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| Women More Likely Than Men to Seek Mental Health Help, Study Finds Women with chronic physical illnesses are 10% more likely to seek support for mental health issues than men with similar illnesses, according to a new study. The study from St. Michael's Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Science also found that ... | |
| FDA clears device that lets paraplegics walk again Israeli Radi Kaiuf uses the ReWalk system, which has won FDA clearance for marketing in the United States. Israeli Radi Kaiuf uses the ReWalk system, which has won FDA clearance for marketing in the United States. (Edmund Sanders / Los Angeles Times). | |
| EU Backs Wider Use of Roche Cancer Drug ZURICH—Roche Holding AG said on Friday said an EU medical committee has recommended the use of its Avastin therapy to treat a form of ovarian cancer, potentially widening the use of Swiss pharmaceutical group's drug. The EU Committee for Medicinal ... | |
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| Numbing medications can harm teething babies, FDA warns Teething infants can come to serious harm or even death from certain "gum-numbing" medications, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. The agency said Wednesday that local anesthetics known as viscous lidocaine, or benzocaine-containing ... | |
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| Checkered progress on disabled care despite ruling In a June 19 photo, Brent Kaderli, a 30-year-old quadriplegic, sits in his room at the Baywood Crossing Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Pasadena, Texas. Associated Press. In a June 19 photo, Brent Kaderli, a 30-year-old quadriplegic, sits in his room ... | |
| Chronic Migraines has an Effect on the Whole Family When one member of a family suffers from chronic migraines, his/ her whole family suffers too says a new study. Severe headaches as a result of chronic migraines have an impact on family relationships and sexual intimacy in couples. The results from the ... | |
| Nepal's Prime Minister Suffering From Lung Cancer Nepal's prime minister is suffering from lung cancer and scheduled to begin radiotherapy at a New York hospital, officials said Friday. Information Minister Minendra Rijal said that doctors at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York believe that ... | |
| Could a New Blood Test Predict Breast Cancer Risk? Researchers believe they may have a new way to test a woman's risk for breast cancer, even if she doesn't have an inherited genetic mutation. The test looks not for mutations, but for changes to how DNA functions — in this case, the BRCA1 breast cancer ... | |
| Flu spray better than shots for young kids FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2005 file photo, Danielle Holland reacts as she is given a new FluMist influenza vaccination in St. Leonard, Md. A Federal advisory panel agreed on Wednesday, June 25, 2014, to tell doctors that FluMist nasal spray is a bit better at ... | |
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| The Disturbing Anthrax Accident It is distressing that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is supposedly expert at handling extremely dangerous pathogens, was so sloppy this month that it potentially exposed more than 80 people at its laboratories in Atlanta to deadly ... | |
| 200, 000 people die yearly from illicit drugs, says UNODC A startling revelation by the United Nations (UN) Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) has shown that no fewer than 200,000 persons die every year due to illicit drugs. In a statement by the Executive Director, UNODC, Yur Fedotov, the world body noted that ... | |
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