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Good evening Srini, WED 19 Nov 2008 

today's headlines

U.S. says food, drug inspection access in China improving
U.S. teen lives 118 days without heart
No human mad cow case in Texas panhandle: officials
Woman gets first trachea transplant without drugs
Burger King begins limiting sodium in "Kids Meals"
Women more willing than docs to accept labor risks
Obama picks Daschle as health secretary: Democrats
A brisk walk may curb chocolate cravings
Working in health care can be risky, study hints
Gender and age impact stomach cancer prognosis
 

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U.S. says food, drug inspection access in China improving
November 19, 2008 04:37 AM ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. officials opened the first overseas Food and Drug Administration office in Beijing on Wednesday as they gear up for a long battle to ensure the quality of food, drug and feed imports from China.

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U.S. teen lives 118 days without heart
November 19, 2008 03:55 PM ET

MIAMI (Reuters) - An American teen-ager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device, until she was able to have a heart transplant, doctors in Miami said on Wednesday.

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No human mad cow case in Texas panhandle: officials
November 19, 2008 04:31 PM ET

CHICAGO (Reuters) - There has been no human case of mad cow disease in the Texas panhandle area in the past month, the Texas Department of State Health Services said on Wednesday in response to rumors in Chicago markets of a woman patient there with the disease.

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Woman gets first trachea transplant without drugs
November 19, 2008 09:06 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - A Colombian woman has received the world's first tailor-made trachea transplant, grown by seeding a donor organ with her own stem cells to prevent her body rejecting it, an international research team reported on Wednesday.

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Burger King begins limiting sodium in "Kids Meals"
November 19, 2008 03:31 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Burger King Corp, the world's second-largest hamburger chain, on Wednesday said it will limit sodium in its "Kids Meals" and that it was the first fast-food restaurant chain to take that step.

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Women more willing than docs to accept labor risks
November 19, 2008 01:19 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women are more willing to accept potential risks of delivering their baby vaginally than are the medical professionals caring for them, Australian researchers report.

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Obama picks Daschle as health secretary: Democrats
November 19, 2008 01:25 PM ET

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has selected former U.S. senator Tom Daschle to become secretary of health and human services, two Democratic officials said.

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A brisk walk may curb chocolate cravings
November 19, 2008 03:16 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Chocoholics looking to curb their chocolate urges may be able to do so simply by taking a brisk 15-minute walk, results of a study from the United Kingdom hints.

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Working in health care can be risky, study hints
November 19, 2008 01:22 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that health care workers are more likely to die from bloodborne infections and related illnesses than people working in other occupations.

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Gender and age impact stomach cancer prognosis
November 19, 2008 01:21 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older men and younger women fare worse with stomach, or "gastric" cancer than patients in other gender and age groups, research shows.

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