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ORLANDO -- In critically ill trauma patients, recombinant epoetin alfa reduces mortality by 48%, according to the most recent in a series of studies of the cytokine.

PARIS -- Women have a higher mortality rate than men after a heart attack largely because they are older and sicker when these events occur, according to investigators here.

GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 19 -- There's more evidence women can benefit from moderate exercise during early treatment for breast cancer, researchers here said.

BETHESDA, Md. -- Higher maternal fish consumption during pregnancy improves a child's neurological development, researchers here reported.

LAHTI, Finland -- Continuous hydrocortisone infusions for septic shock in the ICU may yield fewer hyperglycemia episodes and less work for nurses compared with bolus infusions, researchers here said.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A way to reduce the dangerous accumulation of tau protein tangles in the brain that is characteristic of Alzheimer's disease has been reported by researchers studying mice here.

ATLANTA -- In West Virginia, every 10th adult has had a heart attack or suffers from coronary artery disease, with or without symptoms of angina, according to a CDC survey. No state has a worse record.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA said today it has had reports of Americans needing emergency medical treatment after taking what's been identified as the antipsychotic drug haloperidol sent by shady Internet sites instead of the drugs that were ordered.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Nearly half of all patients with a benign course of multiple sclerosis in "permanent arrest" for 10 years eventually had disease progression, found researchers here.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Two brands of peanut butter manufactured in a single Georgia facility may be contaminated with Salmonella serotype Tennessee, according to the FDA.

HULL, England -- Low-dose slow-release morphine sulfate reduces severity and frequency of chronic, intractable cough by 40%, researchers found here in a small study.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands -- For patients with chronic pancreatitis, surgical drainage of the pancreatic duct was more effective than endoscopic drainage, and offered superior pain relief, according to a randomized trial.

BRISTOL, England -- Breast milk may be a fuel for high-octane social ambition, or so it seems.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- In the long run, smoking marijuana has many of the same effects as smoking cigarettes, such as coughing and wheezing, according to researchers here.

MILWAUKEE -- Despite increased Medicare coverage for colorectal cancer screening, women, nonwhites, and those with lower educational achievement and income were less likely to undergo colonoscopy, researchers reported.

NEW YORK -- The ideal timing for the use of platelet-inhibiting drugs for patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive treatment remains an open question after an international trial.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. -- Reducing the body's stores of iron through phlebotomy does not appear to improve cardiovascular outcomes in patients with peripheral arterial disease, though some questions remain, researchers here said.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Early surgery to relieve intracranial pressure after a malignant middle cerebral artery infarction cuts mortality in half without increasing the number of severely disabled survivors, researchers said here. But survivors may have a higher risk of moderate disabilities.