03.29.07

Anesthesia Risk for Children Worries FDA

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Anesthesia can be harmful to the developing brain, studies on animals suggest, raising concerns about potential risks in putting young children under for surgery....

Parkinson’s Drug Pulled From Market

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A drug used by several thousand patients with Parkinson's disease is being pulled from the market because of reports of heart valve damage....

FDA Panel Approves Prostate Treatment

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health advisers have endorsed an experimental vaccine to treat advanced prostate cancer as safe and effective....

Analysis: Stent Fallout After Big Study

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Heart patients around the country are calling their doctors to question plans to treat clogged arteries with stents. It is the early fallout from a big study that showed drugs work just as well in non-emergency cases to prevent heart attacks, deaths, and over the long run, chest pain....

CDC Says Easter Chicks Carry Health Risk

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ATLANTA (AP) -- Easter is right around the corner and so is the threat of salmonella carried by baby chicks often given to children as springtime gifts, health officials warned Thursday....

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