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FDA staff unsure about new use for Amgen's Xgeva

Published at | 2012-02-06 09:18:07 | in category News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reviewers from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that they were not sure whether Amgen Inc's Xgeva bone drug should be approved for a wider use of delaying the spread of cancer to the bone. ...

Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/WUXydkUgYLM/us-fda-amgen-xgeva-idUSTRE81518420120206

Orexigen, FDA agree on trial design for obesity drug

Published at | 2012-02-06 09:28:07 | in category News

(Reuters) - Orexigen Therapeutics Inc said it reached an agreement with U.S. health regulators on the design of a heart-safety trial required for the approval of its experimental obesity drug. ...

Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~3/N3dBW9vLsZU/us-orexigen-obesity-drug-idUSTRE81519320120206

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East views the world differently to West

Published at | 2012-02-06 09:26:03 | in category News

Cultural differences between the West and East are well documented, but a study shows that concrete differences also exist in how British and Chinese people recognise people and the world around... ...

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The best medicine for a stressed worker

Published at | 2012-02-06 09:27:05 | in category News

A worker experiencing the stress of intense workdays might develop somatic symptoms, such as stomach ache or headache, which will eventually lead to taking leave of absence. But when the individual’s... ...

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Study: Child abuse bigger threat than SIDS

Published at | 2012-02-06 09:14:15 | in category News

In the first national estimate of serious injuries due to child abuse, Yale University researchers say 4,600 U.S. children were hospitalized with broken bones, traumatic brain injury and other serious damage caused by abuse. Babies younger than one were the most common victims. ...

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46281207/ns/health-childrens_health/

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Docs diagnose Harry Potter's headaches

Published at | 2012-02-06 09:24:21 | in category News

After years of studying, experts think they've figured out what was ailing Harry Potter all those years -- a nummular headache. ...

Source: http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/03/10312775-harry-potters-headache-finally-diagnosed

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Wireless power could revolutionize highway transportation

Published at | 2012-02-06 08:24:50 | in category News

A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet... ...

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Caribbean lizards settle ‘founder effect’ controversy

Published at | 2012-02-06 08:28:27 | in category News

When a devastating 2004 hurricane wiped out a Caribbean lizard population, University of California, Davis, researchers had an unprecedented opportunity to address a long-simmering controversy in... ...

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New hope for treatment of glioblastoma multiforme

Published at | 2012-02-06 08:30:39 | in category News

Jim Black is fighting the meanest, most aggressive, most common kind of brain tumor in the United States: recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). In the United States, each year, approximately... ...

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Gut microbes can cause obesity

Published at | 2012-02-06 08:33:50 | in category News

Obesity and chronic liver disease can be triggered by a family of proteins that alter populations of microbes in the stomach, a discovery that suggests the condition may be infectious, Yale... ...

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