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    Withdrawn drug may help in Crohn's disease (Reuters)

Reuters - A drug pulled from the market by the manufacturer following
 reports of serious side effects in patients with multiple sclerosis may
 help some sufferers of Crohn's disease, a new study showed.

    Osteoporosis screening, therapy is cost effective (Reuters)

Reuters - Screening all postmenopausal women for osteoporosis, or
 thinning of the bones, using bone densitometry and treatment of women
 found to have this condition is highly cost effective, regardless of
 age.

    Pulse pressure predicts stroke recurrence (Reuters)

Reuters - An increase in 24-hour pulse pressure in patients who have
 undergone a first stroke indicates an increased risk of experiencing
 another within a year, Greek researchers report.

    Weight loss surgery helps prevent diabetes (Reuters)

Reuters - The long-lasting weight reduction achieved with laparoscopic
 gastric banding, a minimally invasive type of weight loss surgery, can
 help in the prevention and remission of type 2 diabetes in obese
 patients, according to a report in the journal Diabetes Care. The
 surgery also helps stave off high blood pressure.

    Probe Finds Dose Fatal to Calif. Patient (AP)

AP - State health regulators cited a second Kaiser Permanente hospital
 in the South Bay for giving the wrong medication this summer to a
 patient who later died.

    US OKs generic AIDS drug for children's use abroad (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. health regulators approved a generic liquid version of
 GlaxoSmithKline's AIDS drug Epivir for use under the nation's program
 to help fight the disease in other countries, officials said on Friday.

    New Treatment Target for Deadly Brain Tumors (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've
 discovered a promising treatment target for glioblastoma multiforme --
 one of the most common and deadliest types of brain tumor.

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