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Pregnancy-related diabetes likely to recur: study

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests a large new study.

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Editor changes industry-backed tanning pill study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A journal editor has scrubbed a line supporting the use of a L'Oreal-Nestle tanning pill from the conclusion of a company-sponsored study.

30 Jul 2010

Companies start shipping U.S. flu vaccines

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two flu vaccine makers said on Friday they had started shipping supplies for the U.S. market, one of the earliest starts ever to distributing seasonal influenza vaccine.

30 Jul 2010

The pill equally effective in obese, thin women

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite studies suggesting that birth control pills might not work as well in obese women, a new study suggests that they prevent pregnancy the same no matter what a woman weighs.

30 Jul 2010

Does CPR on a moving stretcher work?

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Paging script-writers: Pumping on a patient's chest during CPR while a stretcher careens down a hospital hallway works just fine, Chinese researchers have found.

30 Jul 2010

For blood pressure, can you be fit but fat?

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're trying to bring your blood pressure to healthy levels, a new study suggests that how much you weigh is more important than how fit you are.

30 Jul 2010

What prevents falls after strokes? Study: Not much

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While most stroke survivors will suffer falls, strategies to prevent these dangerous events continue to fall short, suggests a new study out of Australia.

30 Jul 2010

Two die in Florida from mosquito-borne disease

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Two Florida residents have died from Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease that is rare among humans but has infected a rising number of horses in the state, health officials said on Friday.

U.S., 30 Jul 2010

Little harm seen from painkiller shots for pro athletes

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When professional athletes in sports like football and rugby are injured, they commonly get injections of pain-numbing anesthetics to help them stay in the game. Now a new study suggests that, while safety concerns remain, most athletes may not suffer any long-term harm from the practice.

30 Jul 2010

Damp house linked to kids' risk of nasal allergies

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests.

30 Jul 2010