tuesday.
BERLIN (Reuters) - German doctors have developed a simple test to diagnose allergies with the same accuracy as laboratory screening in less than one fifth of the time and cost, scientists said on Tuesday.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - As many as half a million lives could be saved every year in Africa if governments combine their approach to tackle a rampant AIDS epidemic with measures to treat tuberculosis, health experts said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Health and Human Services Department said on Tuesday it had ordered 2 million doses of avian influenza vaccine from Aventis Pasteur Inc. .
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A surprising number of drinking water systems on domestic and foreign commercial aircraft tested this summer by the government did not meet federal standards because they were contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria, regulators said on Monday.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in Hong Kong said on Tuesday they had devised a new way to identify chemicals that can counter new and dangerous viruses, such as SARS, and these chemicals may be developed into drugs.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A relatively new blood test for people with diabetes can predict their risk of developing heart disease, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many people believe the sushi-seasoner wasabi clears their sinuses, but new research presented this week suggests that the spicy green paste may do the opposite.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Obese people who suffer critical injuries are much more likely to die than thinner victims because their overall health tends to be worse and surgery is riskier, a study said on Monday.
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