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Health Tip: Signs That a Child May Be Autistic (HealthDay) - HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Autism is a childhood developmental disorder that has no cure. Autistic children have problems with social interaction, communication, and may engage in repetitive behaviors.
Iressa as Good as Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer (HealthDay) - HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The cancer-fighting pill Iressa works as well as chemotherapy as a second-line treatment for lung cancer, researchers report.
Retirees hit by "longevity risk" (Reuters) -

Residents of the Century Village retirement community in Deerfield Beach, Florida leave a polling station after voting in this November 2, 2004 file photo. For retirees in the Florida sun, falling financial markets have heightened fears of what financial planners coldly call 'longevity risk' -- the need for savings that last a long time when growing numbers of people can live for 30 years or more in retirement. (Gary I Rothstein/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Like many other elderly Americans, Edie Stark has been hard hit by the meltdown in U.S. financial markets. She is 84 and has been worried a lot lately about outliving her savings.


Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 20, 2008 (HealthDay) - HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
Study: Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier (AP) - AP - Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted treatment, survived about as long as those on another course of chemotherapy.
 
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