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Millions die because of high malaria drug prices
LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly a million people die from malaria each year because they cannot afford the most effective treatment and instead often buy old drugs to which the malaria parasite has become ...
U.N. says billion would stem child pneumonia deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Pneumonia kills more young children than any other disease, but an investment of billion, or just .9 per child, could save 5.3 million lives in developing countries by 2015, ...
Human Genome-Glaxo lupus drug works in 2nd trial
BOSTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Human Genome Sciences Inc said its experimental lupus drug Benlysta was successful in a late-stage clinical trial, paving the way for approval of the first new treatment for ...
Liposuction: A source for breast augmentation?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Worried about what to do with fat you've had liposuctioned from pudgy areas? Researchers have turned it into stem cells in the lab, but here's a more immediate use: Fat ...
Pneumonia vaccine could save money in flu pandemic
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A more protective form of Pfizer's vaccine for pneumococcal disease would be highly effective at preventing deaths from pandemic influenza, independent researchers and the company ...
U.S. sees 10 million more H1N1 vaccine doses next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five drug companies are now increasing production of the vaccine for the H1N1 swine flu, and 10 million more doses are expected next week, Health and Human Services Secretary ...
WHO experts say flu vaccines safe, one dose needed
GENEVA (Reuters) - Only one dose of vaccine is needed for protection against pandemic H1N1 flu and the jabs have so far proved to be safe, the World Health Organization said on ...
Obama frustrated with companies over flu vaccine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A quarrel between the U.S. government and swine flu vaccine makers reached the highest level on Friday, with President Barack Obama expressing frustration at the slow pace of ...
People will fear flu vaccine "adverse events": study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fear of adverse events such as miscarriages, rare neurological conditions and ordinary heart attacks will discourage some people from participating in mass vaccination efforts ...
Coffee may lower endometrial cancer risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women dread a diagnosis of endometrial cancer, but those who drink at least two cups of caffeinated coffee a day may have a lower risk for this cancer of cells lining the ...
