Senate committee advances drug compounding bill
By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation that would increase federa...
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Health officials probe deadly respiratory illness in Alabama
By Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - U.S. and state health authorities are investigating an unidentified respiratory illne...
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FDA panel says Merck's sleep drug safe, effective at lower dose
By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Merck & Co's experimental insomnia drug was safe and effective at the lower of two doses studi...
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Online tool helps control blood pressure long term
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study, people with high blood pressure who could communicate with their phar...
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Vitamin C may not treat gout: study
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Daily vitamin C supplements don't lower uric acid as much as drugs used to treat hig...
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Sugary drinks tied to kidney stone risk
By Kerry Grens NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adults who drink at least one sugar-sweetened drink a day are slightly more likely to dev...
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More patients than docs report skin surgery problems
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than one quarter of people being treated for non-melanoma skin cancer in their d...
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Thrifty Merrimack developing new cancer drugs at lower cost
By Bill Berkrot NEW YORK (Reuters) - Little known biotechnology company Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc has quietly built a large pipe...
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Montreal tells 1.3 million residents to boil their drinking water
(Reuters) - Montreal, Canada's second-largest city, has asked 1.3 million people to boil their drinking water after a problem at one...
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SAP looks to recruit people with autism as programmers
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German software company SAP is looking to recruit people with autism as programmers and product testers, drawi...
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