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Doctors wary after cholesterol drug flop (AP)

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Doctors wary after cholesterol drug flop (AP)

The cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin, the product of a joint venture between pharmaceutical companies Merck & Co., and Schering-Plough Corp., is shown in this undated photo provided by Schering-Plough Corp. Merck & Co.  Leading doctors urged a return to older, tried-and-true treatments for high cholesterol after hearing full results Sunday, March 30, 2008 of a failed trial of Vytorin.  (AP Photo/Schering-Plough Corp., HO)AP - Leading doctors urged a return to older, tried-and-true treatments for high cholesterol after hearing full results Sunday of a failed trial of Vytorin.

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Many Women Unclear About Breast Cancer Treatments (HealthDay)

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Many Women Unclear About Breast Cancer Treatments (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — Only half the womendiagnosed with early-stage breast cancer clearly understand the risks andbenefits of a mastectomy versus a breast-conserving lumpectomy plusradiation, even after they have one of the procedures, according to a newstudy.

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Indonesian child tests positive for bird flu (Reuters)

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Indonesian child tests positive for bird flu (Reuters)

A chicken to be transported to a local market is seen in Jakarta March 24, 2008. Major efforts have done little to control H5N1 avian influenza in Indonesia and the country needs more help in controlling the virus, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said. (Crack Palinggi/Reuters)Reuters - An Indonesian child has tested positive for bird flu, pushing the country’s total confirmed human cases to 130, a health ministry official said on Monday.

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Merck obesity drug shows weight loss in study (Reuters)

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Merck obesity drug shows weight loss in study (Reuters)

Reuters - Merck & Co said on Monday that patients on its experimental obesity drug lost more than twice as much weight as those on a placebo in a late-stage clinical study.

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Sweeps of human DNA yield discoveries (AP)

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Sweeps of human DNA yield discoveries (AP)

Kimberly Doheny, lab director at the Center for Inherited Disease Research at Johns Hopkins University, poses next to a DNA scanner, Friday, March 21, 2008, in Baltimore. The scanners, blue boxes each about twice as big as a desktop printer, will reveal what DNA 'letter' appears in more than 580,000 spots in the genetic material, said Doheny. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - Scientists are scanning human DNA with a precision and scope once unthinkable and rapidly finding genes linked to cancer, arthritis, diabetes and other diseases.

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