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New diet pill, medical e-record debate, stop smoking vaccine
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Fox Health Fix: Anna Kooiman reports on the top health headlines of the week
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- Date Jun 28, 2012
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For the first time in thirteen years the FDA has approved a new diet -- The drug that -- blocks appetite signals in the brain helping people -- full after eating small amounts.
In trials patients lost an average of 5% of their body weight -- that is expected to be available next year.
The debate on the pros and cons of electronic medical records is ongoing but one new US study.
Says -- to use them -- 84%.
Less likely to face malpractice suits than those who stick with traditional paper records.
Researchers say some of the high tech features of -- smoking finally be a thing of the past US researchers say they've developed a vaccine that successfully treat nicotine addiction in mice for their entire lifetime.
The drug blocks nicotine from reaching the brain preventing the stimulants pleasurable effect.
The vaccine will be tested in humans in the next few years for more information on these stories and all the latest health news visit Fox News -- dot com.
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