 Uterine fibroids cost the U.S. billions: study
 20.12.2011 18:13  0 views  0 comments
 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Uterine fibroids cost the U.S. billions each year in lost work days, pregnancy problems and treatments, a new study finds. Uterine fibroids are common, non-cancerous growths that form from muscle cells and other tissue ... Read more »
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Health Highlights: Dec. 20, 2011
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Read more »
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Youth Exposure to Unwanted Internet Sexual Encounters Drops
20.12.2011 18:04 1 views 0 comments
 TUESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Increased public awareness and improved Internet security may be among the reasons why child and teen exposure to unwanted online sexual solicitations and pornography has declined in the United States, a new st... Read more »
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Drug Overdoses Kill More Americans Than Car Accidents: CDC
20.12.2011 18:04 0 views 0 comments
 TUESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- More Americans now die from drug overdoses than in car accidents, according to a new government report released Tuesday. Read more »
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Health Tip: Help Prevent Exercise Injury
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 (HealthDay News) -- There's no surefire way to stay young, but plenty of regular exercise may be the closest way. Read more »
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Making Sense of Cancer Screening Updates
20.12.2011 18:04 0 views 0 comments
 TUESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- As experts alter course on guidelines for cancer screenings such as mammograms and the prostate-specific antigen test, the general public is understandably confused. Read more »
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GSK sells North American brands to Prestige
20.12.2011 17:41 0 views 0 comments
 LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to sell a clutch of North American non-prescription products for 426 million pounds to Prestige Brands Holdings, and remains in talks regarding the sale of similar European assets. Britain's bigges... Read more »
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Experimental malaria vaccine shows early promise
20.12.2011 17:28 0 views 0 comments
 LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have developed an experimental malaria vaccine that may have the potential to neutralise all strains of the most deadly species of malaria parasite. Results from very early tests of the vaccine in mice and rab... Read more »
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Federal government imposes "sustainable" health funding formula
20.12.2011 15:44 0 views 0 comments
 VICTORIA, British Columbia (Reuters) - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty imposed what he called a fiscally sustainable formula for increasing federal transfers to the provinces for health care, one that will eventually increase spending by less than t... Read more »
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Endometriosis Tied to Higher Risk of Crohn's, Colitis
20.12.2011 15:02 0 views 0 comments
 MONDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Women with endometriosis may be up to 80 percent more likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis compared to women without the uterine disorder, according to a... Read more »
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FDA to review Pfizer rheumatoid arthritis drug
20.12.2011 14:55 0 views 0 comments
 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have accepted the application for Pfizer Inc's closely watched experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug, the drugmaker said on Tuesday. The Food and Drug Administration is due to decide on the drug, tofacitinib... Read more »
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GSK sells North American brands to Prestige
20.12.2011 14:48 1 views 0 comments
 (Adds detail) LONDON, DEC 20 - GlaxoSmithKline said it agreed to sell a clutch of North American non-prescription drugs for 426 million pounds to Prestige Brands Holdings, and remains in talks regarding the sale of similar European assets. The wor... Read more »
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Health Tip: Help Prevent Exercise Injury
20.12.2011 13:04 1 views 0 comments
(HealthDay News) -- There's no surefire way to stay young, but plenty of regular exercise may be the closest way. Read more »
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Analysis: Olympus ex-CEO looks to be losing boardroom bid
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Michael Woodford, the ousted boss of Japan's Olympus Corp, has won the battle to force his former employer to admit to more than a decade of accounting fraud. His bid to return as chief executive officer, however, appears doo... Read more »
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Three European companies douse hopes for new drugs
20.12.2011 11:24 1 views 0 comments
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Three of Europe's biggest drugmakers -- AstraZeneca , Novartis and Sanofi -- reported product setbacks on Tuesday, underlining the difficulties of developing new medicines to make up for those going off patent. With th... Read more »
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Philip Morris to fight Australia plain packaging laws
20.12.2011 10:56 1 views 0 comments
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Philip Morris on Tuesday became the third tobacco giant to file a legal challenge against new Australian laws that will force tobacco products to be sold in dull, plain packaging from late next year. The tough, world-first le... Read more »
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Ex-Olympus boss says close to picking alternative board
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LONDON (Reuters) - Former Olympus Corp head Michael Woodford is close to releasing names of an alternative slate of directors for the board of the company, he told Reuters in an interview, as he fights to return at the helm of the company. Woodfor... Read more »
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Olympus aims to tap Sony, others for $1.3 billion in new capital
20.12.2011 9:41 1 views 0 comments
TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympus Corp is preparing to issue about $1.28 billion (100 billion yen) in new shares, with Japanese high-tech stalwarts Sony and Fujifilm seen as possible buyers, as it tries to bolster its depleted finances, the Nikkei busines... Read more »
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Olympus shares volatile after capital hike report
20.12.2011 1:13 0 views 0 comments
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares in Olympus Corp seesawed in volatile trade early on Tuesday after a report that the scandal-hit company is preparing to issue about $1.28 billion (100 billion yen) in new shares following a sharp downward revision of the g... Read more »
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DHEA hormone may help women through menopause - study
20.12.2011 1:09 1 views 0 comments
LONDON (Reuters) - A hormone called DHEA and mostly secreted by the adrenal glands may be able to help women who are going through menopause and could also give them better sex lives, a study found on Tuesday. Italian researchers writing in the jo... Read more »
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