Shipments From Abroad to Help Ease Shortage of Two Cancer Drugs – New York Times
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Shipments From Abroad to Help Ease Shortage of Two Cancer Drugs New York Times WASHINGTON — Dire shortages of two critical cancer drugs — shortfalls that have threatened the lives and care of thousands of patients… Continue reading |
Heart attack symptoms ‘differ in women’ – BBC News
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Heart attack symptoms 'differ in women' BBC News By Dominic Hughes Health correspondent, BBC News Fewer women than men suffering from a heart attack appear to experience chest pain symptoms, according to a study of more than one… Continue reading |
Younger women with heart attacks face higher death risk – Boston Globe
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Younger women with heart attacks face higher death risk Boston Globe By Deborah Kotz While younger women rarely have heart attacks, those who do face a greater risk of dying while in the hospital compared with men the… Continue reading |
FDA OKs New Cancer Drug Suppliers – ABC News
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FDA OKs New Cancer Drug Suppliers ABC News Federal regulators said Tuesday that they've approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages — at least for the time being — that have patients worried about missing… Continue reading |
How much sleep do teens really need? Maybe less than you think – msnbc.com
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How much sleep do teens really need? Maybe less than you think msnbc.com By Rita Rubin If your teen's lack of sleep is keeping you up nights, a new study should help put your mind at ease. National… Continue reading |
Fructose Weight Gain Impact Same As Other Carbohydrates – Medical News Today
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Fructose Weight Gain Impact Same As Other Carbohydrates Medical News Today Fructose does not make you gain more weight than other types of carbohydrates, Canadian researchers reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine. They found that a little extra fructose… Continue reading |
Teenagers Should Sleep Seven Hours For Best Test Results – Medical News Today
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Teenagers Should Sleep Seven Hours For Best Test Results Medical News Today What's better for 16-18 year olds – seven or nine hours' sleep? Apparently, seven-hour sleepers do better academically than their 9-hour counterparts, even though guidelines recommend nine,… Continue reading |
Childhood Gender Nonconformity Linked To Higher Abuse Risk – Medical News Today
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Childhood Gender Nonconformity Linked To Higher Abuse Risk Medical News Today Children who do not conform to their gender-expected behaviors and interests are at a higher risk of being abused and facing subsequent traumas, researchers from Harvard School… Continue reading |
60 Lives, 30 Kidneys, All Linked – New York Times
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60 Lives, 30 Kidneys, All Linked New York Times RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Rick Ruzzamenti admits to being a tad impulsive. He traded his Catholicism for Buddhism in a revelatory flash. He married a Vietnamese woman he had… Continue reading |
Your Next Prescription Might Be For A Microchip – Forbes
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Your Next Prescription Might Be For A Microchip Forbes A few years from now, when your doctor prescribes a prescription for you, you might not get a bottle of pills. Instead, your drugs might be delivered under your skin,… Continue reading |
Deadly bird flu studies to stay secret for now: WHO – Reuters
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Deadly bird flu studies to stay secret for now: WHO Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland | GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a… Continue reading |
J&J Recalls Infants’ Tylenol – Wall Street Journal
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J&J Recalls Infants' Tylenol Wall Street Journal By JONATHAN D. ROCKOFF Johnson & Johnson recalled its entire US supply of infants' Tylenol—about 574000 bottles—due to a design flaw that hasn't caused harm but sets back the health-products… Continue reading |
Controversy Brews Over Scientists’ Creation of Killer Viruses – ABC News
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Controversy Brews Over Scientists' Creation of Killer Viruses ABC News Should scientists be allowed to create extremely aggressive and highly infectious influenza viruses? Dutch virologists have done it and, in the process, triggered a fierce debate over the… Continue reading |
FDA reiterates concerns with diet pill as drugmaker prepares to make second … – Washington Post
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FDA reiterates concerns with diet pill as drugmaker prepares to make second … Washington Post WASHINGTON — Federal health officials continue to voice safety concerns about an experimental diet pill from drugmaker Vivus Inc., as the company prepares to… Continue reading |
‘Despite security concerns, flu study details to be released’ – Times of India
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'Despite security concerns, flu study details to be released' Times of India The full details of recent experiments that made a deadly flu virus more contagious will be published, probably within a few months, despite recommendations by the… Continue reading |
Mutated H5N1 Virus Research To Remain Under Wraps For Now, Says WHO – Medical News Today
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Mutated H5N1 Virus Research To Remain Under Wraps For Now, Says WHO Medical News Today The temporary moratorium on research on lab-modified bird flu (H5N1) viruses is to be extended, and the publication of the studies' "entire manuscript" is… Continue reading |
Journal’s concern over bird flu research – BBC News
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Journal's concern over bird flu research BBC News By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News The editor of a leading scientific journal has said his "default position" is to publish full details of controversial research into the bird… Continue reading |
Reuters Science News Summary – Chicago Tribune
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Reuters Science News Summary Chicago Tribune Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Deadly bird flu studies to stay secret for now: WHO GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus… Continue reading |
Side Effects Of Diet Pill Still Concern Regulators – New York Times
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Side Effects Of Diet Pill Still Concern Regulators New York Times The Food and Drug Administration continues to have concerns that a weight-loss drug it is reviewing for the second time can cause birth defects and heart problems, documents… Continue reading |
Osteoporosis Drug Delivery via Wireless Microchip – Medscape
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Osteoporosis Drug Delivery via Wireless Microchip Medscape February 17, 2012 — Researchers have conducted the first-in-human clinical trial of an implantable, wirelessly controlled microchip that can be programmed to deliver medication to patients with osteoporosis. Robert Farra, from MicroCHIPS… Continue reading |