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Good evening Srini, MON 08 Dec 2008 

today's headlines

Flu shot half dose just as good for younger adults
Nuts boost health benefit of Mediterranean diet
Brain-boosting drugs: Why not?, experts say
Glaxo malaria vaccine protects babies, children
Millions need eyeglasses but don't have them
Smartest men may also have highest sperm quality
Novartis leukemia drugs show promise
"Made in China" label battered by product scandals
Compound lights up spreading cancer cells
Irish pork producers seek aid in tainted meat recall
 

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Flu shot half dose just as good for younger adults
December 08, 2008 04:48 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A half dose of flu vaccine may work just as well as the full dose for healthy adults under 50 -- a finding that could help stretch supplies in the event of a future vaccine shortage, researchers said on Monday.

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Nuts boost health benefit of Mediterranean diet
December 08, 2008 04:42 PM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Adding nuts to a traditional Mediterranean diet rich in fruit and vegetables appears to provide extra health benefits, Spanish researchers said on Monday.

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Brain-boosting drugs: Why not?, experts say
December 08, 2008 09:53 AM ET

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Healthy people are increasingly turning to brain-enhancing drugs like Ritalin to boost their performance in school or at work, researchers said on Monday.

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Glaxo malaria vaccine protects babies, children
December 08, 2008 03:45 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental malaria vaccine is the most promising yet, protecting up to 65 percent of infants from infection in two studies in Africa, researchers reported on Monday.

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Millions need eyeglasses but don't have them
December 08, 2008 04:51 PM ET

CHICAGO (Reuters) - More than 1 billion people globally suffer from a condition in which the eye's lens loses flexibility, blurring objects close by, and half of them do not own eyeglasses to help them see, researchers said on Monday.

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Smartest men may also have highest sperm quality
December 08, 2008 02:39 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The smarter the man, the higher the quality of his sperm, new research published in the journal Intelligence shows.

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Novartis leukemia drugs show promise
December 08, 2008 05:10 PM ET

ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis AG's cancer drug Tasigna was effective and helped achieve rapid responses as an initial therapy in newly diagnosed patients with a life threatening form of leukemia, the company said.

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"Made in China" label battered by product scandals
December 08, 2008 08:18 AM ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - Milk, toothpaste, cough syrup, pet food, eels, blood thinner, car parts, pork, eggs, honey, chicken, dumplings, cooking oil and rice -- if you can fake it or taint it, you can almost guarantee it's happened in China.

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Compound lights up spreading cancer cells
December 08, 2008 01:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new type of imaging compound can literally light up spreading cancer cells and may offer a way to track the deadly spread of the disease, Japanese and U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.

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Irish pork producers seek aid in tainted meat recall
December 08, 2008 05:13 PM ET

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's pork producers sought emergency aid on Monday to help foot a bill of at least 100 million euros ($128.2 million) after dioxin contamination caused meat to be pulled from shop shelves in more than 20 countries.

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