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Links to Today's News

• The journal Neurology reports the drug temozolomide may help promote shrinkage of gliomas, a slow-growing malignant brain tumor.

• The FDA has approved a new birth control pill which completely eliminates a woman's monthly menstrual bleeding.

• Maryland researchers say a diet high in salt may be associated with an increased risk of developing both gastric, and intestinal ulcers.

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