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AFP - Pregant women subjected to traumatising stress are more likely to give birth to children who develop schizophrenia, according to a study published Thursday.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) — Researchers who last year
reported a possible link between cholesterol-lowering statin drugs and
cancer now say that further analysis has disproved such an association.

AFP - Scientists have found two genetic triggers for producing healthful “good” fat in mice, pointing the way to a new treatment for obesity, according to a pair of studies published Thursday.

Reuters - An epilepsy drug being tested for
use in treating addiction can help obese rats shed weight, U.S.
government researchers said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Preeclampsia, which produces high blood
pressure and other problems in 5 percent of pregnancies, can
significantly increase the risk of kidney failure decades
later, Norwegian researchers reported on Wednesday.

Reuters - The cholesterol-lowering drugs
called statins neither cause cancer nor prevent it, U.S.
researchers reported on Wednesday.

AP - An expensive vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer makes sense for young teens when it comes to cost-effectiveness, but not for women in their 20s, contends a new report.

AP - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a research company to supply an experimental drug to a 16-year-old Minnesota boy who is terminally ill with a rare form of muscular dystrophy.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) — Alcoholism is associated
with delayed childbearing in women, according to a study that compared
women’s and men’s lifetime history of alcohol dependence and their age
when they had their first child.

Reuters - A U.S. Medicare advisory panel on
Wednesday expressed doubts that industry-sponsored data on the
use of PET scans to diagnose and evaluate nine cancers could
apply more widely to other cancers.

Reuters - An epilepsy drug being tested for
use in treating addiction can help obese rats shed weight,
government researchers said on Wednesday.

Reuters - A new understanding of the origins of
brown fat cells — the “good” kind of fat that burns energy and
keeps us warm — may lead to new treatments for obesity, two
research teams reported on Wednesday.

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

Reuters - The medical imaging industry called
for the Medicare government health plan to broaden its coverage
of PET scans to additional cancer types, asking an advisory
panel on Wednesday to recommend wider payments.

AFP - India’s top medical facility will investigate the deaths of 49 babies in clinical trials that took place from the beginning of 2006 to the present, a hospital official said Wednesday.