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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Scientists have genetically engineered a dozen cows to be free from proteins that cause mad cow disease, a breakthrough that may make the animals immune to the brain-wasting disease.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Scientists have genetically engineered a dozen cows to be free from proteins that cause mad cow disease, a breakthrough that may make the animals immune to the brain-wasting disease.

(CP) - Dr. Robert Scott is convinced polio is locked in the cross hairs of those hunting down each last virus in a valiant bid to relegate the dreaded disease to the annals of history.

CHICAGO (AP) - Order from a menu of vegetables, fish, wine and chocolate, but hold the trans fats and sugary sodas. That might best sum up the diet headlines of 2006. The year's biggest nutrition news sometimes echoed what moms and food scientists have been harping on for years.

The results of the second survey of continence care for older people carried out by the Royal College of Physicians show little improvement since this time last year. There have been minor improvements in some areas, but integrated services are still a dream rather than a reality. Urinary incontinence affects some 24% of older people and 30-60% of people in institutional care. [click link for full article]

Title: Low-Income Preschoolers Prone to Obesity
Category: Health News
Created: 12/29/2006 2:06:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 12/29/2006 2:05:47 AM

A new imaging molecule that can detect and map plaques and tangles in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease could eventually lead to earlier diagnosis of the devastating disease, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles report in the New England Journal of Medicine. The compound, developed by UCLA and called FDDNP, also holds promise as a research tool to evaluate new treatments for Alzheimer's. [click link for full article]

EDMONTON (CP) - Pharmacists in several provinces, wanting to do more than just count out pills, are pushing for the power to prescribe medications and play a more meaningful role in their patients' health care.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - Nuvo Research Inc. (TSX:NRI) has received an "approvable" letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, outlining how full approval can be obtained for Pennsaid, an anti-inflammatory treatment for osteoarthritis in the knee.

EDMONTON (CP) - Markus DeJong sits up in his hospital bed, smiles and lifts his grey sweatshirt to reveal a scar that stretches wide across his little belly like the red outline of a rising sun. The family calls his angry red stitches "train tracks.