Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 22 November 2009

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Sunday 22 November 2009

Plastic Surgeons Cry Foul Over Senate Health Bill's Cosmetic Surgery Tax
Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz writes about the so-called "botax." "If you're considering Botox to erase frown lines or liposuction to get rid of love handles, you might want to move fast. .....
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Evidence Does Not Connect H1N1 Vaccine To Patient Deaths, WHO Says
The deaths of 41 people from six countries who had received the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine were not directly linked to the vaccine, the WHO said Thursday, the Associated Press/MSNBC reports (11/19)...
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Sitagliptin Approved As Add-on To Insulin
Sitagliptin (known as Januvia) has been approved by the European Commission as an add-on to insulin (with or without metformin) for people with Type 2 diabetes who cannot control their condition effectively with a...
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Other Medical and Health News for 22 November*

CDC Kicks Off National Travelers' Health Public Awareness Campaign

NIH Awards University Of Texas At Austin College Of Pharmacy $1.5 Million For Male Fertility Research

Farming Out The Safety Message To Students, Scotland

California Physicians Applaud The U.S. House Of Representatives Vote To Protect Seniors' Access To Care

UNICEF's State Of The World's Children Report Commemorates 20 Years Of The Convention On The Rights Of The Child

Merck KGaA: CHMP Opinion For Erbitux In Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Novartis Influenza A(H1N1) 2009 Vaccine US Interim Data Show Lower Doses Of Antigen May Suffice To Generate A Protective Immune Response

Sanofi-aventis And Medicines For Malaria Venture To Launch The Largest Ever Study Of An Antimalarial Drug

European Medical Advisory Committee Does Not Recommend Approval Of Avastin For Deadly Form Of Brain Cancer

AstraZeneca Submits US New Drug Application For Brilinta (Ticagrelor), An Investigational Antiplatelet Agent

Abbott To Develop New Heart Failure Test On ARCHITECT Immunochemistry Diagnostics Platform

Geron Presents Interim Clinical Data On Its Telomerase Inhibitor Drug At AACR-NCI-EORTC

European Medicines Agency Makes Recommendations To Minimise Risk Of Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis With Gadolinium-containing Contrast Agents

European Medicines Agency Reaffirms Efficacy And Safety Of H1N1v Pandemic Vaccines

FISH Technology Preferred For Choosing HER-2-Positive Breast Cancer Treatments

May Live Longer When Treated With Radiation Therapy

First Cervical Cancer Screening Delayed Until Age 21 Less Frequent Pap Tests Recommended

Date Set For Stroke Survivors' Singing Group Concert

Funeral Industry Workers Exposed To Formaldehyde Face Higher Risk Of Leukemia

HHS Awards More Than $5 Million To The University Of Mississippi For Help In Eliminating Health Disparities In The Mississippi Delta Region

1994 Group Report Calls On Universities, Employers And Government To Support Programmes To Enhance Graduate Employability, UK

Promoting Healthy Skepticism In The News: Helping Journalists Get It Right

Researchers Find New Piece Of BSE Puzzle

Study Finds New Tool That Is Effective In Reducing Selection Bias In Comparative Effectiveness Research

How Should We Elicit Preferences For Health Care?

Age Concern And Help The Aged Respond To Conservative Plans To Retain Vital Benefits For Older People, UK

Researchers Identify Role Of Gene In Tumor Development

Older Problem Drinkers Use More Alcohol Than Do Their Younger Counterparts

Terrence Higgins Trust Gets Swindon Involved In World AIDS Day, UK

Terrence Higgins Trust Gets Sandwell Involved In World AIDS Day, UK

Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. Announces Positive Review By Data Safety And Monitoring Board For The Phase IIb Stroke Trial

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