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Health providers slowly embrace drug Truvada to prevent HIV When Adam Zeboski started using the HIV drug Truvada in November 2012, he was HIV-free himself, but in a relationship with a man who had been infected. He was taking one Truvada pill a day for prevention, or PrEP - the breezy term for pre-exposure ...
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| Breast Cancer Patients & Drug-Linked Heart Failure TUESDAY, June 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- More than one in 10 older breast cancer patients treated with certain chemotherapy drugs develop heart failure, but many don't get proper treatment for their heart condition, a new study suggests. "The majority of ...
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Three-parent IVF babies only two years away LONDON: A British expert scientific panel gave its backing on Tuesday to potential new 3-way fertility treatments that would for the first time allow genetically modified embryos to be implanted into women. The "three-parent" IVF techniques are designed to ...
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Feds to consider paying doctors for end-of-life planning WASHINGTON — The federal government may reimburse doctors for talking to Medicare patients and their families about “advance care planning,” including living wills and end-of-life treatment options — potentially rekindling one of the fiercest storms in the ...
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| Defibrillators Found Effective In Less Severe Heart Failure Patients ICDs are routinely implanted in heart failure patients with ejection fractions (EFs) of 35% and lower to prevent sudden cardiac death. However, the benefits in patients at the higher end of the spectrum– between 30% and 35%– have not been well ...
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Elevated Male Hormones Linked To Autism The leader of the study stated, "This is one of the earliest non-genetic biomarkers that has been identified in children who go on to develop autism." (Photo : Reuters). Freud's notion of penis envy mixed in with society's sexisms can make maleness seem like a ...
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Rise of centenarian's puts NHS under strain Just before the First World War, there were only 100 centenarians in the whole of Britain. Reaching such a ripe age was rare enough for there to only be 24 recipients of the first congratulatory telegrams sent out by King George in 1917. But now Buckingham ...
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Colon cancer screening said to help after age 75 WASHINGTON — How old is too old for a colonoscopy? A surprising number of people older than 75 haven't ever been screened for colon cancer — and researchers reported Monday that it's not too late for them to get caught up.
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Health Care Is Our Other Afghanistan The president and his worker bees believe in ObamaCare about as much as they believe in the Afghanistan war. By. Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. Email; Print; Comments. Facebook; Twitter. Google+. LinkedIn. smaller; Larger. June 3, 2014 7:14 p.m. ET.
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Nurse on Tinder is Trying to Get Men to the Doctor Ever tried to get the men in your life to go to the doctor? It's often harder than getting the dog to the vet. Here's a new approach: hire an attractive female nurse to do your bidding for you. A couple of advertising guys are convincing men to look after themselves ...
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AstraZeneca provides update on its oncology pipeline - Quick Facts AstraZeneca (AZN.L,AZN: Quote) provided an update on the rapid development of its oncology pipeline, as data from over 40 scientific abstracts related to the company and MedImmune investigational medicines were presented at the American Society of ...
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Left-handed foetus linked to maternal stress FOETUSES are more likely to show left-handed movements in the womb when their mothers are stressed, according to a new study. Researchers at Durham and Lancaster universities say their findings are an indicator that maternal stress could have a ...
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New amyloid-reducing compound could be a preventive measure against ... Scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have identified a compound, called 2-PMAP, in animal studies that reduced by more than half levels of amyloid proteins in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease. The researchers hope that someday a ...
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Heart Attack in Middle Age May Be Tougher on Women MONDAY, June 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Women who survive a heart attack before age 55 tend to face more complications over the coming months than men do, new research suggests. One year after their heart attack, women had worse physical ...
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CDC: Drug Diversion Harming Patients Across the United States According to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, “drug diversion” – or the stealing of patients' drugs by health care providers – has harmed a great number of patients in the last ten years.
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ECHO Care should help NM ill and public coffers ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A program that's been up and running for less than a year already is showing promise of reducing health care costs and improving outcomes for people with complex illnesses, including mental health issues. ECHO Care is an ...
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