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Good Morning Postlinuxeg, TUE 08 Jun 2010 
 
Costa Rica puts brakes on popular stem cell tourism
Doctors work on radiation problem to ease fears
Gates Foundation gives $1.5 bln for women's health
Cheap gout drug proves useful for heart pain: study
Global polio fight to get needed funds: Bill Gates
More evidence preterm birth can run in families
Obama sets publicity push to fight for healthcare
Some 440 medical pot shops ordered to close in L.A.
Group urges Bristol to protect HIV-drug for babies
Throat cancer caused by HPV has better survival rate

Costa Rica puts brakes on popular stem cell tourism
June 07, 2010 01:06 AM ET
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Costa Rica is cracking down on an unauthorized stem cell clinic that has attracted hundreds of foreigners seeking relief from degenerative diseases and serious injuries.

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Doctors work on radiation problem to ease fears
June 07, 2010 10:06 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - On a recent flight, Dr. Aaron Sodickson learned firsthand about the fallout from studies and media stories about radiation exposure from CT scans.

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Gates Foundation gives $1.5 bln for women's health
June 07, 2010 03:22 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $1.5 billion on Monday in a joint push with the United Nations to improve the health of women and children, while launching a lobbying effort to get governments and other non-profit groups on board.

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Cheap gout drug proves useful for heart pain: study
June 07, 2010 07:22 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - A drug used for more than 40 years to treat gout could also offer a cheap alternative to more modern heart drugs from Roche and Servier for patients with chronic chest pain, scientists said on Tuesday.

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Global polio fight to get needed funds: Bill Gates
June 08, 2010 05:09 AM ET
ABUJA (Reuters) - Rich nations and global donors should be able to provide the $2.6 billion in aid needed to combat polio through 2012 despite the global credit crunch, multi-billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said on Monday.

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More evidence preterm birth can run in families
June 07, 2010 05:16 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who were born prematurely or had siblings who were may be at increased risk of having a preterm baby themselves, a large UK study finds.

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Obama sets publicity push to fight for healthcare
June 07, 2010 04:49 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and supporters are embarking on a major publicity push to promote his healthcare overhaul, the White House said on Monday, as they seek to ward off opposition to the plan.

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Some 440 medical pot shops ordered to close in L.A.
June 08, 2010 02:20 AM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Around 440 self-described medical marijuana dispensaries across Los Angeles were under orders to close on Monday, nearly five months after city officials voted to shut most of them down.

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Group urges Bristol to protect HIV-drug for babies
June 07, 2010 05:53 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Board members of an international group that helps ensure patient get access to HIV drugs has warned that Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's plans to close a factory in France could leave thousands of babies without a life-saving treatment for the virus that causes AIDS.

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Throat cancer caused by HPV has better survival rate
June 07, 2010 05:51 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - People are much more likely to survive head and neck cancer if the tumor is caused by the human papillomavirus or HPV, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

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