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AP - The Food and Drug Administration will require Pfizer Inc.’s smoking cessation drug Chantix to carry the agency’s strongest safety warning over a series of mental health side effects, including depression and suicidal thoughts.

AP - The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it is reviewing data on the safety of Lantus, a synthetic insulin made by Sanofi-Aventis SA.

AFP - Test-tube fertilisation in Europe has scaled a record high for success while also reducing the risk of multiple births, fertility experts reported on Wednesday.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) — The popular prescription
painkillers Vicodin and Percocet, which combine acetaminophen with an
opiate narcotic, should be banned, and the maximum dose of
over-the-counter painkillers with acetaminophen, like Tylenol or Excedrin,
should be lowered, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel
urged Tuesday.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) — An analysis of studies
supports a growing belief that guidelines for prescribing
cholesterol-lowering statin drugs should be expanded to include healthy
people without established heart disease, cardiologists say.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — There’s nothing worse than a pain in the
neck, lore has it.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — A kitchen fire can flare at a moment’s
notice — as soon as you turn your back on your broiling or baking
dinner.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) — Repeated use of antibiotics to
treat acute ear infections in young children increases the risk of
recurrent ear infections by 20 percent, according to researchers in the
Netherlands who called for more prudent use of antibiotics in young
children.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) — Watching food ads on TV
leads to a boost in snacking among children and adults, increasing the
risk of weight gain, U.S. researchers say.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) — Whatever you believe, new
research suggests that you’re likely to surround yourself with others who
feel the same way, whether they be friends or talking heads on
television.