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Good evening Srini, TUE 16 Dec 2008  today's headlines Right help key to quit success for women smokers U.S. team performs near-total face transplant Real-world colonoscopy benefit seen more limited Smoking linked to colorectal cancer deaths Diabetes control better with low-glycemic diet Cancer even deadlier for people with diabetes "Safer" cigarette smoke just as harmful to embryos Top New York State court rejects cigarette claim Drug price controls may shorten lives: report FDA chief to leave post when Obama takes office   more details Right help key to quit success for women smokers December 16, 2008 03:07 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Female smokers who want to kick the habit face different challenges than men, but with the right help they can be just as successful, according to experts from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Full Article U.S. team performs near-total face transplant December 16, 2008 12:20 PM ET CHICAGO (Reuters) - A team of U.S. doctors have performed the first near-total face transplant in the United States, the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio said on Tuesday. Full Article Real-world colonoscopy benefit seen more limited December 16, 2008 03:26 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Screening for colorectal cancer by colonoscopy seems to prevent about two-thirds of deaths from colon cancer, rather than 90 percent as has been widely claimed, a study indicates. Full Article Smoking linked to colorectal cancer deaths December 16, 2008 04:42 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cigarette smoking is associated with the occurrence of colorectal cancer and with mortality from the disease, according to a multinational team. Full Article Diabetes control better with low-glycemic diet December 16, 2008 04:36 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people who have type 2 diabetes, a low-glycemic index diet is significantly better than a high-fiber diet for keeping blood glucose levels down, researchers report Full Article Cancer even deadlier for people with diabetes December 16, 2008 04:57 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cancer, the world's No. 2 killer, is even more lethal for people with diabetes, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. Full Article "Safer" cigarette smoke just as harmful to embryos December 16, 2008 04:44 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smoke from so-called harm-reduction cigarettes is just as dangerous to developing embryos as smoke from standard cigarettes, and may be even more toxic, new experiments with mouse embryo stem cells show. Full Article Top New York State court rejects cigarette claim December 16, 2008 05:05 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York State's top court on Tuesday rejected a product liability claim against tobacco companies by smokers who said they should have used lower levels of tar and nicotine. Full Article Drug price controls may shorten lives: report December 16, 2008 12:20 PM ET CHICAGO (Reuters) - Imposing European-style price controls on prescription drugs in the United States would result in modest cost savings that would be more than offset by shortened life spans as the pace of drug innovation slows, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. Full Article FDA chief to leave post when Obama takes office December 16, 2008 11:20 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach has told staff he will leave the agency on January 20, the day Barack Obama becomes president. Full Article     . REUTERS www.reuters.com Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book.Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Send this mailing to a friend or colleague Reuters.com: Help and Contact Us | Advertise With Us | Mobile | Newsletters | RSS | Interactive TV | Labs | Reuters in Second Life | Archive | Site Index | Video Index Thomson Reuters Corporate: Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy | Professional Products | Professional Products Support | About Thomson Reuters | Careers