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From: "Paul Pagnato" <>
Subject: Fw: MSNBC's Health Roundup
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 18:33:00 -0400
MSNBC's Health RoundupOur health..Notice that the first 3 are Bush/Cheney
buddies, and the last one, stem cells ( the good guys) are what Bush/Cheney are
against.
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Oct. 8: The latest news from flu shots to Vioxx
U.S. faces record shortage of flu vaccine
The U.S. government urged healthy Americans to defer getting their
influenza shots so medication will be available for those most at
risk. Click here to read the full
story<http://g.msn.com/0NL64084/1628>.
Report: Vioxx linked to thousands of deaths
Merck & Co.'s arthritis drug Vioxx may have led to more than 27,000
heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths before it was pulled from
the market last week, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing an
unreleased study by government regulators. Click here to read the
full story<http://g.msn.com/0NL64084/1629>.
New warning of cancer risk in arthritis drug
Johnson & Johnson will send a letter to doctors warning them that
patients taking its rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade may have a
higher risk of lymphoma, a blood cancer, than those not taking the
drug, the company says. Click here to read the full
story<http://g.msn.com/0NL64084/1630>.
Stem cells reverse defects in mice embryos
Embryonic stem cells may not have to actually grow replacement body
parts to be useful. New research suggests these cells also secrete
healing molecules powerful enough to reverse a lethal birth defect
in mice. Click here to read the full
story<http://g.msn.com/0NL64084/1631>.
Sierra Leone leads world in child mortality
In Sierra Leone, one in four children dies before age 5. In Iraq,
one in 10 does not make it to a fifth birthday. Across the globe,
poor care for newborns, malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea and measles
snuff out lives of the very young, according to a U.N. report. Click
here to read the full story<http://g.msn.com/0NL64084/1632>.
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Columns and special reports
Breaking Bioethics: Stem-cell research a pawn in election
politics<http://g.msn.com/0NL64084/1634>
Growing Up Healthy: Politics and
parenthood<http://g.msn.com/0NL64084/1635>
New beauty products pamper pets from head to
tail<http://g.msn.com/0NL64084/1636>
Latest news on the flu<http://g.msn.com/0NL64084/1637>
Two states launch first import drug program
Illinois and Wisconsin launched the nation's first state-sponsored
program to help residents buy cheaper prescription drugs from both
Europe and Canada - despite federal laws banning the practice. Click
here to read the full story<http://g.msn.com/0NL64084/1638>.
Sibling's heart history may predict yours best
Does your brother or sister have heart disease? That may be a better
predictor of whether you are at risk than your parents' health
history, researchers say. Click here to read the full
story<http://g.msn.com/0NL64084/1639>.
Singapore takes strict steps against obesity
The fight against obesity starts young in Singapore. Fat children
are separated from their classmates and ordered to do more
exercising until they lose weight. Click here to read the full
story<http://g.msn.com/0NL64084/1640>.
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