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Doctors report rise in kids eating detergent packs

Miniature laundry detergent packets arrived on store shelves in recent months as an alternative to bulky bottles and messy spills. But doctors across the country say children are confusing the tiny, brightly colored packets with candy and swallowing them.  More »

Doctors group warns EU health care access shrinking

Access to health care is declining in Europe, and Greece in particular faces a humanitarian crisis as it cuts health and social spending, aid group Doctors of the World warned Thursday.  More »

Emergency plan launched for endgame of polio eradication

The international group tasked with ridding the world of polio said on Thursday it was shifting to "emergency mode" as the fight enters its final stretch.  More »

Missouri opts for untested drug for executions

The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for executions in Missouri, causing a stir among critics who question how the state can guarantee a drug untested for lethal injection won't cause pain and suffering for the condemned.  More »

Long-term contraception more effective: study

Women who choose birth control pills, the patch or vaginal ring are 20 times more likely to have an unplanned pregnancy than those using long-term methods such as IUDs and implants, a study found.  More »

Pool access for the disabled sparks controversy

The Obama administration is sidestepping an election-year confrontation with the hotel industry and other pool owners to give them more time to comply with access rules for the disabled.  More »

German doctors apologize for Nazi-era crimes

Germany's medical association has adopted a declaration apologizing for sadistic experiments and other actions of doctors under the Nazis.  More »

EU body wants new guidance on Boehringer clot drug

LONDON (Reuters) - Doctors and patients should be given clearer guidance on how to avoid bleeding risks when using Boehringer Ingelheim's new stroke prevention pill Pradaxa, European regulators said on Friday. The European Medicines Agency sai...  More »

Europe clears Roche drug after contamination scare

LONDON (Reuters) - European regulators confirmed on Friday that Roche's blockbuster cancer drug MabThera, also known as Rituxan, was safe to use, following a contamination scare at a factory in the United States. The bacteria Leptospira licera...  More »

Sanofi to test cancer-starving compound in China in 2013

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Sanofi-Aventis plans to begin testing a novel compound that is designed to starve liver cancer to death in a phase one human clinical trial in China and possibly South Korea in 2013. The compound, called slit-trap, was develo...  More »

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