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                  as of Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:24:36 GMT

    Antisoma says lung cancer drug data promising (Reuters)

Reuters - British cancer specialist Antisoma Plc said on Monday it had
 received promising preliminary results from an intermediate Phase II
 clinical trial of its AS1404 medicine as a treatment for lung cancer.

    Prescription sleep aid use soaring in US: study (Reuters)

Reuters - The number of younger Americans reaching for prescription
 drugs to get a good night's sleep and the money being spent to keep
 from tossing and turning, is soaring, according to a study conducted by
 a prescription management company.

    No nation properly prepared for bird flu -U.S (Reuters)

Reuters - No nation is prepared for a bird flu pandemic, the U.S. health
 secretary said on Monday, while the world health watchdog warned Europe
 against focusing on itself at the expense of Asia, the ground zero of
 any major outbreak.

    Disease threatens survivors of Guatemala mudslide (Reuters)

Reuters - Doctors fear that overcrowding and septic water could lead to
 a rash of illness among survivors of a landslide that swept away their
 Maya Indian village this month.

    Expats in China fight SARS hospital move (Reuters)

Reuters - Expatriates living in plush suburban estates near the site of
 a planned new infectious diseases hospital in Beijing are circling
 their wagons, determined that it be built elsewhere.

    Experts criticize report on deaths from obesity (AFP)

AFP - A recent study that showed obesity is responsible for far fewer
 deaths than predicted has been a hard sell to health care providers,
 its author told scientists at an international conference.

    Malawi's children are first victims of hunger (AFP)

AFP - Sitting on a straw mat in a hospital in southern Malawi, Weza Juga
 cradles her 20-month grandson in her arms, an emaciated baby weighing
 less than six kilos (13 pounds), unable to crawl much less stand.

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