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Study weighs benefits of transplants for leukemia (Reuters)

Reuters – Leukemia patients who have blood stem cell transplants survive just as long on average as those who undergo the more invasive procedure of having a bone marrow transplant, scientists said on Monday.

Doc Who Tied Vaccine to Autism Ruled Unethical (Time.com)

Time.com – British medical authorities rule that Andrew Wakefield, the doctor behind research that linked the triple Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine with autism, acted “dishonestly and with “callous disregard” for the children involved in his study

Doc Who Tied Vaccine to Autism Ruled Unethical (Time.com)

Time.com – British medical authorities rule that Andrew Wakefield, the doctor behind research that linked the triple Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine with autism, acted “dishonestly and with “callous disregard” for the children involved in his study

State to probe birth defects spike in Calif. town (AP)

AP – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered two state agencies to investigate a rash of birth defects that have confounded impoverished Kettleman City for more than a year.

Herceptin Again Proves Mettle Against Breast Cancer (HealthDay)

HealthDay – THURSDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) — High-risk breast cancer
patients with HER2-positive tumors benefit from receiving the targeted
therapy Herceptin while undergoing chemotherapy, new research shows.

Herceptin Again Proves Mettle Against Breast Cancer (HealthDay)

HealthDay – THURSDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) — High-risk breast cancer
patients with HER2-positive tumors benefit from receiving the targeted
therapy Herceptin while undergoing chemotherapy, new research shows.

Health Tip: Who’s a Candidate for Gastric Bypass Surgery? (HealthDay)

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Gastric bypass surgery, sometimes recommended
for obese people, involves re-routing the path that food takes, including
shrinking the size of the stomach. But the procedure has a number of
risks, including the possibility of post-surgical infection, blood clots
or developing gallstones.

Fake Drugs Bought on the Web Pose Big Health Risks (HealthDay)

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) — People who buy prescription
medications over the Internet, especially drugs purporting to treat
erectile dysfunction, are playing Russian roulette with their lives, a new
study contends.

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