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Komen reverses move to cut Planned Parenthood funding
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:02:14 -0500
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation backed down from its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion and birth control services, following a massive outcry by supporters of the world's largest breast cancer charity.

Malaria kills twice as many as thought: study
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:39 -0500
LONDON (Reuters) - Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people worldwide a year, nearly twice as many as previously thought, according to new research published on Friday that questions years of assumptions about the mosquito-borne disease.

Breastfeeding tied to stronger lungs, less asthma
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:00:55 -0500
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who were breastfed as babies may have better lung function, and a lower risk of asthma, than those who were formula-fed, two new reports suggest.

Komen move on Planned Parenthood sparks abortion row
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:45:33 -0500
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to cut funding for Planned Parenthood erupted into a crisis over abortion rights on Thursday, fueling an angry public debate about the future of the leading breast cancer charity.

Think you can't get pregnant? Try again, study says
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:25:13 -0500
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Almost half of women who said they'd been struggling to get pregnant for at least a year ended up having a baby despite not getting fertility treatment, in a new study from Australia.

Older parents more likely to have an autistic child: study
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:24:32 -0500
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children born to a parent over age 35 are at greater risk for developing an autism spectrum disorder -- but the risk is the same whether just one or both parents are older, according to a new study of Danish families.

French drug regulator searched in Mediator case
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:30:54 -0500
PARIS (Reuters) - Investigators searched the offices of French healthcare regulator Afssaps on Thursday in connection with a case involving the anti-diabetes drug Mediator, which officials blame for at least 500 deaths in France.

Officials warn of possible rabies exposure in Rhode Island
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:55:17 -0500
(Reuters) - A crowd of onlookers in downtown Providence may have been exposed to rabies last month by a bat that a man was carrying in a box, health officials said on Thursday.

AstraZeneca axes 7,300 jobs, warns on profit
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:00:06 -0500
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca is cutting a further 7,300 jobs and expects earnings to fall 14-18 percent this year as patents on key drugs expire and governments in Europe and the United States squeeze prices.

UK says home-grown cancer pill too costly to use
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:10:14 -0500
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health cost watchdog NICE sparked a major row on Thursday by snubbing a pricey new prostate cancer pill discovered at the country's top cancer research centre, a decision critics said was bad for patients and research.

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