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Text messages little help in remembering the Pill

Reuters : Health [US] (< 1 hour)
NEW YORK - A cell phone text message -- and the buzz or beep that signals its arrival -- may not help a woman remember to pop her birth control pill, a new study suggests.

Abbott diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban

Reuters : Health [US] (< 1 hour)
WASHINGTON - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market.

Groups of friends key to changing health behaviors

Reuters : Health [US] (< 1 hour)
CHICAGO - When it comes to changing health behaviors, it takes more than a far-flung network of friends on Facebook egging you on. It takes a jostling herd, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

Timer may help kids' bladder control problems

Reuters : Health [US] (< 1 hour)
NEW YORK - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests.

Safety groups find no Pampers link to rash cases

Reuters : Health [US] (< 1 hour)
CHICAGO - Two agencies investigating claims that Procter & Gamble Co's Pampers Dry Max gave children severe diaper rash reported Thursday that they have found no specific cause linking the diapers to rashes.

Women, children most vulnerable in Pakistan crisis

Reuters : Health [US] (< 1 hour)
NOWSHERA, Pakistan - Pakistan's displaced flood victims say a lack of clean water and high temperatures are causing illnesses sweeping through relief camps with children most at risk.

Common bone drugs linked to esophageal cancer risk

Reuters : Health [US] (< 1 hour)
LONDON - People who take a commonly used class of osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates for more than five years may be doubling their risk of developing cancer of the gullet or esophagus, a British study found on Friday.

U.S. medical programs missing millions of kids: report

Reuters : Health [US] (< 1 hour)
WASHINGTON - An estimated five million uninsured children in the United States were eligible for Medicaid or the Childrens Health Insurance Program but were not enrolled in either plan, according to a new report.

Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise

Reuters : Health [US] (< 1 hour)
LONDON - An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists say it shows promise as a possible future treatment for one of the world's major killer diseases.

Stem cell firms defend record after criticism

Reuters : Health [US] (16 hours)
LONDON - Cell therapy companies in China and Germany who were criticized by British experts warning of the dangers of "stem cell tourism" defended themselves on Wednesday, saying their safety records were good.
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