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Reuters - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co’s Orencia can
help children with rheumatoid arthritis who do not respond to
other drugs, Italian researchers said on Tuesday.

Reuters - Most food products aimed specifically
at children have poor nutritional content even though more than
half of the products are marketed to the contrary, according to
a Canadian study released on Monday.

AP - Sen. Arlen Specter completed his last scheduled round of chemotherapy on Monday and said he planned to celebrate with a martini and dinner with friends.

AP - Mexico’s health secretary says a team of health and agriculture officials has traveled to the United States to demand that Mexican tomatoes be cleared of any suspicion in a recent salmonella outbreak.

AP - The little devils just can’t wait. Faced with an epidemic of cancer that cuts their lives short, Tasmanian devils have begun breeding at younger ages, according to researchers at the University of Tasmania in Australia.

Reuters - Elderly people who bring along
a companion when they visit their doctor may be more satisfied
with the care they receive than those who go it alone, a study
indicates.

Reuters - Genentech Inc has warned doctors
about a type of anemia seen in patients treated with the
company’s blockbuster cancer drug Avastin in combination with
Pfizer Inc’s Sutent in a clinical trial, U.S. regulators said
in a notice issued on Monday.

AP - Getting a lot of exercise may help slow brain shrinkage in people with early Alzheimer’s disease, a preliminary study suggests. Analysis found that participants who were more physically fit had less brain shrinkage than less-fit participants. However, they didn’t do significantly better on tests for mental performance.

Reuters - People age 75 or older recover just as
well as younger patients from knee or hip replacements to
correct the ravages of arthritis, researchers said on Monday.

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) — Men and women with early-stage
Alzheimer’s disease who were more physically fit also had larger brains
compared to their counterparts in less stellar shape.

Reuters - From 1990 to 2004, 53 babies
died suddenly and unexpectedly in bassinets, according to a
review of data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. And
according to Drs. Jodi Pike and Rachel Y. Moon of Children’s
National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the cause of death
in 85 percent of the cases was lack of oxygen.

Reuters - British children’s brain development is
being threatened by their failure to work with their hands in
school and at home, said a report released on Monday.

AP - A trio of experimental drugs has doctors hopeful that for the first time in decades, millions of people at risk of lethal blood clots may soon get easier treatment.

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

Reuters - Amgen Inc on Monday said that a trial
of its experimental drug denosumab showed that it can prevent
osteoporosis in men being treated with prostate cancer drugs
that can cause bone loss.