VitaBeat Health News - January 8, 2009

Malaria Vaccine Possible

August 30, 2005 - Topics vaccine, malaria, australia, immune and disease
An international team of scientists determines the three-dimensional molecular structure of a promising malaria-vaccine component.

The team hopes to produce a successful vaccine for the disease, which currently infects approximately 400 million people worldwide, killing about 2 million of them each year.

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Woman Recovering After Heart Surgery And Birth Of Premie Triplets

August 30, 2005 - Topics surgery, mother, babies and hospital
A woman is home after giving birth to triplets and then undergoing emergency heart surgery.

Doctors performed an emergency caesarean operation after the woman came to the hospital August 19 with head and neck pain.

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New Diabetes Drug Approved

August 30, 2005 - Topics diabetes, insulin, north america, food and actos
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. announces Tuesday approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its new diabetes drug.

Actoplus Met is a single tablet that merges Takeda's two existing diabetes drugs, Actos and Metformin. Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc. will sell the tablet in the United States starting in October.

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Dangerous Chemicals Found In CA Study

August 30, 2005 - Topics study, breast cancer, blood, water and research
After conducting tests on several prominent Californians, a health advocacy group finds traces of high exposure to dangerous chemicals.

Commonwealth's study finds their subjects, including actor Peter Coyote, newspaper columnist Steve Lopez, and nine other influential state residents, have dangerously high amounts of toxic chemicals in their systems.

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Woman Gives Birth To Triplets Before Heart Surgery

August 30, 2005 - Topics surgery, mother, hospital and babies
A woman is home today after giving birth to triplets and then undergoing emergency heart surgery.

According to The Associated Press

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