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AP - Federal health officials said Tuesday they will look into a possible conflict of interest involving a prominent toxicologist who is heading up a review of a sensitive safety issue.

Reuters - A new, cherry-flavored anti-malaria pill works as well as current treatments, is easy for children to swallow and could save lives, researchers reported on Wednesday.

Reuters - People on Medicare who get elective surgery to open blocked heart arteries often do not get the recommended stress tests to confirm the surgery is warranted, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

AFP - Cancer patients across Europe face further delays for diagnoses after the owner of a Dutch nuclear reactor said Tuesday it would not re-open until February, almost three months behind schedule.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) — Vitamin B supplements don’t slow
cognitive decline in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease, a
new study finds.

AP - China’s store shelves are being cleared of all milk and milk powder more than a month old, a huge recall that marks the latest government effort to restore consumer confidence after four babies died from drinking milk tainted with an industrial chemical.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) — Drinking coffee or consuming other
caffeine-laden foods does not appear to boost breast cancer risk, new
research indicates.

AFP - A convicted rapist and murderer was put to death in Ohio Tuesday after failing to convince courts he would suffer unduly during lethal injection because he was overweight.

AP - The global economic turmoil is likely to take its toll on AIDS research funding and add to the problems plaguing the search for a vaccine against the virus, scientists warned Tuesday.

AFP - The simple act of washing hands could save thousands of children’s lives every day, mostly in Asia and Africa, the United Nations said on Tuesday, the eve of the first Global Hand-Washing Day.

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

Reuters - Chronic daily headaches may be more protracted in the elderly than in other age groups, results of a 13-year study suggest.

Reuters - Surgery appears to be a safe option in certain elderly patients with kidney cancer, German researchers have found.

AP - China is ordering all liquid and powdered milk manufactured before Sept. 14 to be taken off the shelves for melamine testing, a news report said Tuesday, the first time Beijing has issued a blanket recall of products since the tainted dairy scandal broke last month.

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