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| Company reports four additional deaths with Byetta BOSTON (Reuters) - Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc said there have been four deaths among patients with pancreatitis who took its diabetes drug, Byetta, in addition to two deaths reported last week by U.S. regulators. |
| Gait dysfunction common in cognitive impairment NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older patients with mild cognitive impairment often exhibit gait dysfunction, or difficulty walking, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. |
| Medicare underestimated improper payments: report BANGALORE (Reuters) - Medicare officials had undervalued the amount of improper payments made for medical equipment in 2006 because it failed to review sufficient medical documents, according to a government report. |
| Rabbit study offers clues to massage benefits NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Massage helps people feel better after strenuous exercise by actually pushing the inflammation out of stressed muscles, new research in animals suggests. |
| Experiences key to injury prevention for teens NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Injury prevention programs for teens that evoke a strong emotional response and involve learning through experience, rather than classroom instruction, are more likely to get results, Canadian researchers say. |
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