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Good evening Srini, THU 29 Jan 2009 

today's headlines

U.S. peanut firm expands salmonella recall
Lowly worm offers new clues on stroke, heart drugs
Blood test may screen for mad cow disease: study
Tadpoles could help develop skin cancer drugs
Breast cancer mutation raises prostate risks in men
Exercise improves insulin sensitivity in older men
Zoloft, Lexapro best new antidepressants: study
Mom and dad's tobacco use influences teens' smoking
More evidence pre-term birth tied to autism: study
Kidney donation appears safe in long term
 

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U.S. peanut firm expands salmonella recall
January 28, 2009 10:43 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A company at the center of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 500 people was broadening its recall of peanut products, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.

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Lowly worm offers new clues on stroke, heart drugs
January 29, 2009 03:26 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Worms that can survive with almost no oxygen are teaching scientists how to rescue oxygen-starved cells in humans who suffer a heart attack or stroke, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

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Blood test may screen for mad cow disease: study
January 29, 2009 03:36 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers in Canada have developed a blood test that can diagnose fatal chronic wasting disease in elk, and believe it may provide a cheap way to screen cattle for mad cow disease.

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Tadpoles could help develop skin cancer drugs
January 29, 2009 01:19 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - A compound that blocked the development of the distinctive markings of tadpoles in experiments could help to prevent the deadliest form of skin cancer, British scientists said on Thursday.

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Breast cancer mutation raises prostate risks in men
January 29, 2009 12:04 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The so-called breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 can raise the risk that a man who develops prostate cancer will get an aggressive form of the disease, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

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Exercise improves insulin sensitivity in older men
January 29, 2009 01:09 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Resistance training plus aerobic exercise is the best way to reduce insulin resistance and functional limitations in obese, older adults, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

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Zoloft, Lexapro best new antidepressants: study
January 28, 2009 07:13 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's Zoloft and Forest Laboratories Inc's Lexapro are the most effective and well-tolerated antidepressants among a group of 12 new drugs, according to an analysis published on Thursday.

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Mom and dad's tobacco use influences teens' smoking
January 28, 2009 05:49 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adolescents whose parents smoke are more likely to pick up the habit themselves, new research confirms.

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More evidence pre-term birth tied to autism: study
January 29, 2009 12:22 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. study looking at children born more than three months prematurely provided fresh evidence on Thursday linking pre-term birth and autism.

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Kidney donation appears safe in long term
January 28, 2009 06:25 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Carefully selected kidney donors can expect to live just as long as non-donors do and to experience no significant decline in kidney function, according to a report in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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