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• Business, social media to prevent babies with HIV (AP)

  AP - Business and social media leaders teamed up Friday to tackle the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, saying the medicine and the money are largely in place, and with the right organizational skills they can eliminate HIV-infected births by 2015.

• France: Ex-head of breast implant firm charged (AP)

  AP - French authorities have filed preliminary charges against the former head of a now-defunct company accused of supplying potentially faulty breast implants affecting thousands of women.

  
  

• Gates injects $750M in troubled Global Fund (AP)

  AP - Bill Gates pledged $750 million on Thursday to fight three killer diseases and rescue a beleaguered health fund whose financial losses have cost it donor support.

  
  

• Test Might Predict Risk of Lung Cancer's Return (HealthDay)

  HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- A new industry-funded study suggests that a molecular test can provide insight into whether patients are at high risk of a relapse after surgical treatment for a form of lung cancer.

• Statins May Stave Off Liver Cancer in People With Hepatitis B (HealthDay)

  HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Popular cholesterol-lowering statins may also lower risk for liver cancer among people with hepatitis B, a new study shows. Hepatitis B, an inflammation of the liver due to the hepatitis B virus, is one of the main causes of liver cancer.

• Drug Approved for Advanced Kidney Cancer (HealthDay)

  HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Inlyta (axitinib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma in people who haven't responded to another drug.

• Long Shifts May Raise Some Nurses' Odds for Obesity (HealthDay)

  HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Nurses who work long hours and have less physically demanding jobs are much more likely to be obese than other nurses, according to a new study.

• Oral cancer virus affects 7 percent of Americans (AP)

  AP - About 16 million Americans have oral HPV, a sexually transmitted virus more commonly linked with cervical cancer that also can cause mouth cancer, according to the first nationwide estimate.

• Health Tip: Manage Pain During Childbirth (HealthDay)

  HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Pain is a virtual certainty during childbirth, but there are ways to ease the discomfort without medication.

• Acupuncture May Boost Pregnancy Success Rates (HealthDay)

  HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- When a couple is trying to have a baby and can't, it can be emotionally and financially draining. But help may be available in an unexpected form: acupuncture.

• Study Shows Inverse Link Between Brain Games and Alzheimer's Disease (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - A clinical study published Monday in the online edition of the Archives of Neurology is the first of its kind to link participation in reading, brain games and writing with a decreased production of a special protein whose presence has been linked to Alzheimer's disease.

• Medication helps some with mild depression (Reuters)

  Reuters - People with mild depression may benefit from taking antidepressants, suggests a new analysis of past studies that compared symptoms in people on the drugs to those given drug-free placebo pills.

• Infinity stops cancer drug trial (Reuters)

  Reuters - Infinity Pharmaceuticals pulled the plug on a mid-stage trial of its experimental pancreatic cancer drug as it failed to show benefit over a placebo, wiping off over 41 percent of its market value.

• IV Acetaminophen Linked to More Child Overdoses (HealthDay)

  HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Following the U.S. Food Drug Administration's approval last year of an intravenous formulation of acetaminophen for fever and pain in a hospital setting, researchers warn that use of the preparation could lead to serious overdoses, particularly among the youngest patients.

• Judges weigh HIV-infected man's fight to get job (AP)

  AP - A panel of federal judges appeared skeptical Wednesday of the Atlanta police department's decision to reject a job application from an HIV-infected man.

• Bydureon Approved for Type 2 Diabetes (HealthDay)

  HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Bydureon (exenatide extended release), Amylin Pharmaceuticals' long-acting version of the diabetes drug Byetta, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

• Parents Concerned About Increased Asthma Episodes in School (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - Childhood asthma is back in the news as parents in a Maryland school found that their asthmatic children had more episodes after being back in school from winter break, reports ABC 7. Their concerns are prompting another look at asthma and what families can do to help make life easier for kids who have it.