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    Scientists find wider uses for cholesterol drugs (Reuters)

Reuters - Cholesterol-lowering drugs could help to prevent diabetics and
 people at high risk of heart disease from suffering a heart attack or
 stroke even if their cholesterol level is not high, scientists said on
 Tuesday.

    Mexico medical students learn on 'breathing' robots (Reuters)

Reuters - Faced with a growing number of medical students and few
 training hospitals, a Mexican university is turning to robotic patients
 to better train future doctors.

    'Statin' drugs reduce fracture risk in men (Reuters)

Reuters - Men who take a cholesterol-lowering 'statin' drug (such as
 Lipitor or Zocor, for example) may be protecting more than their heart.
 A large study comprised mostly of elderly men shows that the drugs
 reduce the risk of suffering a bone fracture.

    Bone health poor in anorexic girls with depression (Reuters)

Reuters - Depression appears to further increase the likelihood that
 girls with anorexia will develop the bone-thinning disease
 osteoporosis, according to a report from Australia.

    Pomegranate juice promising for prostate cancer (Reuters)

Reuters - Pomegranate extract may prevent prostate cancer or slow its
 growth, if results of lab experiments conducted at the University of
 Wisconsin in Madison translate to real-world benefits.

    China, U.S. to Monitor Panda Sex Lives (AP)

AP - Geez, can't a panda get some privacy? Seeking more data about panda
 reproduction, a team of Chinese and American scientists plans to
 monitor their sex lives via the Global Positioning System and other
 electronic tools, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday.

    Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 26, 2005 (HealthDay)

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

    Massive Indonesian vaccination drive against polio resumes (AFP)

AFP - Indonesia embarked on a second round of vaccinations targeting
 more than 23 million children to curb a major polio outbreak.

    VA Drug Program Said Cheaper Than Medicare (AP)

AP - People who get their drug benefits through the Veterans Affairs
 Department paid about $220 less for a yearlong prescription than those
 who used the government's Medicare drug card, said a study released
 Tuesday.

    Studies: More Heat Aids Cancer Therapies (AP)

AP - The tumors looked like five large mosquito bites dotting Alison
 Williams' chest. The cancer that already had cost her breasts was back
 again, this time in the wall of her chest, an ominously hard-to-treat
 spot.

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