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    Suspected Indonesia bird flu cases pass 50 - officials (Reuters)

Reuters - Indonesia faces more than 50 suspected cases of deadly bird
 flu, Indonesian health ministry officials said on Thursday, while
 lowering their figure on deaths from the disease to five from an
 earlier estimate of six.

    ASEAN urged to help raise funds to fight bird flu (Reuters)

Reuters - MANILA (Reuters)- Animal health experts on Thursday urged
 Southeast Asian countries to help raise funds and endorse a global plan
 to curb avian flu, which has killed 66 people and led to an estimated
 $15 billion in losses for the poultry trade.

    New labels for medicines coming soon: FDA official (Reuters)

Reuters - Prescription drug labels will be easier to read and updated
 quickly on the Internet as part of an effort being launched later this
 year to improve information for doctors and patients, a U.S. health
 official said on Wednesday.

    U.S. company to work on jabless avian flu vaccine (Reuters)

Reuters - A company that makes an inhaled flu vaccine signed up with the
 U.S. government on Wednesday to try to make a version of its jabless
 vaccine for avian flu.

    Methadone during pregnancy may harm baby (Reuters)

Reuters - For women fighting opiate addiction, methadone maintenance
 during pregnancy helps them stay off drugs -- but it may have adverse
 effects on the unborn baby, investigators report.

    USDA food pyramid for kids aims to curb obesity (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. government on Wednesday unveiled new guidelines to
 encourage children to eat healthier foods, but critics charged they do
 not go far enough to eliminate the growing problem of obesity.

    Cancer Drug Might Fight Lethal Lung Hypertension (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Gleevec, a
 medication experts have hailed as a wonder drug in the fight against
 certain cancers, may also come to the rescue of patients battling
 lethal pulmonary hypertension.

    New Warning Issued on Paxil (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health
 officials have issued a warning about possible birth defects in infants
 born to women who take the antidepressant Paxil during the first
 trimester of pregnancy.

    Marrow Transplant Technique May Help Blood Cancer Patients
     (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- A more focused
 approach to bone marrow transplant in patients with blood cancers
 dramatically lowered the incidence of graft versus host disease (GVHD)
 -- a potentially deadly complication of the procedure -- in a small
 group of patients, researchers report.

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