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WHO chief identifies "warning signs" of severe flu (Reuters) Reuters - H1N1 influenza is causing mild symptoms that go away without medication in most patients, but care-givers should be alert for warning signs of severe cases, the head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday. Clinical Trials Update: July 1, 2009 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch: FDA Tells Patients to Stick With Diabetes Drug Linked to Cancer (Health... HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Despite recent studies suggesting that the injected diabetes drug Lantus (insulin glargine) might boost cancer risk, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday urged patients who are on the medication to continue using it. 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Clinical Trials Update: June 30, 2009 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com: U.S. panel urge stronger limits for some pain drugs (Reuters) Reuters - A U.S. advisory panel on Tuesday called for greater restrictions on the widely-used pain reliever acetaminophen, even recommending banning some medications that contain it, in a bid to prevent potentially fatal overdoses. FDA Advisers Urge Smaller Doses of Acetaminophen (HealthDay) HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health advisers recommended Tuesday to lower the maximum dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen -- the key ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and many other pain-killing medications. 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