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Therapy helps hard-to-transplant get a new kidney (AP)
AP - Nearly one in three patients who need a kidney transplant may never get one because their bodies are abnormally primed to attack a donated organ. Now doctors are trying new ways to outwit the immune system and save more of those so-called "highly sensitized" patients — often with kidneys donated by living donors, considered the optimal kind.
China orders more testing for liquid milk, powder (AP)
AP - China is ordering all liquid and powdered milk manufactured before Sept. 14 to be taken off the shelves for melamine testing, a news report said Tuesday, the first time Beijing has issued a blanket recall of products since the tainted dairy scandal broke last month.
States ask baby product companies to avoid BPA (AP)
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AP - Attorneys general from Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware sent letters Friday to 11 companies that make baby bottles and baby formula containers, asking they no longer use the chemical bisphenol A in their manufacturing because they said it was potentially harmful to infants.
Pediatricians double vitamin D recommendations for children (AP)
AP - The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.
EU tells music lovers to turn down MP3 players (AP)
AP - The European Union told music lovers Monday to turn down the volume of MP3 players, saying they risk permanent hearing loss from listening too long at maximum levels.
Supreme Court rejects obese Ohio inmate's appeal (AP)
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AP - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from an Ohio prisoner who argued he is too obese to be executed. Richard Cooey is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday.
HPV infection rates similar in men and women (Reuters)
Reuters - Although men are at high risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, most last no more than a year, about the same time this sexually transmitted disease persists in women, researchers report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 13, 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
Kids Aren't Getting Enough Vitamin D (Time.com)
Time.com - Pediatricians say babies, children and teens need to double their intake of vitamin D
Parkinson's Patients More Prone to Vitamin D Deficiency (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Parkinson's disease patients are more likely than healthy people or Alzheimer's patients to have vitamin D deficiency, say researchers from the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
Early Treatment Benefits Newfound Brain Disorder (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Quick tumor removal and immunotherapy can reverse the progress of a newly recognized neurological disease called anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis (ANRE), a new study says.
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