Maggie Fox

Field of Dreams

A dead philanthropist is building my dream home.Wealthy New Lab Aims to Capture Dreams, LiterallyWed Oct 13,12:42 PM ETBy Maggie Fox, Health and Science CorrespondentASHBURN, Virginia (Reuters) - Gerald Rubin is looking for...

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Cancer or inflammation? New pancreas test tells (Reuters)

Reuters - Researchers in Italy said on Wednesday they have developed a test that identifies most people with autoimmune pancreatitis, which could make it easier for doctors to distinguish it from pancreatic cancer, one of the...

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U.S. sees rise in secondary infections after flu (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. health officials said on Wednesday they are seeing a worrying pattern of serious bacterial infections in swine flu patients, mostly among younger adults not normally vulnerable to them.

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Cancer drug preserves insulin cells in diabetes

By Gene Emery BOSTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Rituxan, a drug used to treat cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, may help slow the development of newly discovered type 1 or juvenile diabetes, researchers reported on Wednesday. The drug...

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CORRECTED-Next-generation flu vaccine plant to open in U.S.

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Novartis will officially open the first next-generation flu vaccine plant in the United States on Tuesday, but it will be years before it makes its first...

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Did U.S. make mistake in skipping vaccine additive? (Reuters)

Reuters - As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic of swine flu, some are looking regretfully at one easy way to instantly double or triple the number of doses available...

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UPDATE 1-Swine flu may be peaking in US, reports indicate

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - 'We are beginning to see some declines in flu activity around the country but there is still a lot of influenza,' the Centers for Disease Control and...

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Did U.S. make a swine flu mistake?

As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic of swine flu, some are looking regretfully at one easy way to instantly double or triple the number of doses available—by using...

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UPDATE 1-Norway says found H1N1 mutation in flu victims

OSLO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Norwegian health authorities said on Friday they have discovered a potentially significant mutation in the H1N1 influenza strain that could be responsible for causing the severest symptoms among those...

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Abstaining from Accuracy

Abstaining from Accuracy Malcolm A. Kline, November 19, 2009 In a classic case of missing the point, public health officials and their stenographers in the media are blaming the spread of sexually transmitted diseases on sex...

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