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India not treating AIDS patients early: Global Fund
Thousands of AIDS patients in India are not receiving treatment on time, underscoring huge challenges the country faces as it combats the disease, the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said on Thursday....
10-Sep-2010
Risks of old, new diet drugs face U.S. scrutiny
The risks of a potential new diet pill and a 13-year-old weight-loss medicine face U.S. scrutiny next week as medical experts consider if the drugs' benefits outweigh possible side effects....
10-Sep-2010
New warnings added to agents used in MRI tests
New warnings of a potentially fatal skin disease will be added to labels for imaging drugs sold by Bayer, Covidien and GE Healthcare cautioning against their use by patients with kidney disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday....
10-Sep-2010
Appeals Court Ends Ban on Stem Cell Financing, for Now
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that federal financing of embryonic stem cell research could continue while the court considers a judge’s order last month banning the government’s role in the research. ...
10-Sep-2010
The Surgeon’s Pact With the Patient
The patient, in her late 50s with failing kidneys, had come to the hospital for what she and her doctors thought would be a simple procedure preparing her for dialysis. ...
10-Sep-2010
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