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• Low-carb and low-fat diets equally good for weight loss
  

  Both low-fat and low-carb diets work equally well to help people lose weight over two years, new research has shown.

• Hope and controversy over prostate cancer screening
  

  Screening older men with the PSA blood test could cut prostate cancer deaths by around half, according to a new study.

• Antidepressant use rises as recession feeds wave of worry
  

  The number of antidepressants prescribed by the NHS has almost doubled in the last decade, and rose sharply last year as the recession bit, figures reveal.

• Overtime could break your heart
  

  Overtime is bad for the heart, according to researchers who followed the careers of more than 6,000 Whitehall civil servants.

• Premature ejaculation – there’s a pill for that!
  

  On April 28, the world’s first premature ejaculation (PE) oral medication, Priligy (dapoxetine hydrochloride) will be available in the United Kingdom.

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• China Buying Australia by the Shipload Raises Cash, Outback Ire - Bloomberg
  

  China Buying Australia by the Shipload Raises Cash, Outback IreBloombergDina Fraser, whose family has owned a pharmacy in Wandoan for 40 years, said the mine project has been anything except a blessing.

• Vaccine jabs being pushed by medical-industrial complex - Prison Planet.com
  

  Vaccine jabs being pushed by medical-industrial complexPrison Planet.

• First Access to U.S. Pharmacies for Winning Brands - PR Newswire (press release)
  

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• Cardiome Pharma shares up on EU approval. Inhibitex reports positive Phase1a ... - BioMedReports (subscription) (blog)
  

  Cardiome Pharma shares up on EU approval.

• Gulf Coast slowly rebuilds five years after Hurricane Katrina - Catholic San Francisco
  

  Catholic San FranciscoGulf Coast slowly rebuilds five years after Hurricane KatrinaCatholic San FranciscoThis fall semester it opens a new wing at its College of Pharmacy and starts construction on a chapel in honor of the university's founder, St.