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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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Special report: The cost of a malaria-free world
Judge rejects key part of Obama healthcare law
Lower education level tied to heart failure risk
Vioxx harmful even after patients stopped taking it
Alzheimer's study finds HDL good for brain, too
High vitamin D may not protect against frailty
Could acupuncture be used to treat "lazy eye?"
Protein reversed memory loss in Alzheimer's mice
Less sugar, equal taste from healthy cereal
Stem cells used to make pancreas, gut cells

Special report: The cost of a malaria-free world
December 14, 2010 07:24 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Joe Cohen, a scientist tantalizingly close to delivering the world's first malaria vaccine, is on the stump.

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Judge rejects key part of Obama healthcare law
December 13, 2010 07:23 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A judge in Virginia on Monday declared a key part of President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law unconstitutional in the first major setback on an issue that will likely end up at the Supreme Court.

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Lower education level tied to heart failure risk
December 13, 2010 03:20 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The less education people have, the greater their risk of eventually developing chronic heart failure, a large new study finds.

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Vioxx harmful even after patients stopped taking it
December 13, 2010 04:58 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Merck's withdrawn painkiller Vioxx may have continued to cause blood clots and perhaps deaths even after patients dropped it, U.S. researchers said Monday.

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Alzheimer's study finds HDL good for brain, too
December 13, 2010 05:22 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - In addition to being good for the heart, high levels of so-called "good" cholesterol may protect against Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

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High vitamin D may not protect against frailty
December 13, 2010 04:14 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women with low blood levels of vitamin D may have an increased risk of frailty -- but the high vitamin D levels that some experts recommend may offer no special protection, a new study suggests.

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Could acupuncture be used to treat "lazy eye?"
December 13, 2010 05:18 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sticking acupuncture needles into points on the body classically associated with vision in Chinese medicine could prove to be an alternative to bothersome patches or drops for older children with a "lazy eye," suggests new research.

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Protein reversed memory loss in Alzheimer's mice
December 13, 2010 05:21 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boosting levels of a memory-related protein reversed memory loss in mice with Alzheimer's disease, a finding that could lead to new approaches to treating people, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

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Less sugar, equal taste from healthy cereal
December 13, 2010 11:17 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who start the day with a bowl of sugary cereal are consuming almost twice the sugar they would take in eating healthier options -- which, incidentally, they would be just as happy with, a new study finds.

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Stem cells used to make pancreas, gut cells
December 13, 2010 07:31 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stem cells can be transformed into the pancreatic cells needed to treat diabetes and into complex layers of intestinal tissue, scientists demonstrated in two experiments reported on Sunday.

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