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Merck & Co's Gardasil vaccine remains safe and effective for protecting women and girls from a virus that causes cervical cancer, U.S. officials said after reviewing thousands of reports.

Culturally tailored health education appears to help improve some clinical outcomes in the short-term for minorities with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Reuters Health reports. The study noted that language and cultural barriers can serve as obstacles to quality diabetes health education for minorities.

The Cambridge, Mass., Public health Department, in conjunction with several local community groups and organizations, recently released two reports that highlight health disparities among genders, races and ethnicities, the Boston Globe reports.

Chief Medical Officer for England (CMO) Sir Liam Donaldson has laid out plans which will require that doctors renew their professional registration every five years. Sir Liam said they are aimed at improving patient safety and supporting professionals in sustaining their high standards. The proposals are outlined in the report Medical revalidation - Principles and next steps (PDF).

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- Melanoma produces high levels ofa protein called IMP-3, which is not over-expressed in harmless moles,University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report.

Study results show the effects of the combination cholesterol-lowering medicine ezetimibe and simvastatin (Vytorin) on aortic stenosis and coronary heart disease in 1873 patients. These results raised questions about the combination drug, and a subsequent meta-analysis of this and two larger, on-going studies was also reported.read more

A CMS proposal under consideration would limit a practice used by pharmacy benefit managers known as 'lock-in pricing' that can increase costs for beneficiaries enrolled in the Medicare drug benefit and bring them into the so-called 'doughnut hole' coverage gap more quickly, the Wall Street Journal reports.

University of Maryland researchers are reporting that nearly one in 8 low-income families in Baltimore with young children suffer from food insecurity. The findings have led to a new interagency effort to connect needy families to food resources.read more

The Southern Nevada health District received confirmation that one local case of Salmonella Saintpaul is linked to the current nationwide outbreak. There are a total of 11 cases reported in Nevada, most of which are in Northern Nevada.read more

Health Canada is warning consumers not to use the unauthorized product Jin Bu Huan Anodyne because it contains the undeclared ingredient tetrahydropalmatine, which has been associated with serious adverse health effects.The amount of tetrahydropalmatine in a daily dose of Jin Bu Huan Anodyne tablets has been associated with reports of liver injury in adults, and reports of neurotoxicity (brain and nervous system injury) in children and adults. Tetrahydropalmatine has also been associated with adverse reactions such as fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhoea.read more