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Some Ugandan Ebola patients likely to survive: doctors
KAMPALA - Some of the 32 Ebola patients in isolation at a government hospital in western Uganda's Kibaale district are responding to treatment and may be discharged soon, a health official said on Friday.
Honey may ease nighttime coughing in kids
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A spoonful of honey before bed may help little kids with a cough - and their parents - sleep through the night, a new study suggests.
Nonviolent videos better for preschoolers' sleep
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Preschoolers seemed to sleep better when their parents were encouraged to cut kids' exposure to violent or age inappropriate videos throughout the day, in a new study.
China detains almost 2,000 in fake drug sweep
BEIJING - Chinese police have detained almost 2,000 people in a nationwide sweep on fake drugs, seizing more than $180 million worth of counterfeit products and destroying some 1,100 production facilities, the public security ministry said on Sunday.
Bayer eyes higher dividend: CFO in paper
FRANKFURT - The finance chief of Bayer, Germany's largest drugmaker, raised the prospect of a dividend increase next year, following a higher profit outlook issued last month.
U.S. woman's altruism starts chain of five kidney swaps, extending lives
NEW YORK - A soon-to-be wed gay couple, a retired teacher and his wife, and two pairs of fathers and sons were among those whose lives were changed one extraordinary day this week when a 35-year-old single mother of four from North Carolina donated a kidney to a stranger in New York. | Video
FDA to review Medivation, Astellas' prostate cancer drug in November
- Medivation Inc and Japanese partner Astellas Pharma Inc said the U.S. health regulator has set an action date of November 22 to review the companies' marketing application for their experimental prostate cancer drug.
Kids who drink soda may not drop milk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who drink sugary beverages are not necessarily switching to them and away from milk, according to a new study whose results contradict earlier evidence that sodas and other sweetened drinks are displacing more nutritious ones in kids' diets.
Pigs under scrutiny at Midwest state fairs after flu outbreak
COLUMBUS, Ohio - People flocking to agricultural fairs across the United States were warned on Friday to be cautious around pigs after reports this week of nearly a dozen swine flu cases linked to attendance at fairs where sick pigs were present.
FDA approves Sanofi/Regeneron colon cancer drug
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it had approved the Sanofi SA and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc drug Zaltrap for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer whose tumors have failed to respond to earlier treatment with chemotherapy.
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