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<title>U.S. medical programs missing millions of kids: report</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:01:50 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An estimated five million uninsured children in the United States were eligible for Medicaid or the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but were not enrolled in either plan, according to a new report.]]></description>
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<title>Common bone drugs linked to esophageal cancer risk</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:09:41 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - People who take a commonly used class of osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates for more than five years may be doubling their risk of developing cancer of the gullet or esophagus, a British study found on Friday.]]></description>
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<title>Timer may help kids' bladder control problems</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:18:24 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests.]]></description>
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<title>Safety groups find no Pampers link to rash cases</title>
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<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two agencies investigating claims that Procter &amp; Gamble Co's Pampers Dry Max gave children severe diaper rash reported Thursday that they have found no specific cause linking the diapers to rashes.]]></description>
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<title>Women, children most vulnerable in Pakistan crisis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[NOWSHERA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's displaced flood victims say a lack of clean water and high temperatures are causing illnesses sweeping through relief camps with children most at risk.]]></description>
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<title>Text messages little help in remembering the Pill</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:33:16 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A cell phone text message -- and the buzz or beep that signals its arrival -- may not help a woman remember to pop her birth control pill, a new study suggests.]]></description>
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<title>Abbott diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:30:53 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market.]]></description>
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<title>Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise</title>
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<title>Factbox: Malaria: the mosquito-borne killer</title>
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<title>Groups of friends key to changing health behaviors</title>
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<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (Reuters) - When it comes to changing health behaviors, it takes more than a far-flung network of friends on Facebook egging you on. It takes a jostling herd, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.]]></description>
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