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New malaria method could boost drug production

Health -- German scientists have developed a new way to make a key malaria drug that they say could easily quadruple production and drop the price significantly, increasing the availability of treatment for a disease that kills hundreds of thousands every year.

FDA shuts down New Jersey dental products company

Federal health officials say a New Jersey company has been legally barred from making and selling a variety of dental products due to violations at its manufacturing facility.

Breads top list of salt sources in US diets

Trying to cut down on salt? Health officials have come up with a list of the top 10 sources of salt in the American diet - and bread is No. 1.

Japan population to shrink by one-third by 2060

Japan's rapid aging means the national population of 128 million will shrink by one-third by 2060 and seniors will account for 40 percent of people...

US wants effective Alzheimer's treatment by 2025

A draft of a new Alzheimer's strategy suggests starting with a national public awareness campaign so more people know the early warning signs of dementia and includes memory assessment tools in the annual Medicare wellness visit.

Mixed advice in Europe over faulty breast implants

European health authorities issued widely different recommendations Friday in dealing with potentially faulty French-made breast implants ...

UK data 'shows higher risk of breast implant ruptures'

Britain's biggest cosmetic surgery chain has revealed that rupture rates on allegedly faulty French-made breast implants are seven times higher than previously thought, a report said Sunday.