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China Raises Death Estimate From Tainted Milk to Six
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China has lifted to six the number of babies believed killed from drinking toxic milk formula. The Health Ministry had until now said four infants died from kidney stones and other complications after consuming milk powder tainted with melamine, an industrial compound found in plastics used to fool quality inspections. Reuters Health Information
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Children Treated in PICUs Often Recall Delusional Experiences
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About one of every three children treated in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) subsequently report delusional memories of the experience, including disturbing hallucinations that put them at risk for symptoms of post-traumatic stress, according to a study in the May 1 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Reuters Health Information
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Laronidase Effective Long-Term for Mucopolysaccharidosis I
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In adults and children with the life-threatening lysosomal storage disease, mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I), enzyme replacement therapy with recombinant human alpha-L-iduronidase (laronidase) is safe and effective over 4 years of treatment, according to results of an extension study appearing in the January 2009 issue of Pediatrics. Reuters Health Information
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Leukotriene Antagonists Effective for Asthma Control
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Leukotriene antagonists were equivalent to inhaled glucocorticoids as first-line asthma control therapy and to long-acting beta2-agonists as add-on therapy, but equivalence was not proved at 2 years. Medscape Medical News
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