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Reuters - Older, conventional antipsychotic
medications should carry a “black box” warning about an
increased risk of death in some elderly people being treated
for dementia-related psychosis, the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration said on Monday.

Reuters - More studies are urgently needed to
find new and improved drugs to treat tropical diseases in
pregnant women, scientists in Thailand said.

HealthDay - MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration is cautioning physicians that certain types of
antipsychotic drugs can boost the death risk of seniors with dementia.

AP - One part of Mexico — Baja California — has been cleared of suspicion in the outbreak of salmonella-tainted tomatoes, which U.S. officials said Monday now has sickened 277 people.

AP - The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Monday that prescribing a certain group of psychiatric drugs to seniors suffering from dementia can increase their risk of death.

HealthDay - MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) — People who have high blood
pressure in childhood are also prone to hypertension as adults, say
researchers who analyzed data from 50 studies conducted over four decades
in different countries.

Reuters - Older, conventional antipsychotic
medications can increase the risk of death in some elderly
patients, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on
Monday.

AP - Some health insurance companies rate doctors on their performance. Now doctors are turning the tables. The American Medical Association issued its first health insurance report card at the group’s annual meeting Monday. The primary focus is on the how quickly and accurately doctors get paid.

Reuters - For pregnant women with
inflammatory bowel disease, a relapse increases the risk that
they’ll give birth prematurely and have a low-birth-weight
infant, according to a new study.

Reuters - “Freshman 15,” the idea that
new college students put on 15 pounds of weight in the first
year, may be a myth, but young women do gain about five pounds,
Canadian researchers report.

HealthDay - MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) — A gene therapy that has extended
the lives of dogs with cancer may also be able to help people who have the
disease live longer with a better quality of life, the therapy’s
developers say.

Reuters - Researchers have found a
community-based influenza outreach program successful in
generating interest in flu vaccination among hard-to-reach
urban populations such as drug abusers, undocumented
immigrants, homeless persons, prostitutes and the homebound
elderly.

AP - One in eight babies — well over half a million a year — are born premature, a toll that’s risen steadily for two decades with no sign of stopping.

AFP - A South Korean firm said Monday it has successfully cloned four dogs capable of sniffing out human cancers by using tissue from a retriever in Japan.

Reuters - U.S. drug regulators are concerned
about life-threatening complications in children taking Amgen
Inc’s drug Enbrel for psoriasis and other conditions, according
to documents released on Monday.