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Study finds vaccine side effects extremely rare Serious complications related to vaccines are very rare, and there is no evidence that immunizations cause autism, according to an analysis of 67 research studies. The analysis comes as many vaccine-preventable diseases are making a comeback, often in ...
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Childhood Vaccines Again Deemed Generally Safe The latest analysis of childhood vaccines confirms they're generally safe. The report should be reassuring to parents, the researchers say. For example, there still is no evidence the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine causes autism. Nor is there any proof ...
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| UPDATE 1-Merck nausea drug works in children in late-stage trial (Adds details, background, share movement). June 30 (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc said its drug for treating chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, Emend, was shown to be more effective than a placebo in a late-stage trial in children. The company said ...
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Pain, opioid use surprisingly high in soldiers returning from war An Army sergeant is wounded during a firefight in Baghdad in 2005. A new study finds that 44% of the soldiers in one infantry brigade had experienced chronic pain for at least three months. An Army sergeant is wounded during a firefight in Baghdad in 2005.
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L'Oréal Settles With US Over Skin Care Claims The cosmetics maker L'Oréal USA, a subsidiary of L'Oréal SA, has agreed to settle complaints in the United States that advertisements for its skin care products Lancôme Génifique and L'Oréal Paris Youth Code were deceptive, the Federal Trade Commission ...
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Medical group recommends against routine pelvic exams for women Health care providers should stop routine -- and often dreaded -- yearly pelvic exams on women because they offer no benefits for those without symptoms. That recommendation was made Monday by the American College of Physicians, the medical group ...
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FDA OKs Implant (Ozurdex) for Some With Diabetic Macular Edema The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Allergan's Ozurdex (dexamethasone intravitreal implant) 0.7 mg for use in adult patients with diabetic macular edema who have had an artificial lens implant or are scheduled for cataract surgery. Ozurdex ...
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Down 120 pounds, she's running but no longer hiding Sarah Evans of Shreveport, Louisiana, lost 120 pounds in 19 months. By May 31, Evans had lost a total of 120 pounds. SHREVERPORT, La. — It was supposed to be her birthday getaway, but it ended up being a miserable trip. Sarah Evans took two weeks ...
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Officials Clash Over Beach Contamination Warnings Beachgoers enjoy the sun and warm Lake Michigan temperatures at Lions Park Beach in St. Joseph, Mich. (Source:AP Photo/The Herald-Palladium, Don Campbell). A federal plan to lower thresholds for warning the public about contaminated beach water is ...
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Bulking up the classic BLT without adding fat In terms of flavor and texture, it's hard to beat a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich, reportedly one of the most popular sandwiches in America. Trouble is, it's not exactly filling. I've always thought of the BLT as an air sandwich; it packs plenty of calories but ...
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Irish health spending among highest of developed world; Consultants best paid Health spending has started to rise again after stagnating or even falling in many of the 34 OECD countries (which includes all the world's developed economies) during the crisis. But the pace of growth remains well below pre-crisis rates, especially in Europe ...
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Diabetes drugs 'may not be best' The downsides of taking medication for type-2 diabetes may exceed the benefits for some patients, researchers have advised. Their study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, argued elderly people had the least to gain. The team at University ...
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| Strokefinder helmet can diagnose strokes from ambulance The time it takes to identify a stroke and transport a stroke victim to the hospital to be diagnosed can shape the rest of a person's life, researchers say. To accelerate critical diagnosis time, Swedish researchers are developing a new medical instrument, ...
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New laws take effect in Washington, Maryland and Virginia Starting Tuesday, beauty salons in Montgomery County can apply for a beer and wine license so that customers can get buzzed while having their hair blown out — but liquor stores can no longer sell traditional grain alcohol because anything over 190 proof ...
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3 things food safety experts never eat Hint: One food grows from the ground, another comes from the water, and the third is a liquid. Loading… Post to Facebook. 3 things food safety experts never eat Hint: One food grows from the ground, another comes from the water, and the third is a liquid.
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| HealthStyle: Raising an ADHD child By David Gannon. More Content Now. Your child has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. What do you do now? You knew your son or daughter was a parenting challenge at times and certainly seemed to be struggling in school, but ...
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Healthy habits can help adults reverse risk of heart disease Refrain from smoking is one of several ways to reduce the risk of heart disease. UPI/Stephen Shaver. | License Photo. CHICAGO, June 30 (UPI) --All those late nights, lazy days and emptied bags of potato chips may have put your heart health in a real tight ...
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Gov. Jerry Brown signs repeal of restaurant 'glove law' Gov. Jerry Brown scrapped a questionable law passed last year that forced food-service workers to use gloves when preparing food. Brown signed AB2130 Saturday, which repeals the law that in part required food and beverage handlers to change gloves ...
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Miss. congressman to start radiation and chemo JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi Congressman Alan Nunnelee has been moved to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, to start radiation and chemotherapy, three weeks after he underwent brain surgery in Texas. His office said Monday that the ...
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I-Team: Acton Vet Finally Gets VA Doctor's Appointment – 2 Years After He Died Suzanne Chase of Acton was talking about her husband, Doug, a Vietnam veteran who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2011. In 2012, she tried to move his medical care to the Veterans Affairs hospital in Bedford. “It was so difficult for him to take the ...
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Young teens who receive sexts are 6 times more likely to report having had sex A study from USC researchers provides new understanding of the relationship between "sexting" and sexual behavior in early adolescence, contributing to an ongoing national conversation about whether sexually explicit text messaging is a risk behavior or ...
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| Study finds videoconferencing with family, friends lowers stress for pediatric ... To ease isolation during extended hospitalizations, UC Davis Children's Hospital offers secure videoconferencing for patients and families. While anecdotal accounts have suggested the Family-Link program enhances quality of life during long hospital stays, ...
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Tegloma Donates $5000 Ebola Kits The Tegloma Federation International in America has donated $5000 worth of medical kits to help Kailahun and Kenema districts. This information was relayed by senior SLPP officials during a recent press conference held at the Sierra Leone Association of ...
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| One-third of knee replacements classified as inappropriate New research reports that more than one third of total knee replacements in the U.S. were classified as "inappropriate" using a patient classification system developed and validated in Spain. The study, published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, a journal of the ...
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| A Mennonite family's fight over Obamacare reaches Supreme Court Conestoga Wood Specialties was founded a half-century ago in a Pennsylvania garage. The Hahn family's commitment to quality is driven in large part by their Christian faith, which in turn may soon threaten the company's very existence. That financial and ...
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