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Reuters - Top Chinese spirit maker Kweichow Moutai on Wednesday denied internet reports its products contain cancer-causing sodium nitrate, after tainted infant milk powder made over 54,000 children sick in China.

Reuters - In elderly men with early-stage prostate cancer, receiving hormone therapy is associated with an increase in all-cause mortality, according to a study reported Tuesday at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology’s 50th Annual Meeting underway in Boston.

Reuters - Children who were born extremely preterm — after only 25 weeks of pregnancy or early — are more likely to have emotional and behavior problems than their peers who were born at full term, new research shows.

AFP - Brief and intensive radiation therapy for early stage breast cancer is equally as effective as the current five-to-seven week treatments, according to medical research presented Monday.

Reuters - Long-term survivors of adult cancers are significantly more likely than adults in the general population to have psychological distress severe enough to cause moderate to serious problems functioning in social, work or school situations.

AP - The note posted in July on the Web site of China’s food safety inspection agency came from a doctor: There had been a sudden rise in infants turning up at his hospital with kidney stones after drinking the same brand of formula.

Reuters - Hormone replacement therapy, which raises breast cancer risk for some women, appears to reduce the risk for those with a certain genetic mutation linked to the disease, researchers said on Tuesday.

AP - Inhaler drugs used by millions of people with emphysema and bronchitis may slightly raise the risk for heart attacks and even death, a study suggests.

Reuters - Genentech Inc and OSI Pharmaceuticals have alerted doctors about cases of liver damage among patients who took the cancer drug Tarceva, U.S. regulators said on Tuesday.

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AFP - The Chinese company whose tainted baby milk triggered a food safety crisis that has seen 53,000 children fall ill failed to report complaints about the product for months, state media said Tuesday.

AP - Federal officials on Tuesday launched a crackdown against several companies that market an eye wash and a widely used skin cream without government approval, saying these prescription medications could pose risks.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) — The common practice of
adding whole brain radiation to more focused radiation treatment for
cancers that have spread to the brain not only caused greater learning and
memory problems, but also was associated with a shorter survival time in a
controlled study.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) — Nasally administered
insulin won’t protect children at high risk of developing type 1 diabetes
from getting the illness, Finnish researchers say.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) — Poorer Americans, including
those on Medicaid, are more likely to take much longer to get to the
hospital when a heart attack strikes compared to more affluent people, a
new study finds.