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| British hospitals told to allow mobile phone use LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Patients and visitors should be allowed to use mobile phones in hospitals except near certain sensitive equipment, the British government said on Tuesday. |
| Low-carb diet improves type 2 diabetes control NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A low-carbohydrate diet such as the familiar Atkins diet improves control of blood sugar levels in obese individuals with type 2 diabetes, researchers have shown. |
| India's West Bengal reports fresh bird flu outbreak KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Health and veterinary workers culled poultry in a densely populated eastern Indian state on Saturday after a fresh outbreak of H5N1 bird flu, officials said. |
| Efficacy of older pneumonia vaccine questioned NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The ability of standard pneumococcal vaccination to prevent pneumonia in adults, even those for whom the vaccine is currently recommended, is called into question by researchers from Switzerland and the UK in a report released Monday. |
| Miscarriage may spell trouble in next pregnancy NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some women have the misfortune to suffer numerous miscarriages and are known to have risky pregnancies, but women who suffer even one miscarriage seem to be more likely to have complications in their next pregnancy, Scottish researchers report. |
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