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Cataract surgery may improve driving ability
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Surgery for cataracts can help older drivers see the road more clearly, and may get some former drivers behind the wheel again, new research shows.
Oral contraceptives boost herpes shedding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For women with genital herpes, taking oral contraceptives can double the likelihood of actively shedding the virus and so passing on the infection, a new study shows.
Virtual reality may speed recovery after stroke
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After someone has had a brain-damaging stroke, playing virtual reality games seems to encourage the brain to reorganize to compensate for the damage, and this may have a beneficial effect on recovery of movement, according to a new report.
Practical approach may cut teenage girls' STD rate
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of sexually active black and Hispanic teenage girls, researchers found that a 'skills-based' safer sex program offered at an adolescent health clinic helped cut the rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among girls who participated.
Breast cancer treatments improve 15-year survival
LONDON (Reuters) - Treatments such as chemotherapy and hormonal therapy have greatly improved the survival of women diagnosed with early breast cancer, scientists said on Friday.
Ethics team advises on embryo cell alternatives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Embryos that have died during test-tube baby attempts, cells taken from embryos without harming them or even recharged adult skin cells might provide alternatives to embryonic stem cells for research, White House ethics advisers said on Thursday.
S. Africa AIDS group faces maverick doctor in court
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's most influential activist group took prominent AIDS 'dissident' Matthias Rath to court on Friday to stop a campaign to vilify the group and discredit AIDS drugs.
Bird flu found in Indonesian pigs
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Bird flu has infected pigs in Indonesia, the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday, raising fears of a wider outbreak in the world's fourth-most populous country and Southeast Asia's biggest economy.
MMR vaccine not linked to Crohn's disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Since the introduction of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine in the UK in 1988, there has been no increase in the occurrence of the inflammatory bowel condition, Crohn's disease, according to a brief report in this week's British Medical Journal.
U.S. probe sought of memo on 'morning-after' pill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Senate Democrats called for an investigation on Thursday into whether a memo from a Christian doctor influenced regulators' rejection of over-the-counter sales of a 'morning-after' contraceptive.
Femara bests tamoxifen in breast cancer trial
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters Health) - For postmenopausal women with hormone-driven breast cancer, follow-on treatment with Femara is more effective in preventing recurrence of cancer than is tamoxifen, a study shows.
Each year, thousands of kids hurt on trampolines
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Trampoline-related injuries are on the rise once again among children and adolescents, new study findings show.
MRI+mammogram best for screening high-risk women
ORLANDO (Reuters Health) - Combining magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with mammography is the best way to detect breast cancer in women who are genetically predisposed to develop the disease, according to a new study.
Transplanted liver cells can produce insulin
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Insulin is produced by islet cells in the pancreas, but scientists have been able to persuade adult liver cells to do the same thing. Moreover, insulin production goes up in response to glucose levels, mimicking what happens in the body.
Nicotine vaccine helps smokers quit, study finds
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - An experimental vaccine against nicotine helped smokers kick the habit, Swiss researchers reported on Saturday.
Breast cancer drug may help prostate - study
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A drug used to treat breast cancer may also help prostate cancer from developing in men who have precancerous lesions, researchers reported on Saturday.
Pfizer's Sutent improves survival in cancer study
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc.'s experimental drug Sutent improved survival and reduced tumor growth in patients with a type of stomach cancer, according to a pivotal-stage trial the company unveiled this weekend.
Some people get delayed cancer care-studies
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Many U.S. cancer patients are getting delayed or substandard care for their disease and are dying earlier as a consequence, according to several studies released on Sunday.
Packaging matters in sticking with medicine
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The way a medication comes wrapped may make a difference in how well people follow their prescriptions, researchers said Monday.
Pill camera spots polyps in small intestine
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A tiny swallowable camera-in-a-capsule is more effective than standard imaging methods in identifying intestinal polyps in the small intestine, according to results presented at Digestive Disease Week in Chicago.
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