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Thursday, 28 February 2019
F.D.A. says Canadian Company, CanaRx, Sells Unsafe Medicines to U.S. Buyers
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Sully Gets New Gig As Walter Reed Facility Dog
Sully, who served former President George H.W. Bush before his death in December, was 'sworn in' as a Naval petty officer and assigned to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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High-Fiber Diet May Help Your Gut Battle Melanoma
New research suggests that a diet that's full of fiber appears to lead to more diverse intestinal bacteria (microbiome). In turn, a thriving gut microbiome is linked to a stronger response to an immune therapy for the aggressive skin cancer.
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Sleeping In on Weekends May Not Repay Sleep 'Debt'
People in a recent study who did not get sufficient sleep consistently showed decreased insulin sensitivity in their liver and muscles. Over time, decreased insulin sensitivity can be a precursor
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Cholesterol Meds May Not Help Ward Off Dementia
Combinations of drugs that lower blood pressure and/or statins to control high cholesterol did cut the chances of heart problems in people in a new study, but did not appear to have an effect on thinking and memory declines.
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Study: Seniors With UTIs Need Antibiotics Fast
Delaying or withholding antibiotics in this age group can increase the risk of bloodstream infection (sepsis) and death, researchers reported Feb. 27 in the BMJ.
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Could Blood Tests Replace Surgical Lung Biospies?
The so-called liquid biopsy is as effective as testing tissue samples in diagnosing advanced non-small cell lung cancer, researcher say.
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Danger Abounds When Meds and Your Genes Don’t Mix
Almost everyone -- 99% of people -- has at least one gene variant that would cause them to respond to one or more medications differently than expected. Many people have several of these variants.
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Could Blood Tests Replace Invasive Lung Biospies?
The so-called liquid biopsy is as effective as testing tissue samples in diagnosing advanced non-small cell lung cancer, researcher say.
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Why Do Some Kids With Eczema Get Food Allergies?
A recent study of children with eczema found that those with food allergies had differences in their skin that kids without allergies did not have.
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Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Has America's Fight Against HIV Stalled?
After years of significant declines, the number of new HIV infections began to level off in 2013, the CDC says. The cause: Effective HIV prevention and treatments are not reaching those who could most benefit, according to the CDC.
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Mom Blazes Path to Cure for Son’s Rare Disease
Although the FDA has approved 400 treatments for rare diseases, progress toward finding cures for the 7,000 remains slow
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Tick Bites Even More Likely to Cause Meat Allergy?
New research suggests that every tick bite could potentially lead to meat allergy, a greater risk than had been suspected.
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Prenatal Vitamins May Lower 2nd Child Autism Risk
Mothers who used prenatal vitamins, especially in the first month of pregnancy, had a reduced risk of having a second child with autism, a new study has found.
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One-Handed NFL Star Lifts Spirits -- and a Toddler
Seattle Seahawks star Shaquem Griffin aims to inspire children like Joseph who have a limb difference.
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Women Who Work Long Hours May Face More Depression
Researchers found that compared with women who worked a standard 40-hour week, those who were on the clock 55 hours or more typically reported more depression symptoms.
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Smokers May Fare Worse Vs. Deadliest Skin Cancer
In a study of more than 700 melanoma patients in the United Kingdom, smokers were 40 percent less likely to survive melanoma than people who hadn't smoked for at least 10 years before their diagnosis.
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Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Selma Blair Discusses Multiple Sclerosis, and Many Hear Their Own Story
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‘Executing Babies’: Here Are the Facts Behind Trump’s Misleading Abortion Tweet
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Keytruda May Help Put Melanoma Into Remission
Keytruda is the drug responsible for the remission of former President Jimmy Carter's cancer in 2015. Carter, then 90, had melanoma that spread to his brain and liver. Treatment with Keytruda appears to have cured him.
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Cervical 'Microbiome' Could Help Predict Cancer
Women with the high-grade pre-cancerous cervical lesions had a more abundant and diverse mix of bacteria in their cervical microbiomes than women who had no lesions or less serious lesions, according to the study published recently in the journal mBio.
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Single Moms Often Put Kids' Health Care First
The investigators found that both actual income losses and expectations of lost income affected health care spending decisions of single mothers differently than two-parent families.
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Break Your Habit of Self-Blame With This Genius Hack
It’s way easier than you think.
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Green Space Good for Your Child's Mental Health
Though the study could only show an association, the researchers found that high levels of green space present in childhood was linked to a lower risk of a wide spectrum of mental problems in adulthood, even after adjusting for other risk factors like financial and social status, the stress of urban living, and any family history of psychiatric disorders.
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Is At-Home Stool Test a Colonoscopy Alternative?
Experts said the findings offer more support for a screening test that has long been a recommended option -- but not often performed in the United States. Instead, most Americans are screened for colon cancer by colonoscopy -- an invasive test that examines the colon. However, many other countries favor a yearly stool test.
