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| Prices Soaring for Specialty Drugs, Researchers Find Even as the cost of prescription drugs has plummeted for many Americans, a small slice of the population is being asked to shoulder more and more of the cost of expensive treatments for diseases like cancer and hepatitis C, according to a report to be ...
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Pelvic Exercises May Help His Sex Life MONDAY, April 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Pelvic exercises can benefit men with chronic premature ejaculation, according to a new study. Premature ejaculation -- defined as occurring within one minute -- affects many men at some point in their lives.
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| Merck's grass pollen allergy vaccine wins US approval (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved its grass pollen allergy vaccine, Grastek, for patients aged 5 to 65. The company, which developed the tablet-based drug with Denmark's ALK Abello, said it expects ...
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Hepatitis C patients may have 'cure' treatments available within a year New combination treatments that can cure the vast majority of hepatitis C patients could be available to Irish patients within a year. Data on the new treatments, which are being developed by more than one pharmaceutical company, was presented at the ...
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Why Your Spouse May Be 'Hangry' for a Fight It may be that domestic arguments are an unavoidable part of matrimony. For some couples, however, the answer lies not with a marriage counselor, but with a visit to the kitchen. Hunger could be the sinister culprit behind your argument, according to a new ...
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Deficiencies in national audit of services for children with Type 1 diabetes Significant deficiencies have emerged in a national audit in services for children with Type 1 diabetes. It showed many services have insufficient diabetes nurses and dieticians and poor access to psychosocial services. Just one of the 19 centres managing ...
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She found love, left sugar and lost weight (CNN) -- Cady Stanton used to find solace in the sweet taste of ice cream. Growing up, she would sneak downstairs after her family had gone to sleep and numb her anxiety by digging into a half-gallon container. She would eat until she was sick, knowing this ...
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War on salt has cut heart deaths Falling salt consumption has played an “important role” in the plummeting number of deaths from heart disease in Britain, researchers have said. Between 2003 and 2011 average salt intake in England reduced by around 15 per cent while the number of ...
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Herbal remedy may improve arthritis symptoms A traditional herbal remedy may treat rheumatoid arthritis as effectively as an FDA-approved drug treatment, according to a preliminary study published this week in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Triptergium wilfordii Hook F, also known as the ...
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New York finalizes $8 bln Medicaid accord with federal government NEW YORK, April 14 (Reuters) - New York State said it finalized an agreement with the U.S. government on Monday allowing it to reinvest $8 billion of federal money in its health insurance system for low income people while avoiding potentially painful cuts ...
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Everest trek reveals how some people get type 2 diabetes Washington: A research, which took place on Mount Everest, assessed the mechanisms by which low oxygen levels in the body - known as hypoxia - are linked to the development of insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is when cells fail to respond to insulin ...
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The autistic mind When I first became a pregnant, I worried. Like most new parents I had the concern, “What if something is wrong with my child?” For many people Down syndrome, cerebral palsy among other disabilities are at the forefront of their concern. We all want our ...
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Central Ohio mumps outbreak tops 200 cases COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A mumps outbreak in central Ohio has grown to more than 200 confirmed cases, public health officials said Monday. A total of 212 cases of the contagious viral illness, with 132 of those linked to Ohio State University, have been ...
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Gene Linked To Alzheimer's Poses A Special Threat To Women A gene associated with Alzheimer's disease appears especially dangerous to women and may be one reason that more women than men are diagnosed with the disease. The gene, known as APOE4, increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's in both sexes ...
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Lawyers start mining the Medicare data for clues to fraud April 14 (Reuters) - Within hours of the U.S. government's unprecedented release last week of a trove of Medicare billing data, a small fraternity of lawyers who specialize in representing whistleblowers in healthcare fraud cases began to mobilize.
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Prenatal SSRI Use May Be Linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder Prenatal use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) appears to be a risk factor for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and other developmental delays (DDs) in young children, but underlying maternal depression may be a confounder, according to ...
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Blood test spots recurrent breast cancers, monitors response to treatment Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center investigators report they have designed a blood test that accurately detects the presence of advanced breast cancer and also holds promise for precisely monitoring response to cancer treatment. The test, called the ...
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Diabetes progression stopped by diet and exercise People with impaired glucose tolerance can use diet and exercise to avoid progression to diabetes and almost halve their risk of cardiovascular death, a major new study from China has shown. The findings from a 23-year study in the Lancet Diabetes ...
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WHO: Need for greater awareness of hepatitis C risk On April 9, the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued its first guidance for the treatment of hepatitis C. These guidelines were released on the eve of the opening of the 2014 International Liver Congress that will be attended by nearly 10 000 delegates in ...
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Scientists grow girls' private parts in labs from their cells For centuries scientists have been working to find drugs and vaccine to eradicate deadly diseases. Their years of hard works have paid as some diseases have been contained and ways found to diagnose them at an early stage. Following success in their ...
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