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                  as of Fri, 30 Sep 2005 03:46:43 GMT

    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.

    1.4 million children could be saved with vaccines (Reuters)

Reuters - An estimated 1.4 children under five years of age die
 unnecessarily each year from measles, whooping cough or tetanus, all of
 them preventable with vaccines, the U.N. Children's Fund, UNICEF,
 reported on Thursday.

    Senate approves $4 bln to fight bird flu (Reuters)

Reuters - The Senate passed legislation on Thursday to add $4 billion to
 the U.S. fight against deadly avian flu by stocking up on anti-viral
 drugs and increasing global surveillance of the disease.

    Kids' abdominal pain may become adult IBS (Reuters)

Reuters - Childhood abdominal pain is a common complaint, and it may
 progress to adult irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in some cases,
 according to a study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

    Heart doc says Vioxx may have caused heart attack (Reuters)

Reuters - The cardiologist for a man who sued Merck & Co. Inc., blaming
 Vioxx for his 2001 heart attack, testified on Thursday that the
 withdrawn painkiller and not heart disease was likely responsible.

    High Blood Pressure Can Be Lethal in Overweight (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- A major longitudinal
 study confirms what experts have long suspected: High blood pressure is
 key to the increased risk of fatal heart attack and stroke in
 overweight and obese people.

    Pastor Gets Unwelcome Supply of Viagra (AP)

AP - A pastor received an unwelcome supply of Viagra pills by registered
 mail earlier this month. The 500 pills of the impotence drug was very
 unexpected, he said.

    Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 29, 2005 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials,
 courtesy of CenterWatch:

    Immune Drug May Prevent Fetal Infection (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- A drug that boosts a
 woman's immune system during pregnancy may help prevent her from
 passing along a common but dangerous virus to her unborn baby, Italian
 researchers report.

    Depression Raises Seniors' Death Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- For older patients,
 depression may be as much a risk factor for death as cardiovascular
 disease and diabetes, a new U.S. study finds.

    Merck, Takeda join forces to develop anti-cancer treatment (AFP)

AFP - German pharmaceuticals specialist Merck said it is teaming up with
 Japanese rival Takeda to jointly develop and market Merck's Matuzumab
 cancer treatment, currently in Phase II of clinical trials.

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