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                  as of Sat, 01 Oct 2005 03:46:49 GMT

    US FDA head gives up cancer duties after criticism (Reuters)

Reuters - National Cancer Institute Director Andrew von Eschenbach will
 give up his daily duties there to focus on his new job as acting Food
 and Drug Administration commissioner, he told FDA staff on Friday.

    PDAs expected to change healthcare in future (Reuters)

Reuters - Personal digital assistants (PDAs) could change the way
 healthcare is delivered in the future by providing doctors with easy
 access to patient data and the latest information on treatment.

    Urine test spots chlamydia in male teens (Reuters)

Reuters - Sexually active male adolescents quite often have the sexually
 transmitted infection Chlamydia trachomatis but don't know it.
 Investigators in California have found that routine urine screening for
 chlamydia is an effective means of diagnosing these infections in
 sexually active young men.

    Potential Arthritis Drug Falls Short (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Efforts to develop a
 new class of chronic arthritis medications using a painkiller compound
 naturally produced by the body have fallen short, researchers say.

    Insurance for Infertility Treatment Lags (AP)

AP - Alyce Robins counts herself among the lucky ones. After seven
 rounds of infertility treatment, she had a baby girl, and her health
 insurance paid for nearly everything -- costs totaling well over
 $30,000. The 34-year-old suburban Chicago woman is also one of the rare
 ones.

    Elderly Diabetics at Double the Risk of Falling (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetic nursing home
 residents are much more likely to suffer dangerous falls than those
 without diabetes, researchers report.

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