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Sunday 22 November 2009
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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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