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Reuters - Gastric electrical stimulation
using the Tantalus system (MetaCure Ltd) can potentially
improve glucose control and induce weight loss in obese type 2
diabetic patients who are poorly controlled with oral
antidiabetic medication, according to preliminary study results
reported at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
in Rome.

Reuters - The results of a study presented
on Monday show that Avastin combined with gemcitabine-cisplatin
chemotherapy improves the time lung cancer patients live
without progression of the disease, according to Swiss
drugmaker Roche. There was also a positive trend to extended
survival.

AFP - Superstar couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated two million dollars to help children affected by AIDS and tuberculosis in Ethiopia, announced the nonprofit group Global Health Committee (GHC) announced Monday.

Reuters - Just three tumor proteins can indicate
lung cancer as much as a year before symptoms emerge, U.S.
researchers said on Monday in a finding that may lead to a
blood test for lung cancer within five years.

AP - Like many parents, Diana Ennen had trouble getting her daughter Amber to exercise.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) — People with diabetes and those
with larger stomach pouches are less likely than others to have good
weight loss after gastric bypass surgery, according to University of
California, San Francisco, researchers.

AP - Cancer patients will soon be able to use a medication patch to ease the debilitating nausea that often accompanies chemotherapy.

AP - Does a test that promises to find ovarian cancer sooner really do so? Could other tests nearing the market prolong survival by getting patients the right care faster? A race is on for blood tests to better detect this intractable killer, but the Food and Drug Administration is probing whether to crack down […]

Reuters - Gastric bypass surgery is more
likely to result in successful weight loss, both short and long
term, than is gastric banding, according to one of the first
head-to-head comparisons of the two most commonly used
surgeries in obese patients.

Reuters - People who carry a certain genetic
variation are much more likely to develop the most dangerous
form of skin cancer, Portuguese researchers said on Monday.

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

HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) — Newer antipsychotic
medications are no better at relieving symptoms of schizophrenia in
children and adolescents than older antipsychotic medications are, a new
study finds.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) — An experimental breast
cancer vaccine eliminated tumors in laboratory animals and may someday
help prevent cancer recurrence or help treat women with
treatment-resistant forms of breast cancer.

Reuters - Swiss drugmaker Roche said on
Monday that Phase III trial data showed Avastin combined with
gemcitabine-cisplatin chemotherapy improved the time patients
lived without lung cancer progressing.

Reuters - Researchers who designed one
experimental breast cancer vaccine say they have fine-tuned the
process and come up with another that they hope will be more
effective.