Knowing your kid is overweight might make things worse

(Reuters Health) - - When parents think their child is overweight, that may put the kid at increased risk of packing on even more pounds, a new study suggests.

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Zika dengue fever pose 'immediate threat' in quake-hit Ecuador-charity

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mosquito-borne diseases including the Zika virus and dengue fever pose an "immediate threat" to survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit Ecuador four days ago, an international charity said on Thursday.

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Sarepta shares sink as FDA staff stay sour on muscle disorder drug

(Reuters) - Sarepta Therapeutics Inc lost more than a third of its market value after U.S. Food and Administration staff maintained their negative outlook on the company's rare muscle wasting disorder drug on Thursday.

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GW Pharma's cannabis drug gets orphan drug status

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted GW Pharmaceuticals Plc's experimental cannabis-derived epilepsy drug "orphan" status for a third group of patients affected by a rare form of the disease.

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Biogen profit beats on higher Tecfidera sales

(Reuters) - Biogen Inc reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit helped by higher demand for its key multiple sclerosis (MS) drug, Tecfidera.

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New heart drugs struggle to win sales as doctors hold back

LONDON (Reuters) - New heart drugs hailed as breakthrough treatments by researchers are struggling to gain traction among prescribing doctors, posing a headache for makers such as Novartis, which reported more weak sales for its Entresto medicine on Thursday.

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More than 100 feared dead in India heat wave

BHUBANESWAR, India/KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - More than 100 people are feared dead in India in an early-summer heat wave which forced schools to close and halted outdoor work like construction, government officials said on Thursday.

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