"Today's Top Stories"

Today: Monday 03/11/2002

* Drug Resistant Gonorrhea Spreads
* Serono Multiple Sclerosis Drug Approved By U.S. FDA
* Therapeutic Cloning Used In Lab
* CDC To Doctors: Go Easy On Child Shots

Drug Resistant Gonorrhea Spreads

(INTELIHEALTH) - Doctors and public health officials are having
to pay more attention these days to an old nemesis -- gonorrhea.

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Serono Multiple Sclerosis Drug Approved By U.S. FDA

GENEVA (AP) - The Swiss biotechnology company Serono SA said that
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved the company's
multiple sclerosis drug, Rebif, for use in the U.S. market.

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Therapeutic Cloning Used In Lab

BOSTON (AP) - For the first time, scientists say they have used
the ethically sensitive technology of therapeutic cloning to
repair an inherited disease in a lab animal.

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CDC To Doctors: Go Easy On Child Shots

ATLANTA (Cox News Service) - Supplies of some required childhood
vaccines have run so low that doctors are being asked to postpone
the shots.

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Last Weeks Medical News Highlights

* Researchers Say Birth Defects, Low Birth Weight More Likely In Test-Tube Babies
* Saudis Report First Uterus Transplant
* Study: Tomato Sauce Cuts Cancer Risk

Researchers Say Birth Defects, Low Birth Weight More Likely In Test-Tube Babies

(The Associated Press) - Infertile couples shouldn't be deterred
by new studies that show test-tube babies have double the risk of
birth defects and tend to be smaller than usual, researchers
said.

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Saudis Report First Uterus Transplant

LONDON (AP) - Doctors in Saudi Arabia have performed the first
human uterus transplant, which produced two menstrual periods
before it failed and had to be removed.

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Study: Tomato Sauce Cuts Cancer Risk

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Men who consume tomato products two or more
times a week can significantly reduce their chances of
contracting prostate cancer, a study found.

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