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Here comes the sun -- Tips to protect your skin from melanoma It accounts for a small percentage of skin cancer cases, but melanoma is the most serious form and responsible for the majority of skin-cancer deaths. When found in its early stages, melanoma is almost always curable. But when the cancer spreads to lymph ...
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Thousands of premature deaths could be prevented, CDC says Heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, stroke and accidental injuries are the five leading causes of death in the U.S., which prematurely kill about 900,000 people each year. In 2010, these top five killers accounted for 63 percent of all U.S. deaths, ...
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| Statins Don't Prevent Kidney Disease Progression, Study Finds THURSDAY, May 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins won't help people with kidney disease avoid dialysis, but the drugs do lower cholesterol in this group, researchers have found. "Statins had no effect ...
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Scientists turn skin cells of infertile men into sperm precursors WASHINGTON, May 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. researchers said Thursday they have successfully coaxed stem cells made from the skin cells of infertile men into producing the precursors of sperm cells. In a study published in the U.S. journal Cell Reports, the ...
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Newspaper coverage linked with youth suicide clusters Newspaper stories about suicide may have contributed to some clusters of youth suicide in the past, a new study suggests. / Photo Disc. USA Today. by Kim Painter, Special for USA TODAY. USA Today. by Kim Painter, Special for USA TODAY. Filed Under.
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Helmets Do Little to Help Moderate Infant Skull Flattening, Study Finds Luke Reissig wears a helmet that is supposed to correct for skull flatness. A new Courtney ReissigLuke Reissig wears a helmet that is supposed to correct for skull flatness. A new report says, however, that these helmets are ineffective. Pediatricians have long ...
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Campylobacter outbreak linked to obstacle adventure race An outbreak of Campylobacter coli infection among 22 people in Nevada was linked to swallowing of muddy surface water while participating in a long-distance obstacle adventure race on a cattle ranch in Beatty, Nev., according to an MMWR report. The first ...
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FDA approves 'pacemaker' for treating sleep apnea New treatment option approved for sleep apnea patients that cannot use CPAP will consist of fully implanted pacemaker-like stimulator. By John Tyburski, Daily Digest News Friday, May 02, 2014. FDA approves 'pacemaker' for treating sleep apnea.
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Don't destroy last smallpox stockpiles, scientists urge WASHINGTON: Even though smallpox has not infected anyone since 1977, important research on the virus is still ongoing and the world's remaining stockpiles should not be destroyed, scientists said Thursday. The appeal from a trio of researchers in the ...
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Merrimack shares jump as Pancreatic Cancer Treatment shows positive results The shares of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc gained hugely in premarket trading today after the company announced that its lead experimental cancer drug when used as a combination improved the overall survival rate in patients suffering from metastatic ...
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CMS should not pay for regular CT screenings for heavy smokers, panel says A Medicare panel determined that there is not enough evidence to justify annual CT scans to detect early lung cancer in heavy smokers. The CMS's nine-member Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee voted Wednesday against ...
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How SARS could prevent another outbreak Grabbing headlines during recent bird- and swine-flu outbreaks, its proximity to mainland China as well as its unenviable status as the worst-affected city during the 2003 SARS outbreak, Hong Kong has been central to several global pandemic fears in recent ...
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States step into breach on e-cigarettes It took the federal government five years simply to make a move to regulate electronic cigarettes. States, however, have been moving forward fast. Nearly three dozen states have already banned the sale of e-cigarettes to minors, and at least six others have ...
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Too much or too little sleep tied to memory problems in older women The marital vows to stay true "in sickness and in health" seem to apply more to wives than husbands when one of the spouses becomes seriously ill, according to novel new research. More >> · Professional musicians face greater risk of hearing problems.
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Teen Suicide Clusters Linked to Newspaper Reports For years, public health officials and mental health experts have warned journalists against reporting on suicides in great detail, and romanticizing the stories of people who took their own lives, out of fear that such stories could trigger vulnerable readers to ...
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Coffee linked to lower diabetes risk? Experts who analysed the new research said the team had merely evaluated potential short-term benefits and provided no evidence that long-term coffee intake lowered diabetes risk. — AFP. PEOPLE who boosted their coffee intake by “moderate to large” ...
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In sickness and in health? Wife's illness tied to divorce A new study suggests illness is more likely to lead to divorce if it's the wife who gets sick. Serious illness raises the risk of divorce for older married couples – but only if the wife gets sick, a new study suggests. Researchers from Indiana University-Purdue ...
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Gehrig's letter to doc expressing optimism he'd beat ALS up for auction The three-page letter, dated Sept. 13, 1939, is being offered for sale by Southern California's SCP Auctions. Bidding began on Wednesday and will end on May 17. BY Michael O'keeffe. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 9:27 PM. A; A; A.
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