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Smokers May Fare Worse Vs. Deadliest Skin Cancer
In a study of more than 700 melanoma patients in the United Kingdom, smokers were 40 percent less likely to survive melanoma than people who hadn't smoked for at least 10 years before their diagnosis.
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Monday, 25 February 2019
Don't Be Fooled: Thermography No Substitute for Mammograms, FDA Says
Thermography devices -- also called digital infrared imaging devices -- are approved by the FDA only for use with another screening or diagnostic test like mammography, not as a stand-alone diagnostic tool.
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Evening Exercise Won't Wreck Your Sleep
In other good news, the researchers said the exercise session also seemed to quell feelings of hunger.
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Will Your Flu Shot Weaken as Flu Season Drags On?
The risk of getting the flu rises about 16% every 28 days after vaccination, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente Northern California researchers.
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Almost 87 Tons of Boston Market Pork Ribs Recalled
The frozen, not ready-to-eat boneless pork rib patties were produced on various dates between Dec. 7, 2018 and Feb. 15, 2019.
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Insomnia May Be in Your Genes
American and British investigators analyzed data from more than 450,000 people in the United Kingdom -- 29 percent of whom reported frequent sleeplessness -- and identified 57 gene regions associated with insomnia.
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Katie Austin Demonstrates The Exact Right Way to Master 3 Basic Kettlebell Moves
Fix your form in seconds.
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Weedkiller Chemical Found in Popular Beer and Wine
All but one of 20 alcoholic beverages analyzed in a recent study by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) had detectable levels of the pesticide glyphosate.
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Saturday, 23 February 2019
Pinterest Restricts Vaccine Search Results to Curb Spread of Misinformation
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Friday, 22 February 2019
More Severe Flu Strain Starts to Spread Widely
At the start of the flu season, the main strain was influenza A H1N1, but now a more severe strain, influenza A H3N2, accounts for nearly half of all the new cases, the CDC says.
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Study: Heavy Smoking May Damage Vision
In a small new study, people who smoked more than 20 cigarettes a day showed significant changes in their red-green and blue-yellow color vision and had greater difficulty seeing contrasts and colors than nonsmokers.
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Trump Administration Blocks Funds for Planned Parenthood and Others Over Abortion Referrals
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Opioid OD Deaths Quadruple, Centered in 8 States
Researchers also found that the death rate from opioids has increased the fastest in the District of Columbia, more than tripling every year since 2013.
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UnitedHealth Loses Case to the Health Venture Begun by Amazon, Berkshire-Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase
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After Tax Was Added, Soda Sales Fell in Berkeley
The study shows that a soda tax can influence what people buy and can be effective in encouraging healthier drinking habits, researchers said.
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Trump Administration Blocks Funds for Planned Parenthood and Others Over Abortion Referrals
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Study Sees Slight Drop in Doctor Burnout
Physicians remain at increased risk for burnout relative to workers in other fields, but for the first time, researchers saw improvement burnout symptoms in physicians nationally.
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Few Teens Meet Sleep, Screen, Exercise Guidelines
When it comes to the right amount of screen time, exercise, and sleep, research published this month in JAMA Pediatrics finds only 5% of teens are meeting guidelines, and girls are less likely to do so than boys.
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Thursday, 21 February 2019
Sackler Testimony Appears to Conflict With Federal Investigation
By BARRY MEIER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2txK2SQ
Toxins in Home Furnishings Can Be Passed to Kids
Semi-volatile organic compounds (or SVOCs) are widely used in electronics, furniture and building materials, and can be detected in nearly all indoor environment. Human exposure to them is widespread.
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HPV Infections in Decline, Thanks to Vaccines
The new study finds that rates of infection with HPV 16 or 18 -- the two strains most heavily implicated in cervical cancer -- have markedly declined between 2008 and 2014.
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U.S. Leads Rich Nations in Drug Overdose Deaths
Drug deaths in the United States are more than 27 times higher than in Italy and Japan, which have the lowest rates, and are double the rates of Finland and Sweden, the countries with the next highest death rates.
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Aggressive Breast Cancer Responds to New Drug
In the clinical trial of the new drug, sacituzumab govitecan, about a third of the patients responded to treatment and the effect lasted up to eight months. The research was funded by the drug's maker.
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Nurse Builds Database of Women Murdered By Men
Since 2017, a school nurse in a Dallas suburb has been counting women murdered by men.
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FDA Proposes Major Changes to Sunscreen Rules
According to the FDA, 12 sunscreen ingredients lack sufficient data to support whether they are generally safe and effective. They are cinoxate, dioxybenzone, ensulizole, homosalate, meradimate, octinoxate, octisalate, octocrylene, padimate O, sulisobenzone, oxybenzone and avobenzone.
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Transform Your Core With This No-Equipment 10-Minute Ab Workout
You can do it right in your living room.
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Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Teenagers Say Depression and Anxiety Are Major Issues Among Their Peers
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