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INDIANAPOLIS -- Pregabalin (Lyrica) just became the first medication approved by the FDA for fibromyalgia-related pain, but it may not work for everyone, so older treatments may still be useful.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Childhood obesity can be overcome by an intensive family-based program that includes supervised exercise and nutrition education, found researchers here. But dieting wasn't the answer.

CHICAGO -- This special report from Greg Laub, MedPageToday videographer, gives a sense of the proceedings at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates, with a debate regarding the sale of physician data from AMA's Physician Masterfile to pharmaceutical companies that use the data to compile physician prescribing data.

SEATTLE -- Severe diastolic dysfunction tops all other echocardiograhic measures as a post-MI prognostic marker, investigators reported here.

TORONTO -- A year after recovering from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), most people were physically well but still suffering psychological distress, researchers here said.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Emerging evidence suggests that cephalosporins without a beta-lactam side chain may be safely used in patients with known allergies to penicillin.

CHICAGO -- After a brief upward spike, the AMA's membership is shrinking again.

CHICAGO -- Type 2 diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease may get at least some moderate cardiovascular risk reduction from pioglitazone (Actos), researchers found.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA has approved pregabalin (Lyrica) for the treatment of fibromyalgia, making it the first drug to earn this indication.

SEATTLE -- A five-minute echocardiography exam as part of a pre-competition physical might spot athletes with a potentially life-threatening heart abnormality, investigators reported here.

NEW YORK -- Credit for a 19% drop in smoking here goes to a multi-pronged campaign highlighted by TV ads starring patients with tobacco-related diseases, says the city health department.

SEATTLE -- When assessing the left ventricle in children, real-time three-dimensional echocardiography offers the best combination of accuracy and efficiency, according to a small trial reported here.

LYON, France -- When multiple sclerosis (MS) strikes in childhood, it develops more slowly than adult-onset disease, but still leads to irreversible disability at a younger age, researchers here found.

WASHINGTON -- Most of the nearly 800 brands of sunscreen on the U.S. market either fall short of their claims or contain unsafe ingredients, according to an environmental watchdog group here.

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- For smoldering multiple myeloma, the risk of progression to active disease may be predicted by a pair of factors at diagnosis, according to researchers here.

SEATTLE -- When estimating left ventricular filling pressure to assess cardiac risk, physicians can choose clinical or echocardiographic criteria, depending on whether they want sensitivity or specificity.

ST. LOUIS -- Women who got most of their calcium from food had higher bone-mineral densities than patients who relied on supplements, researchers here reported.

SEATTLE -- Preclinical atherosclerosis, often missed by conventional risk assessment, can be broadly identified by vascular ultrasound, investigators said here.