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AstraZeneca taps Roche, Qiagen for new blood-based cancer drug tests LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has signed up Roche and Qiagen to develop two separate diagnostic tests, both using simple blood samples, to identify patients who will benefit from its lung cancer drugs. Currently testing patients to see if their tumors ...
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Study: Fist bumps are less germy than handshakes A nice firm handshake has long been a mark of good manners and elevated social skills. It is also a very germy way to greet your fellow humans, much worse than a couple of more casual alternatives, a new study shows. "A short, sweet fist bump will transmit ...
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Trial in salmonella outbreak to start in Georgia FILE - In this Thursday, March 12, 2009 file photo, Peanut Corporation of America's president Stewart Parnell, arrives at United States Federal Court in Lynchburg, Va. Jury selection is to start Monday, July 28, 2014, in federal court in Albany, Ga., for Parnell ...
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| Virus drugmaker fights pediatricians' new advice CHICAGO (AP) — A costly drug given mostly to premature babies is at the center of a clash between the manufacturer and the nation's leading pediatrician's group, which recommends scaling back use of the medicine. The dispute involves new guidelines ...
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Classes aim to hook US blacks on African foods Birmingham, Ala. • Rickey Dorsey knows he doesn't have the best diet, and his plump belly proves it. "I'm definitely used to a lot of fried food and sweets," the Birmingham man said. "And sweet tea." Tweet. Photos. A student looks on as instructor Mandy Willig ...
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| UMass Amherst awarded $700k to study tribal health AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a $700,000 grant for a research project to identity and reduce health risks in tribal communities. The project will focus on health risks associated with climate change, indoor ...
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| Novartis says Alcon glaucoma treatment approved in EU ZURICH, July 28 (Reuters) - Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis said the European Commission has approved its eyecare unit Alcon's Simbrinza treatment for glaucoma, a chronic, sight-threatening eye disease. Alcon said in a statement on Monday the ...
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Hepatitis C virus genotype 1 is most prevalent worldwide In one of the largest prevalence studies to date, researchers from the U.K. provide national, regional, and global genotype prevalence estimates for the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Findings published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the ...
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'Need to create awareness about Hepatitis B and C' GUWAHATI: Although a lot of awareness has been created on HIV and cancer in the northeast, there is hardly any awareness about the highly infectious Hepatitis B and C diseases, in spite of the presence of a large number of intravenous drug users (IDU) ...
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New genetic risk factors for Parkinson's discovered In what could lead to new treatment for Parkinson's disease, scientists have identified 24 genetic risk factors involved in the disease, including six that had not been previously identified. The more variants a person has, the greater the risk, up to three times ...
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Effectiveness of whooping cough vaccine is studied MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Scientists and public health officials are studying a Vermont whooping cough epidemic to determine if the current vaccine is less effective against a new strain sweeping the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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The shocking 9/11 cancer cluster THE heroes who ran towards the burning rubble of the World Trade Centre to rescue others on September 11 have been dealt a cruel blow. They managed to survive the horror of the shocking 2001 terrorist attack in New York City, but now it's been revealed ...
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Epilepsy Patients Can Recieve Medical Marijuana Epilepsy and other seizure disorders are now on the list of maladies that qualify patients for medical marijuana. This new law, effective in January, applies to adults, who would be allowed to smoke medical marijuana, and to children, if they have permission ...
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Unhealthy habits more than double risk of metabolic syndrome in childhood ... St. Jude Children's Research Hospital study finds that few adult survivors of childhood cancer follow a heart-healthy lifestyle that protects against heart disease, diabetes and other health problems. PR Newswire. MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 28, 2014. MEMPHIS ...
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College Students Build Bionic Arm For 6-Year-Old, Free Of Charge CLERMONT, FL- An engineering student at University of Central Florida is making a six-year-old's dream of being a normal kid, come true, by creating a new- bionic arm. The trick? All of the parts were made by a 3D printer. UCF engineering student Albert ...
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Branford medical marijuana dispensary to begin sales in September Marijuana plants grow under special lights inside the grow facility at Medicine Man marijuana dispensary in Denver, Friday Dec. 27, 2013. (Brennan Linsley — The Associated Press). By Ed Stannard, New Haven Register. Posted: 07/26/14, 7:05 PM EDT ...
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Your go-to-pill for lower back pain may not be as effective as you think Acetaminophen may not be the best way to treat back pain, according to a new study. Australian researchers had 1,600 adults take either acetaminophen or a placebo pill for about a month for their lower back pain. They found the drug wasn't any more ...
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Senator Cardin announces over $17 million in health insurance refunds U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced that 206,102 consumers in Maryland will benefit from $17,265,604 in refunds from insurance companies this summer, averaging $140 per family, ...
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