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Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: U.S. to hear Roche on Avastin for breast cancer Pediatrician group urges ban on junk food ads Neurontin study more marketing than science: report Neurontin study more marketing than science: report Can vitamin D lower your risk of melanoma? Evergreen Produce sprouts may carry salmonella: FDA French-German E. coli link seen in sprouted seeds Sanofi diabetes drug shown to work as well as Byetta Amish parents mirror wider concerns over vaccines Evergreen Produce sprouts may carry salmonella: FDA Japanese parents fume over Fukushima radiation Bydureon study shows tiny heart rhythm link: Amylin Wal-Mart hikes branded diabetes drug prices-study Bristol diabetes pill tied to certain cancers Scientists getting closer to artificial pancreas U.S. to hear Roche on Avastin for breast cancer Mon,27 Jun 2011 09:18 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. health panel begins meeting Tuesday to consider whether the world's best-selling cancer medicine, Roche Holding AG's Avastin, should retain approval for treating breast cancer. Full Story1 Top Pediatrician group urges ban on junk food ads Mon,27 Jun 2011 03:04 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. pediatricians want to ban junk food ads aimed at children, saying that they conspire with sedentary activities like watching television and playing video games to make kids fat. Full Story1 Top Neurontin study more marketing than science: report Mon,27 Jun 2011 02:33 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study of the safety and effectiveness of an anti-epilepsy drug mislead doctors and patients about the point of the research, suggests a new report. Full Story1 Top Neurontin study more marketing than science: report Mon,27 Jun 2011 02:33 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study of the safety and effectiveness of an anti-epilepsy drug mislead doctors and patients about the point of the research, suggests a new report. Full Story1 Top Can vitamin D lower your risk of melanoma? Mon,27 Jun 2011 02:32 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking vitamin D may help protect women who have already had non-melanoma skin cancers against a much deadlier form of the disease, suggests a new study. Full Story1 Top Evergreen Produce sprouts may carry salmonella: FDA Mon,27 Jun 2011 01:31 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators advised people not to eat alfalfa or spicy sprouts under the Evergreen Produce brand on Monday as they investigate a possible link to a salmonella outbreak in five U.S. states. Full Story1 Top French-German E. coli link seen in sprouted seeds Mon,27 Jun 2011 12:51 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Dutch and British health officials advised people to avoid raw salad shoots and seeds on Monday after scientists linked an outbreak of E.coli in France to a highly toxic one in Germany that has killed 43 people. Full Story1 Top Sanofi diabetes drug shown to work as well as Byetta Mon,27 Jun 2011 12:35 PM PDT Reuters - SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A trial of Sanofi's experimental once-daily drug for Type 2 diabetes, Lyxumia, found that it worked as well as Byetta, a similar drug sold by Amylin and Eli Lilly and Co that is injected twice a day. Full Story1 Top Amish parents mirror wider concerns over vaccines Mon,27 Jun 2011 12:34 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among the minority of Amish parents who do not immunize their children, the most common reasons for skipping the shots were more related to concerns over the potential side effects of vaccines, than to religious beliefs, a new study finds. Full Story1 Top Evergreen Produce sprouts may carry salmonella: FDA Mon,27 Jun 2011 12:00 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health regulators advised people not to eat alfalfa or spicy sprouts under the Evergreen Produce brand on Monday as they investigate a possible link to a salmonella outbreak in five U.S. states. Full Story1 Top Japanese parents fume over Fukushima radiation Mon,27 Jun 2011 09:30 AM PDT Reuters - FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Angry parents of children in Japan's Fukushima city marched along with hundreds of people on Sunday to demand protection for their children from radiation more than three months after a massive quake and tsunami triggered the worst nuclear disaster in 25 years. Full Story1 Top Bydureon study shows tiny heart rhythm link: Amylin Mon,27 Jun 2011 09:29 AM PDT Reuters - SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Analysis of an earlier trial found a "clinically insignificant" link between changes in heart rhythms and use of Bydureon, a long-acting diabetes drug being developed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals , Eli Lilly and Alkermes. Full Story1 Top Wal-Mart hikes branded diabetes drug prices-study Mon,27 Jun 2011 09:04 AM PDT Reuters - SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Big-box retailers Wal-Mart Stores and Kmart, pioneers in the push to cut consumer prices for generic drugs, have been raising prices for the most popular brand-name diabetes drugs, according to a new study. Full Story1 Top Bristol diabetes pill tied to certain cancers Mon,27 Jun 2011 08:49 AM PDT Reuters - SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A new type of diabetes pill being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca was effective in a two-year study but more bladder and breast cancers have been found in patients treated with the drug. Full Story1 Top Scientists getting closer to artificial pancreas Mon,27 Jun 2011 08:23 AM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Researchers are coming closer to developing an "artificial pancreas," a long-sought system of insulin pumps and glucose sensors that deliver insulin to diabetics, mimicking the function of a real pancreas. Full Story1 Top

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