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March 19, 2010 headlines
China says drought now affecting 50 mln people
BEIJING (Reuters) - A severe drought across a large swathe of southwest China is now affecting more than 50 million people, and forecasters see no signs of it abating in the short term, state media said on Friday.
Many Avandia defenders have drug co. ties: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Virtually all of the experts who wrote favorably about troubled diabetes drug Avandia had financial ties to drug makers, a finding that shows the need for reform of such relationships, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
FDA issues warning for high doses of Zocor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Patients on the highest approved dose of the cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor may be at increased risk of muscle injury, U.S. regulators warned on Friday.
Heat treatment found effective for plantar warts
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A targeted heat treatment appears to alleviate bothersome and sometimes painful plantar warts, researchers from China have found.
US panel eyes anemia drug use in kidney patients
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Closer government scrutiny of controversial anemia drugs is likely to reopen debate on how much the drugs should be used and could further depress sales.
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