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Monday, November 22, 2010

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Health insurers face new spending rules
Second U.S. company gets stem cell go-ahead
One billion people cannot afford healthcare: WHO
Cough and cold meds withdrawal is working: study
Cholera fighting efforts restart in Haiti's north
Typical acetaminophen dose no threat to kids' livers
AIDS activists welcome pope's words on condoms
World health officials take aim at tobacco additives
Merck's Vytorin cuts heart attack risk in kidney patients
Moms' mealtime tactics tied to kids' eating habits

Health insurers face new spending rules
November 22, 2010 09:55 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health insurers face a host of new spending rules under federal government regulations released on Monday that dictate how they allocate customers' monthly premium dollars toward medical care rather than other items such as profits or overhead.

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Second U.S. company gets stem cell go-ahead
November 22, 2010 12:09 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the second human trial of human embryonic stem cells -- this one testing cells in people with a progressive form of blindness, the company said on Monday.

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One billion people cannot afford healthcare: WHO
November 22, 2010 04:03 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Around a billion people cannot afford any health services, and paying for healthcare pushes about 100 million people a year into poverty, the World Health Organisation said on Monday.

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Cough and cold meds withdrawal is working: study
November 22, 2010 03:33 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of young children going to the emergency room after taking too much cough and cold medicine was cut in half after drug companies took medications for their age group off the market, according to a new study.

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Cholera fighting efforts restart in Haiti's north
November 21, 2010 05:44 PM ET
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Aid supplies to combat Haiti's deadly cholera epidemic are flowing again into the country's northern regions after protests by Haitians blaming U.N. troops for the outbreak, humanitarian groups said on Sunday.

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Typical acetaminophen dose no threat to kids' livers
November 22, 2010 04:02 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Concerns about liver injuries in kids who take the common painkiller acetaminophen -- sold as Tylenol in the U.S. -- are unfounded, researchers said on Monday.

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AIDS activists welcome pope's words on condoms
November 21, 2010 01:01 PM ET
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Liberal Catholics, AIDS activists and health officials on Sunday welcomed Pope Benedict's comments that using condoms may sometimes be justified to stop the spread of the disease.

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World health officials take aim at tobacco additives
November 20, 2010 04:00 PM ET
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay (Reuters) - World health officials recommended on Saturday limiting additives that make cigarettes more palatable, but they postponed until 2012 a number of other issues after five days of deliberations.

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Merck's Vytorin cuts heart attack risk in kidney patients
November 20, 2010 01:01 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kidney disease patients treated with Merck & Co Inc's cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin were about 16 percent less likely to have a heart attack or other cardiovascular problem than patients given a dummy pill, according to a new study.

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Moms' mealtime tactics tied to kids' eating habits
November 19, 2010 05:32 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - School-age children whose mothers tightly control their diets may be prone to overeating, while those with moms who pressure them to eat tend to be fussy about food, a new study finds.

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