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| Senate on track to pass healthcare bill December 21, 2009 at 7:04 pm |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats moved closer on Monday to passing landmark healthcare legislation by Christmas after scoring a win in the first big test vote and gaining the support of a powerful lobbying group for doctors. |
| Botox spared over tanning beds in health fight December 21, 2009 at 4:33 pm |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the rush to fund a U.S. healthcare overhaul, Botox injections to smooth wrinkles will not be taxed, but visiting a tanning salon will be. |
| Prenatal baby aspirin not harmful to infants: study December 21, 2009 at 4:27 pm |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Baby aspirin taken for high-risk pregnancy complications does not appear to harm brain development among very premature children assessed when 5 years old, according to a French study. It may actually have some benefit, the study hints. |
| Lessons from the cockpit may boost patient safety December 21, 2009 at 4:25 pm |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Aviation and medicine both require professionals to hold peoples' lives in their hands. Now, study findings hint that hospitals may improve patient safety by drawing on aviation-type safety initiatives. |
| Obama: Senate healthcare vote "big victory" December 21, 2009 at 4:01 pm |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday heralded a U.S. Senate vote that moved a bill on his signature healthcare reform closer to passage and congratulated lawmakers for defying special interests. |
| No link seen between acetaminophen, birth defects December 21, 2009 at 2:01 pm |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New study findings offer reassurance to pregnant women that acetaminophen does not appear to raise the risk of birth defects. |
| The brain may feel other people's pain December 21, 2009 at 1:59 pm |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you've ever thought that you literally feel other people's pain, you may be right. A brain-imaging study suggests that some people have true physical reactions to others' injuries. |
| Dietary estrogens have little effect on cancer risk December 21, 2009 at 1:57 pm |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Dietary "phytoestrogens" -- plant substances that have weak estrogen-like activity -- have little impact on the risks of developing hormone-sensitive cancers like breast and prostate cancer or colorectal cancers, new research suggests. |
| Former CDC head lands vaccine job at Merck December 21, 2009 at 1:53 pm |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Julie Gerberding, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was named president of Merck & Co Inc's vaccine division, the company said on Monday. |
| U.S. health bill passes crucial Senate test December 21, 2009 at 7:43 am |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A broad healthcare overhaul passed its first crucial test in the U.S. Senate on Monday, with 60 Democrats voting to put President Barack Obama's top legislative priority on a path to passage by Christmas. |
| Athersys inks deal with Pfizer on stem-cell therapy December 21, 2009 at 7:41 am |
| (Reuters) - Athersys Inc said it sold the rights of its stem-cell therapy to treat inflammatory bowel disease to Pfizer Inc, the world's biggest drugmaker, and shares of Athersys nearly doubled in value. | |
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