AP - The World Health Organization has approved a cervical cancer vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline, meaning U.N. agencies and partners can now officially buy millions of doses of the vaccine for poor countries worldwide. Full Story
AFP - US President Barack Obama and other top officials urged Americans to ramp up preparedness against swine flu, warning that the virus could return with a vengeance in the fall.
AFP - The Canadian Health Ministry announced a review into whether diabetes drug Lantus, one of the most widely sold drugs worldwide by pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis, increases the risk of cancer.
AP - One in three breast cancer patients identified in public screening programs may be treated unnecessarily, a new study says. Karsten Jorgensen and Peter Gotzsche of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen analyzed breast cancer trends at least seven years before and after government-run screening programs for breast cancer started in parts of Australia, Britain, Canada, Norway and Sweden.
AP - The drive to remake the nation's health care system suffered yet another setback in Congress on Thursday when a pivotal group of House Democrats demanded numerous changes in legislation the leadership was drafting on a fast track.
AFP - A third of women diagnosed with breast cancer in public screening programmes are treated needlessly because their tumour will not be life-threatening, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) reported Friday.
Reuters - Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Thursday a mid-stage study of its combination obesity product involving versions of hormones linked to appetite and metabolism yielded positive results.
Reuters - As early as kindergarten, kids who are overweight feel more lonely and anxious than their normal-weight peers, new research shows.
Reuters - Early interventions can improve everyday memory in patients with mild memory difficulties, investigators in Australia report.
AFP - A third of women diagnosed with breast cancer in public screening programmes are treated needlessly because their tumour will not be life-threatening, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) reported Friday.
AFP - Pigs, fingered as the source of so-called swine flu, can also be infected by humans, German scientists said on Thursday.
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