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| FDA OKs new generation Boston Scientific heart pacing devices (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have approved four Boston Scientific Corp implantable devices for heart patients, including a next generation of smaller defibrillators to treat abnormal heart rhythms, the company said on Tuesday. The Food and Drug ...
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For vegetative patients, a brain scan may detect hope of recovery In the netherworld that lies between death and full consciousness, some grievously injured or ill patients will remain suspended indefinitely. But others, given time, will eke their way out of the twilight and toward recovery. Accurately predicting which group an ...
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Overweight mothers have higher risk of stillbirth, infant death: study WASHINGTON, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Women with a higher body mass index (BMI) before or in early pregnancy may have a risk of fetal death, stillbirth and infant death, British researchers said Tuesday. The risk is highest for women who are severely obese, the ...
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FDA Approves GSK's Once-weekly Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Tanzeum GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK: Quote,GSK.L) said Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Tanzeum subcutaneous injection as a once-weekly treatment for type 2 diabetes. Tanzeum has been approved as an adjunct to diet and ...
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Casual marijuana use linked with brain abnormalities, study finds For the first time, researchers at Northwestern University have analyzed the relationship between casual use of marijuana and brain changes – and found that young adults who used cannabis just once or twice a week showed significant abnormalities in two ...
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Drowning Deaths Down Overall, But Still a Problem TUESDAY, April, 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Just in time for summer swimming and boating season comes a grim government report: Drowning deaths are still a problem in the United States, even though overall deaths from drowning are down.
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HPV test should replace Pap test as first screen for cervical cancer, experts say HPV testing should replace the Pap smear as the first screening procedure for cervical cancer for women over 30, recommends Cancer Care Ontario, which is working with the province to change the long-standing practice. In what has proved controversial in ...
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Aldermen searching everywhere for alternatives to property tax hike From left,Chicago Ald. William Burns (4th) and Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd) confer during the City Council meeting on Monday, March 5, 2014. | Chandler West/For Sun-Times Media. storyidforme: 65031230 tmspicid: 23268478 fileheaderid: 10958692 ...
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How Eldercare Handicaps Women On Health Care Decisions Day, leading healthcare advocate Jennifer Brokaw, daughter of Tom, points to the burden of medical-decision making, for which wives and daughters bear the brunt. As a 48-year-old physician, wife, and daughter of aging parents, ...
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Increases in women's BMI linked to fetal, infant deaths, study says As a woman's body mass index rises before she is pregnant or early in pregnancy, there is an increased risk of fetal death, stillbirth or infant death, and severely obese women have the highest risk, researchers said Tuesday. But even “modest” increases in ...
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Once-conjoined twins to leave Texas hospital DALLAS — The conditions of conjoined twins separated last summer have steadily improved, and officials say they'll be released this week from a Dallas hospital. Officials at Medical City Children's Hospital announced Monday that Owen and Emmett Ezell ...
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Food texture affects calorie perception and portion control TAMPA, Fla. -- Previous research has revealed color, taste and smell all affect the way humans eat and enjoy food. But what role does texture play in our consumption habits? According to a new study led by Dipayan Biswas, a marketing professor at the ...
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| How Being a Doctor Became the Most Miserable Profession | The Daily Beast By the end of this year, it's estimated that 300 physicians will commit suicide. While depression amongst physicians is not new—a few years back, it was named the second-most suicidal occupation—the level of sheer unhappiness amongst physicians is on ...
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Nearly 10% of US Adults Now Have Diabetes: Study MONDAY, April 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The percentage of Americans with diabetes has doubled since 1988, with nearly one in 10 adults now diagnosed with the blood-sugar disease, researchers report. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the rate of ...
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FAA Asks Industry to Review Sleep Apnea Guidance, Rulemaking Appears ... In response to concerns from the aviation medical community, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) earlier this month sent draft guidance for Aviation Medical Examiners (AMEs) on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to industry medical representatives to ...
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West Michigan Girl to Get New Ear After Animal Attack Charlotte new ear SPRING LAKE, Mich. (April 14, 2014)–A girl who was mauled by a raccoon when she was a baby should soon have a new ear. It's a surgery that's only been done two times before. On Tuesday, doctors on the east side of the state will ...
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