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05.06 11:08 GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization recommended on Friday that oral rotavirus vaccines be included in all national immunization programs to avert half a million diarrhoeal deaths and 2 million hospitalizations a year.

05.06 04:49 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday listed two dozen drugs, including weight-loss medicines and sleep disorder pills, that it is at an early stage of reviewing for potential safety problems.

05.06 03:47 WORCESTER, South Africa (Reuters) - Baby Hisinawa is permanently semi-comatose after TB spread to his brain, his board-stiff body shivering as a doctor pushes a rubber tube down his nose to clear away thick phlegm choking him.

05.06 00:18 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tourette's syndrome affects an estimated 148,000 U.S. children, many of whom have other disabilities such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

04.06 22:18 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with cystic fibrosis, or CF, often have problems with sleeping, eating and complying with the physiotherapy they need, a new study shows.

04.06 22:16 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with cancer often suffer mental impairment, but it seems this can be alleviated by treatment with Paxil, an SSRI-type antidepressant, according to results of a National Cancer Institute-supported study.

04.06 22:15 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Globally, the use of assisted reproduction technology, or ART, to overcome fertility problems continues to increase, and multiple births remain a concern, according to a new report.

04.06 20:29 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Professional ballerinas, like highly driven young female athletes, face quadruple health threats -- disordered eating, menstrual dysfunction, the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis, and early signs of cardiovascular disease.

04.06 20:17 CHICAGO (Reuters Health) - For teenagers who've had a liver transplant, text message reminders to take their medications reduce the risk of organ rejection.

04.06 20:03 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A five-week online program can help some people with insomnia get a better night's sleep, according to a new report.

04.06 18:42 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with type 1 diabetes should keep their blood glucose levels well controlled before they become pregnant, in order to minimize the risk of serious adverse pregnancy outcomes, results of a large Danish study indicate.

04.06 18:41 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Just one dose of the ADHD drug methylphenidate can temporarily improve affected children's muscular control and movement, a small study shows.

04.06 18:38 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of Canadians who are opting to live out their last days at home instead of the hospital has increased over the past 15 years, according to a new study.

04.06 17:33 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to some earlier reports, the results of a new study indicate that women and men who've had a stroke have similar outcomes after they're treated with the clot-buster drug tPA.

04.06 04:02 LONDON (Reuters) - Better diagnosis and treatment over the last 30 years have considerably reduced the risk of dying from a highly fatal type of aneurysm, Dutch scientists reported on Thursday.

04.06 02:09 LONDON (Reuters) - Sedatives and sleeping pills prescribed to ease depression, anxiety and sleep problems appear to increase the risk of suicide four-fold among the elderly, Swedish researchers said on Wednesday.