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Drug maker Pfizer Inc. will close its sterile manufacturing plant in Terre Haute by the middle of next year. via WISH-TV8 Indianapolis

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“Chronic marijuana abuse is not so benign.”

Heavy marijuana use can boost blood levels of a particular protein, perhaps raising a person's risk of a heart attack or stroke, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday. via Love 94

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“With face recognition, so long as you've got some change and you are an adult, you can buy cigarettes like before. The problem of minors borrowing (identification) cards to purchase cigarettes could be avoided as well”

Cigarette vending machines in Japan may soon start counting wrinkles, crow's feet and skin sags to see if the customer is old enough to smoke. via ABS-CBN News

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When it comes to treating breast cancer, doctors are hoping to come up with medications that can help with prevention and recurrence.  Stacy-Ann Gooden ends her week long series on what you ... via ClipSyndicate

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“With the side effects of these drugs, people shouldn't be taking them for this reason.”

Results from a large government experiment are dimming hopes that two common painkillers can prevent Alzheimer's disease or slow mental decline in older people.

The arthritis drug Celebrex and the over-the-counter painkiller Aleve showed no benefit on thinking skills, new findings show. Earlier results from the same research showed the two drugs didn't prevent Alzheimer's, at least in the short term.

The experiment was halted several years early in 2004 when heart risks turned up in a separate study on Celebrex. Researchers also had noticed more heart attacks and strokes in the people taking Aleve in the Alzheimer's prevention study. Read more

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Two of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the United States and India are teaming up to develop new anti-infective medications. via New York Daily News

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“Those who want to give directly to the victims get into trouble. They have to give to the government or do it secretly. They follow international aid trucks everywhere. They don't want others to take credit.”

The first U.S. relief airlift arrived in Myanmar on Monday after prolonged negotiations with the country's isolationist junta, which considers Washington its enemy and has restricted international aid to as ... via KARE-TV Minneapolis

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Around 50,000 people turned out in Bloomington for the 16th annual Race for the Cure.

Thousands gathered at the Mall of America wearing pink signs with the names of mothers, daughters, sisters and friends who have had breast cancer. Many of them were breast cancer survivors themselves.

But it wasn't just about women with breast cancer.

Sisters of Larry Bragelman joined the walk to remind people that men can get breast cancer, too. Bragelman was diagnosed with breast cancer five years ago. He had surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. But the cancer came back, and he died last August. Read more

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“In some kids, there's enough of it that it sets off this chronic neuroinflammatory pattern that can lead to regressive autism”

Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine Monday as they take their case to a federal court.

They seek vindication and financial redress from a government fund that helps people injured by shots.

Two 10-year-old boys from Portland, Ore., will serve as test cases that determine whether the children and their families in similar situations should be compensated. Attorneys for the boys will attempt to show the boys were happy, healthy and developing normally. But, after being exposed to vaccines with thimerosal, they began to regress and show symptoms of autism. Read more

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Davenport man hit by train Family cares for sick daughter, battles insurance company Many middle class families are living in fear that a major illness will strike and their health insurance won't cover the ... via WQAD-TV Moline

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