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1. Diabetes drug may keep lung cancer at bay
   Wednesday, September 1, 2010
   CHICAGO (Reuters) - The common diabetes drug metformin may hold promise as a way to keep smokers from developing lung cancer, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
2. Mental 'exercise' linked to faster dementia progression
   Wednesday, September 1, 2010
   NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While staying mentally active in old age has been linked to a delayed onset of dementia, seniors who engage in such brain "exercise" may actually have a faster rate of decline once Alzheimer's is diagnosed, researchers reported Wednesday.
3. Is lower thyroid activity linked to longevity?
   Wednesday, September 1, 2010
   NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A less active thyroid may mean more years added to your life, hints a new Dutch study.
4. Cancer drug points way to new Alzheimer's approach
   Wednesday, September 1, 2010
   CHICAGO (Reuters) - An altered version of the cancer drug Gleevec could form the basis of a new class of drugs that block the development of brain-damaging plaques in Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
5. Unnecessary pre-op tests very common, and costly
   Wednesday, September 1, 2010
   NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women scheduled for gynecologic surgery are very likely to undergo unnecessary tests before their operation, new research shows.
6. Antibiotic helped fight common wound infection
   Wednesday, September 1, 2010
   CHICAGO (Reuters) - An antibiotic that gets its microbe-fighting power from insect proteins was effective at attacking a common infection that afflicts blast victims in war zones, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
7. First-time mothers drive up c-section rate: study
   Wednesday, September 1, 2010
   NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women should only have a cesarean delivery if there is a medical reason for it, and doctors should not switch a vaginal birth to a cesarean section sooner than recommended, conclude the authors of a new study.
8. No risk seen from delaying prostate cancer surgery
   Wednesday, September 1, 2010
   NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding to evidence that men with early prostate cancer can safely put off surgery, a new study finds that patients who delayed surgery by over a year had similar outcomes as those who opted for immediate treatment.
9. Catherine Zeta-Jones furious Douglas' cancer went undetected
   Wednesday, September 1, 2010
   LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones admits having a hard time watching husband Michael Douglas battle throat cancer and has told People magazine she is furious with doctors for not detecting his disease sooner.
10. China to vaccinate 100 million children to fight measles
    Wednesday, September 1, 2010
    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Nearly 100 million children in China will be vaccinated against measles this month to help eliminate the disease, a leading cause of avoidable death and disability in developing countries, the WHO said on Wednesday.
11. Surgery prevents breast cancers in high-risk women
    Wednesday, September 1, 2010
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women with mutations in the well-known BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes who have their breasts and ovaries removed are much more likely to survive than women who do not get preventive surgery, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
12. Early and late birth ups cerebral palsy risk
    Tuesday, August 31, 2010
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Full-term babies born a bit on the early or late side are at higher risk of cerebral palsy, according to a new study in nearly 1.7 million Norwegian children.
13. Minn. governor directs state to decline health reform
    Tuesday, August 31, 2010
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty directed state agencies on Tuesday to decline all discretionary participation in federal healthcare reform, throwing up roadblocks to President Barack Obama's goal of providing health insurance to all Americans.
14. Obama administration appeals stem cell injunction
    Tuesday, August 31, 2010
    WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed a ruling that blocked federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, asking the judge who issued the injunction to put it on hold pending the appeal.
15. Health experts warn of 'stem cell tourism' dangers
    Tuesday, August 31, 2010
    LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of people are putting their health and life savings at risk to travel to private clinics around the world for unproven and potentially dangerous stem cell treatments, British experts said on Tuesday.

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