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Reuters Health News: 09-27-2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Living in the suburbs may have once been part of the American dream but it can lead to nightmares such as high blood pressure, arthritis and headaches, researchers reported on Monday.
LONDON (Reuters) - King-sized Mars and Snickers chocolate bars will be cut down to size in Britain next year as a leading food manufacturer responds to growing pressure about portion distortion and rising levels of obesity.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand, rattled by fears a girl passed bird flu to her mother, said Monday it has no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the deadly H5N1 virus in the country.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Nastech Pharmaceutical Co. Inc. jumped as much as 43 percent on Monday after it said it formed an alliance with Merck & Co. to develop its appetite-regulating treatment for obesity.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators won't approve Allergan Inc.'s experimental treatment for the skin disorder psoriasis based on the data submitted, the company said on Monday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ten-year olds who spend more time engaging in activities typically associated with their gender tend to have more stereotypical academic interests, skills and characteristics two years later, new research reports.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Infusing patients with bone marrow cells can reinvigorate their dying hearts and grow tiny new arteries and heart muscle tissue, a treatment that may one day make many heart transplants unnecessary, Brazilian researchers said on Friday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Type 2 diabetic patients who take their oral medications only part of the time have an increased risk of being hospitalized within a one-year period, the results of a new study indicate.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boston Scientific Corp BSX.N said on Friday it has recalled an ear implant the company acquired as part of its purchase of Advanced Bionics in June.
LONDON (Reuters) - Babies of teenage mothers and infants who have a low birth weight have a higher risk of committing suicide later in life than other children, Swedish scientists said Friday.
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