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Good Morning Pan, FRI 26 Nov 2010    Second-hand smoke kills 600,000 a year: WHO study Donor eggs may be linked to pregnancy complication UK watchdog adviser: Cloned cattle meat likely safe EU to ban Bisphenol A in baby bottles in 2011 Cholera-hit Haiti needs nurses, doctors: U.N. Treating testes trouble early may save fertility Harm in hospitals still common for patients Beware E. coli when drinking raw milk: study Getting married may also get you a kidney Many preventable cancers caught at late stage: CDC Second-hand smoke kills 600,000 a year: WHO study November 25, 2010 07:52 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Around one in a hundred deaths worldwide is due to passive smoking, which kills an estimated 600,000 people a year, World Health Organization (WHO) researchers said on Friday. Full Article Donor eggs may be linked to pregnancy complication November 25, 2010 03:55 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who use donated eggs to get pregnant by in vitro fertilization (IVF) might be more at risk for a common but potentially dangerous pregnancy complication than women using traditional IVF, a small study suggests. Full Article UK watchdog adviser: Cloned cattle meat likely safe November 26, 2010 09:38 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Meat and milk from cloned cattle show no difference in composition from that of traditionally bred cows and so are unlikely to pose a food safety risk, an advisory committee to Britain's food safety regulator said. Full Article EU to ban Bisphenol A in baby bottles in 2011 November 25, 2010 04:01 PM ET BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will ban the use of organic compound Bisphenol A (BPA) in plastic baby bottles from 2011 with the backing of a majority of EU governments, the EU's executive Commission said Thursday. Full Article Cholera-hit Haiti needs nurses, doctors: U.N. November 24, 2010 07:15 PM ET PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti needs a surge of foreign nurses and doctors to stem deaths from a raging cholera epidemic that an international aid operation is struggling to control, the United Nations' top humanitarian official said. Full Article Treating testes trouble early may save fertility November 25, 2010 12:28 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infertility is probably the last thing on teenage boys' minds. However, a new study out of Brazil suggests that early treatment of a common testicular condition could preserve future fatherhood potential for some adolescents. Full Article Harm in hospitals still common for patients November 25, 2010 03:52 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite a decade of efforts to improve patient safety in hospitals -- initially inspired by a seminal report on the problem from the U.S. Institute of Medicine in 2000 -- harmful errors and accidents are still common, new research suggests. Full Article Beware E. coli when drinking raw milk: study November 25, 2010 04:04 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A government investigation published this month has tied raw milk consumption to a 2008 outbreak of E. coli in Connecticut, which landed four people in the hospital with life-threatening illnesses. Full Article Getting married may also get you a kidney November 25, 2010 04:08 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who get married appear to enjoy better health overall -- and may even be more likely to receive a kidney transplant when they need one, a new study reports. Full Article Many preventable cancers caught at late stage: CDC November 24, 2010 03:45 PM ET CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nearly half of colorectal and cervical cancers and a third of breast cancers in the United States are diagnosed in the late stages, even though screening tests are available to detect them early on, a report by U.S. health officials said on Wednesday. Full Article

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