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Companies start shipping U.S. flu vaccines

Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:31pm EDT by Reuters

Two flu vaccine makers said on Friday they had started shipping supplies for the U.S. market, one of the earliest starts ever to distributing seasonal influenza vaccine.
For blood pressure, can you be fit but fat?

Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:23pm EDT by Reuters

If you're trying to bring your blood pressure to healthy levels, a new study suggests that how much you weigh is more important than how fit you are.
What prevents falls after strokes? Study: Not much

Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:22pm EDT by Reuters

While most stroke survivors will suffer falls, strategies to prevent these dangerous events continue to fall short, suggests a new study out of Australia.
The pill equally effective in obese, thin women

Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:21pm EDT by Reuters

Despite studies suggesting that birth control pills might not work as well in obese women, a new study suggests that they prevent pregnancy the same no matter what a woman weighs.
Does CPR on a moving stretcher work?

Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:15pm EDT by Reuters

Paging script-writers: Pumping on a patient's chest during CPR while a stretcher careens down a hospital hallway works just fine, Chinese researchers have found.
Two die in Florida from mosquito-borne disease

Posted: July 30th, 2010, 3:01pm EDT by Reuters

Two Florida residents have died from Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease that is rare among humans but has infected a rising number of horses in the state, health officials said on Friday.
Editor changes industry-backed tanning pill study

Posted: July 30th, 2010, 2:29pm EDT by Reuters

A journal editor has scrubbed a line supporting the use of a L'Oreal-Nestle tanning pill from the conclusion of a company-sponsored study.
Doctors: Transplant advance in windpipe cancer

Posted: July 30th, 2010, 11:35am EDT by AP

Doctors have successfully transplanted windpipes into two cancer patients in an innovative procedure that uses stem cells to allow a donated trachea to regenerate tissue and create an organ biologically close to the original, they said Friday.
Eastern Africa polio-free, but cases found in Russia

Posted: July 30th, 2010, 11:27am EDT by Reuters

Eastern Africa is free of polio again, with four countries -- Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda -- having reported no cases of the crippling disease for more than a year, U.N. and other aid agencies said Friday.
Little harm seen from painkiller shots for pro athletes

Posted: July 30th, 2010, 11:25am EDT by Reuters

When professional athletes in sports like football and rugby are injured, they commonly get injections of pain-numbing anesthetics to help them stay in the game. Now a new study suggests that, while safety concerns remain, most athletes may not su...

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