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• A tomato by any other name? Experts set food rules

  Posted on 4 Jul 2008 at 1:41 pm
  GENEVA (Reuters) - Food safety experts agreed for the first time on the qualities defining a tomato, in a first step toward an international code on preventing fruit and vegetable contamination.
  
  

• New West Nile virus strain may worsen epidemic

  Posted on 3 Jul 2008 at 5:31 pm
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new strain of West Nile virus is spreading better and earlier across the United States, and may thrive in hot American summers, researchers said on Thursday.
  
  

• Chance discovery points to crib death cause

  Posted on 3 Jul 2008 at 7:11 pm
  LONDON (Reuters) - An imbalance of a key brain chemical could cause crib death, researchers said on Thursday in what they called a chance discovery.
  
  

• Breast reconstruction can have lasting benefits

  Posted on 4 Jul 2008 at 11:12 am
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Breast reconstruction after cancer surgery can have lasting benefits for women's psychological well-being and body image, a new study suggests.
  
  

• U.S. salmonella probe expands to Mexico: CNN

  Posted on 4 Jul 2008 at 1:25 am
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The investigation of a salmonella outbreak in the United States is shifting to the southern border to encompass produce imported from Mexico, CNN reported on Thursday.
  
  

• Risky HPV detected in human breast milk

  Posted on 4 Jul 2008 at 11:20 am
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16), which has been linked to cervical cancer, can be detected in human breast milk collected during the early period after a woman delivers her baby, doctors from Finland report.
  
  

• "Better treatment" seen needed for endometriosis

  Posted on 4 Jul 2008 at 10:19 am
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Key-hole surgery to treat endometriosis is associated with good short-term outcomes but has a high reoperation rate in the long run, research suggests. Hysterectomy, on the other hand, while "too radical," is associated with a low reoperation rate, the study team found, and preservation of the ovaries is a "viable option."
  
  

• Most study participants understand research goals

  Posted on 4 Jul 2008 at 10:28 am
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who take part in clinical trials often do so out of a desire to advance scientific knowledge and to help others, a new international study demonstrates.
  
  

• Device helps retrain arm reach after stroke

  Posted on 4 Jul 2008 at 10:16 am
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A novel nonrobotic device called the Sensorimotor Active Rehabilitation Training (SMART) Arm can help stroke survivors with partial arm paralysis re-learn the task of reaching, a study shows.
  
  

• Heart failure outcomes worse in diabetics: study

  Posted on 4 Jul 2008 at 10:23 am
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study shows that having diabetes independently raises the risk of illness and death in people with heart failure, which occurs when the heart loses its ability to pump blood efficiently.