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Exclusive: A four-week hep C cure? Bristol to test drugs with Gilead's Sovaldi NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the race to find a faster cure for hepatitis C, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co said it will test its experimental antiviral drug combination with Gilead Sciences Inc's blockbuster drug Sovaldi, hoping to cut treatment time to four weeks.
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Ancient parasite highlights humans' role in spread of disease LONDON (Reuters) - The discovery of a schistosomiasis parasite egg in a 6,200-year-old grave in Syria may be the earliest evidence that agricultural irrigation systems in the Middle East contributed to a vast spread of disease, scientists said on Friday.
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Births of Mass. Drug-Addicted Babies on the Rise BOSTON (AP) — The number of babies born in Massachusetts with heroin and other opioids in their system is much higher than the national average, and far higher than the number tallied by state officials, according to new federal research. More than 1,300 ...
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Consumer Group Urges Hospitals To Stop Promoting Questionable Screenings Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen on Thursday called on 20 hospital systems to stop partnering with companies that offer low-cost screenings for heart disease and stroke risk, saying the promotions are “unethical” and the exams are more likely to do ...
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75 US government scientists possibly exposed to anthrax As many as 75 scientists working in U.S. federal government laboratories in Atlanta may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria and are being offered treatment to prevent infection, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
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Delaware Senate approves ME office restructuring DOVER, Del. — The state Senate has approved a bill abolishing Delaware's office of chief medical examiner and replacing it with a new division of forensic science. The legislation, approved 18-to-2 Thursday, was prompted by a scandal involving evidence ...
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Kraft Foods recalls 260 cases of Velveeta NEW YORK — Kraft said Thursday it is recalling its Velveeta cheese product from Walmart stores in as many as 12 states, mostly in the Midwest, because the cheese product lacks the proper amount of preservatives. Insufficient levels of sorbic acid has led to ...
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| More support for texting to help smokers quit NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smokers using a text-messaging service for support while quitting were twice as likely to be smoke-free after six months, compared to those who just got reading material, according to new U.S. research. “There are a number of ...
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Sun Tanning May Act Like An Addiction In The Brain We all know someone who's a devout sun worshipper – the bronzed, leathery skin is generally the giveaway. Now, a study in the journal Cell suggests that routine sun exposure may actually trigger an addictive pathway in the brain, with endorphins the ...
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Dozens of female prison inmates in California were STERILIZED illegally as a ... California auditors found 39 cases where female state prison inmates may not have understood they were submitting to medical procedures that would leave them sterile, according to a report released Thursday. State law prohibits inmates from elective ...
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Schistosomiasis: Ancient Parasite Highlights the Role of Humans in the Parasite ... In Syria, egg of Schistosomiasis parasite discovered in a 6,200-year-old grave showed that in the Middle East, agricultural irrigation systems had contributed in the disease spread, researchers said on Friday. The causative agent of Schistosomiasis is a ...
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CIA hatched plan to make demon toy to counter Osama bin Laden's influence In 2006, the CIA with the help of a toymaker in China developed three prototypes of an Osama bin Laden action figure doll. The CIA said it nixed the project before any figures were shipped to South Asia. (Adam Goldman/The Washington Post). By Adam ...
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| New tool could help predict patient's risk for financial toxicity Cancer care has a new side effect. Along with the distress that comes with a cancer diagnosis and the discomforts of treatment, more patients now have to deal with "financial toxicity," the expense, anxiety and loss of confidence confronting those who face ...
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Yale scientists successfully use arthritis drug to regrow completely bald man's hair Yale scientists have successfully used an arthritis medication to fully regrow the head and body hair of a almost totally hairless 25-year-old man. Researchers administered the drug tofacitinib citrate to the unnamed patient, who suffered from the autoimmune ...
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| Corn masa flour may lack vital nutrients necessary to prevent birth defects There is something served up regularly in New Mexico that health officials believe lacks vital nutrients necessary to prevent birth defects. Foods made with corn masa flour like corn tortillas are not fortified with folic acid. NBC News reports that more than half of ...
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Prescription Drug Overdoses: How Reliable is the Research? Yet another study is out blaming prescription painkillers for an “epidemic” of overdose deaths in the United States and Canada. What sets this study apart from others, however, is that the authors openly acknowledge how weak the evidence is to support much ...
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'Time To First Cigarette' In The Morning Associated With Increased Lung Cancer ... Don't smoke in bed — the Nina Simone lyrics may take on more meaning now that researchers have solidified the association between "time to first cigarette" and lung cancer. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock. Nina Simone may have been onto something when ...
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Ky. Health Officials Report Unconfirmed Cases Of Mosquito-Borne Virus Kentucky health officials are investigating whether a rare mosquito-borne illness from the may have found its way to Bluegrass. Labs are awaiting results on a number of unconfirmed cases of the chikungunya virus, sometimes called “chik-v,” though they ...
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