Bowel problem seen in infants given Merck vaccine
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it was notifying health-care providers and consumers about reports of some 28 cases of infants suffering a serious bowel condition after receiving Merck & Co's new vaccine against the rotavirus.
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More than 70 percent of patients who  took painkillers such as ibuprofen for more than three months  suffered damage to their small intestines, U.S. researchers  reported on Monday.
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The recall of a routine vaccine for babies due to contamination risks could trigger a shortage and likely will alarm parents, but officials said there is no known health threat.
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A developing shortage of vaccine against childhood meningitis is expected to inconvenience some pediatricians and parents, but should not become a public health threat, officials said.
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Weeks before pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co. sent seismic waves through the medical community, pulling its painkiller Vioxx off the market, it announced the drug had been approved for children.
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Researchers have identified another way that babies can be infected with H.I.V. â through food pre-chewed by an infected parent or caretaker.
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NEW YORK  - Children who consume high levels of diary products may have a greater risk of developing colorectal cancer in adulthood, study findings suggest.
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Merck's HIV vaccine fails in phase 2 trials.
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NEW YORK  - Shots of botulinum toxin, better known as Botox, can relieve constipation caused by inappropriate contraction or inability to relax the pelvic floor muscles during defecation, according to Italian researchers.
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More than 70 percent of patients who took painkillers such as ibuprofen for more than three months suffered damage to their small intestines, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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There have been widespread concerns that mercury-based preservatives used in vaccines might impair the neurological development of children, but the opposite seems to be true.
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NEW YORK  - Giving infants a small dose of a sugar solution just before they get injections seems to make the pain more tolerable, a study shows.
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NEW YORK  - A formulation of polyethylene  glycol with electrolytes, known as Transipeg or PEG 3350,  successfully relieves chronic constipation in kids while  causing few side effects, according to Dutch researchers.
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NEW YORK  - The supply issues with Prevnar,  a vaccine that protects kids from bacterial infections, have  been resolved and the Centers for Disease Control and  Prevention and other groups are now recommending that doctors  resume giving the full four doses of the vaccine, according to  a report released Thursday.
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The mercury in a vaccine preservative is pumped out of a baby's body too quickly for it to do any damage, researchers reported on Wednesday in a study they say should further absolve shots of causing autism.
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New research into the MMR vaccine has dismissed fears of any link between the injection and autism. Concerns had been raised that children who were given the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine had an increased
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WASHINGTON Oct 31, 2004 - A new vaccine against rotavirus, the diarrheal infection that kills millions of children worldwide, doesn&#39;t appear to raise the risk of serious bowel blockages that caused a previous vaccine to be pulled from the market five