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  • Study finds stroke risk from anemia drug Aranesp

    Oct 30, 2009 05:40 PM PDT, Associated Press

    AP - A new study raises fresh safety concerns about widely used anemia medicines, finding that the drug Aranesp nearly doubled the risk of stroke in people with diabetes and chronic kidney problems who are not yet sick enough to need dialysis.

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  • Scientists patch damaged lungs for transplanting

    Oct 28, 2009 04:00 PM PDT, Associated Press
    Scientists patch damaged lungs for transplanting

    AP - Call it a genetic patch job for worn lungs: Canadian researchers took donated lungs deemed too damaged to transplant and repaired them with outside-the-body gene therapy.

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  • FDA panel backs first non-drug asthma treatment

    Oct 28, 2009 02:49 PM PDT, Associated Press

    AP - Federal health advisers on Wednesday said a novel technology from a small medical technology firm should be approved as the first non-drug treatment for asthma.

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  • AIDS experts say Russia needs new HIV strategy

    Oct 28, 2009 10:58 AM PDT, Associated Press

    AP - AIDS experts urged Russian officials on Wednesday to scrap their abstinence-based strategy for curbing the spread of HIV, saying the country's fast-growing epidemic could be entering a dangerous new phase.

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