Almost 1 in 3 in US have sleepwalked: study – Chicago Tribune
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Almost 1 in 3 in US have sleepwalked: study Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although only a handful of people in the United States sleepwalk every year, a new study suggests close to one-third may do… Continue reading |
Kids’ ER visits resulting from battery exposure have doubled in two decades – Los Angeles Times
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Kids' ER visits resulting from battery exposure have doubled in two decades Los Angeles Times By Thomas H. Maugh II Emergency room visits resulting from children swallowing batteries or sticking them into other orifices doubled between 1990 and… Continue reading |
Parents read lips to communicate with daughter battling flesh-eating bacterial … – Washington Post
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Parents read lips to communicate with daughter battling flesh-eating bacterial … Washington Post By AP, AP Washingtologists consistently post thought-provoking, timely comments on events, communities, and trends in the Washington area. This commenter is a Washington… Continue reading |
Study finds setbacks for young autistic adults – Los Angeles Times
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Study finds setbacks for young autistic adults Los Angeles Times One in 3 lack job experience or higher education, researchers say, based on data gathered before unemployment peaked from the recession. About half a million autistic children… Continue reading |
HIV prevention pill Truvada backed by US experts – BBC News
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HIV prevention pill Truvada backed by US experts BBC News A panel of US health experts has for the first time backed a drug to prevent HIV infection in healthy people. The panel recommended US regulators approve the… Continue reading |
Save The Children Ranks Condition Of Moms Around The World – CBS Local
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Save The Children Ranks Condition Of Moms Around The World CBS Local DETROIT (WWJ) – Save the Children is out with its annual report on the state of the world's mothers. The organization's President, Carolyn Miles, says the… Continue reading |
Nurses balance technological advances with old-fashioned patient care – USA TODAY
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Nurses balance technological advances with old-fashioned patient care USA TODAY By Maria Sonnenberg, Florida Today Cordella Thorney, right, a veteran of the nursing profession, works with Rebecca Madore, at Wuesthoff Hospital. While nursing schools are graduating highly skilled… Continue reading |
Child deaths: Preventable infections ‘the leading cause’ – BBC News
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Child deaths: Preventable infections 'the leading cause' BBC News Most deaths of young children around the world are from mainly preventable infectious causes, experts have said. They found two-thirds of the 7.6m children who died before their fifth… Continue reading |
Cutbacks Hurt a State’s Response to Whooping Cough – New York Times
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Cutbacks Hurt a State's Response to Whooping Cough New York Times MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Whooping cough, or pertussis, a highly infectious respiratory disease once considered doomed by science, has struck Washington State this spring with a severity… Continue reading |
FDA Advisors Endorse New HIV Prevention Drug – abc40
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FDA Advisors Endorse New HIV Prevention Drug abc40 By Jessica Michalski – email Springfield, Mass. (WGGB) — A new drug shown to prevent HIV infections has won the endorsement of a panel of US Federal Advisors. Truvada is… Continue reading |
AIDS fight enters new phase with prevention pill – NOLA.com
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AIDS fight enters new phase with prevention pill NOLA.com By AP Condoms and other safe-sex practices have accomplished only so much. Now the 30-year battle against AIDS is on the verge of a radical new phase, with the government… Continue reading |
FDA panel endorses pill to prevent HIV infection – Detroit Free Press
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FDA panel endorses pill to prevent HIV infection Detroit Free Press By Lindsey Tanner AP CHICAGO — Condoms and other safe-sex practices accomplished only so much. Now the 30-year battle against AIDS is on the verge of… Continue reading |
FDA reviews first rapid, take-home HIV test – KHOU
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FDA reviews first rapid, take-home HIV test KHOU by AP WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is considering approval of the first over-the-counter HIV test that would allow consumers to quickly test themselves for the virus at… Continue reading |
Advocates: HIV prevention pill could save lives – The Associated Press
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Advocates: HIV prevention pill could save lives The Associated Press By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer – 1 minute ago CHICAGO (AP) — A pill to prevent HIV infection is already being given to some healthy people,… Continue reading |
FDA advisers back first drug to prevent HIV – Detroit Free Press
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FDA advisers back first drug to prevent HIV Detroit Free Press Dear Amy: I'm not the best writer, but I want to tell you about my wife. Hi, Carolyn: When my husband and I were first talking… Continue reading |
Pill to prevent HIV gets an FDA endorsement – Los Angeles Times
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Pill to prevent HIV gets an FDA endorsement Los Angeles Times An advisory panel recommends approval for Truvada, a daily pill that is the first drug shown to protect from the virus that causes AIDS. Critics worry the pill… Continue reading |
FDA Panel Gives Nod to HIV Prophylaxis Pill – MedPage Today
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FDA Panel Gives Nod to HIV Prophylaxis Pill MedPage Today By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today An anti-HIV combination pill should be approved to prevent HIV infection in healthy people, an FDA advisory committee agreed overwhelmingly… Continue reading |
Rare Flesh-Eating Disease Caused by Common Bacteria – ABC News
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Rare Flesh-Eating Disease Caused by Common Bacteria ABC News The rare flesh-eating disease that claimed a Georgia woman's leg and has her fighting for her life was caused by a common bacteria that thrives in warm climates and… Continue reading |
Canada edges up State of the World’s Moms ranking – CTV.ca
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Canada edges up State of the World's Moms ranking CTV.ca Three month old Abigale Jull lies in the arms of her mother Sandra Schellenberg at a birthing centre in Toronto during her election campaign on Sept. 21, 2011. (Chris… Continue reading |
New drug for rheumatoid arthritis – msnbc.com
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New drug for rheumatoid arthritis msnbc.com An FDA advisory committee has approved a pill from Pfizer called tofacitinib. It carries risks, but the panel decides the benefits outweigh them. Currently, 30 to 40 percent of patients with rheumatoid arthritis… Continue reading |