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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have warned Shire PLC and Eisai Co Ltd about drug promotions that minimized the medicines' risks and overstated benefits, letters released on Friday said.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who smoke while they are pregnant often don't admit it, which means they're missing out on an opportunity to get help to kick the habit, new research published in BMJ shows.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Phone counseling to help smokers kick the habit won't do much if it doesn't include callbacks or other follow-up strategies, new research shows.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Improved home ventilation that dehumidifies the air may make it easier for people with asthma to breathe at night, hint findings of a small study from the United Kingdom.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nicotine patches and gum seem to be safe and effective in pregnant women, according to a new study.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators requested information from nearly 30 makers of caffeinated alcoholic beverages on why they believe their products are safe.

AP - Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday an irritable bowel syndrome drug candidate met its goals in a mid-stage clinical trial.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exercisers who are trying to cut calories might want to take a run in the sun instead of a climate-controlled gym, a small study suggests.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - French researchers are calling into question the safety of a cosmetic procedure that offers to melt away fat without surgery, exercise or pills.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Flu infections may be peaking in some parts of the northern hemisphere, but are still spreading fast in others, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - So crammed is Tanzania's only cancer treatment center that Rukia Kondogoza, wrapped in bright kanga cloth, has to share her bed with another patient.

AP - Eli Lilly & Co. said Friday its science and technology head will retire. The drugmaker hired the chief researcher at AstraZeneca PLC to replace him.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cataract surgery does not appear to worsen the course of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a progressive loss of vision due to deterioration of nerve tissue in the retina, a new study shows.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - More than just a bad bout of stomach flu, some food-borne illnesses can cause long-term consequences, especially for young people, a report released on Thursday has found.

AP - Serbia's health authorities have ordered three million swine flu vaccines from Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG worth an estimated euro24 million ($36 million).

AP - Myriad Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Friday reported a smaller fiscal first-quarter loss on lower research costs after the company was spun off from Myriad Genetics Inc.

I found these two pills in a pill bottle for another medication for my dogs.  The bottle was for Acepromazine and I had 1/2 of one of those in there, along with these two pills I just can't seem to identify.  I searched the internet high & low.  The only thing I found was someone suggesting it was serzone but it's not... it has no "150" on it, like they say it should, and none of the photos look anything like the pills I have here.  Can someone please help me figure this out?  Thank you!!

 

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WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Drug makers, Internet companies and nonprofits called for clarity on what is a gray area for U.S. health regulators: how drug promotion on Twitter, Wikipedia, blogs and other social media can be regulated.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cataract surgery does not appear to worsen the course of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a progressive loss of vision due to deterioration of nerve tissue in the retina, a new study shows.

AP - Cephalon Inc. will give Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. a license to sell a generic version of the pain drug Fentora in 2018 as part of a patent lawsuit settlement, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday.