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Surgeon general: Stop tanning and save your skin Those of you tanning or burning your skin this summer should stop — seek the shade, wear a hat and some sunscreen and, whatever you do, stay out of indoor tanning salons. It's a familiar skin-cancer prevention message, but it's coming from a new source: ...
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If you can run for 5 minutes a day, you may add years to your life As little as five minutes of running or jogging each day helped people in a new study to reduce their risk of premature death by 30%. As little as five minutes of running or jogging each day helped people in a new study to reduce their risk of premature death by ...
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| Early Hormone Therapy Safe for Women's Hearts? MONDAY, July 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Healthy women at low risk of cardiovascular disease may be able to take hormone replacement therapy soon after menopause for a short time without harming their hearts, according to a new study. Previous ...
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Michael Douglas Reveals He Lost 40 Pounds During His Cancer Treatment In 2010, Michael Douglas was devastated to learn that he had stage four cancer. Speaking to a group of doctors at the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies 5th World Congress in New York City on Sunday, he spoke about his ...
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| UPDATE 1-Targacept discontinues bladder drug, shares plunge (Adds background). July 28 (Reuters) - Targacept Inc said it was stopping development of a drug to treat overactive bladder after it failed to show significant reduction in incontinence in a mid-stage study. The company's shares fell 32 percent in extended ...
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FDA Expands Use of Imbruvica for Form of Leukemia MONDAY, July 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Approved use for Imbruvica (ibrutinib) has been expanded to include people with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who have a deletion in chromosome 17, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday ...
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Slow Walking Speed Can Predict Dementia A study involving nearly 27,000 older adults on five continents found that nearly 1 in 10 met criteria for pre-dementia based on a simple test that measures how fast people walk and whether they have cognitive complaints. People who tested positive for ...
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GOP Congressman pushes for federal legalization of marijuana oil The movement to legalize marijuana oil for the treatment of seizures just got a big push. Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) has introduced a bill to nationally legalize CBD oil, or marijuana extract, to treat seizures in children. “Earlier this year I was approached by three ...
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Florida VA sites altered wait times to falsify treatment compliance The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters is in Washington, D.C. (Photo: H. Darr Beiser/USA Today ). CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. WASHINGTON – Schedulers at the Department of Veterans Affairs' clinic at Eglin Air ...
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$1000 pill now hepatitis C treatment of choice WASHINGTON (AP) — A $1,000-per-pill drug that insurers are reluctant to pay for has quickly become the treatment of choice for a liver-wasting viral disease that affects more than 3 million Americans. According to new research, prescriptions for Sovaldi have ...
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| AcelRx falls on FDA rejection Shares plummeted 41% to 6.39 after the FDA late last week rejected AcelRx's (NASDAQ:ACRX)drug-dispensing device, Zalviso. The device was created so hospital patients could self-dispense doses of the oral painkiller sufentanil. It's made with components ...
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European Commission Approves Roche Leukemia Treatment ZURICH—Roche AG said Tuesday that the European Commission has approved its Gazyvaro treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the most common form of the disease. Basel-based Roche said it would begin selling Gazyvaro, which is marketed as ...
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Children of Holocaust survivors 'learn' fear from mothers: researcher Mothers use the smell of fear to teach babies about threats, researchers have said, which may explain why children of Holocaust survivors suffer nightmares and flashbacks of events they never experienced. Experiments have shown that mothers may give off ...
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Inflammatory Muscle Disorder May Raise Risk for Heart Attack, Stroke MONDAY, July 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A common inflammatory muscle disorder that causes pain and stiffness in older people may increase the risk for heart attack and stroke, new research suggests. A British study found that patients with polymyalgia ...
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| This Sleep Apnea Treatment May Trigger Weight Gain MONDAY, July 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Tonsillectomies are commonly done to relieve sleep apnea in children, but a new study confirms that the treatment can speed kids' weight gain -- especially if they're already overweight. The researchers said ...
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Taking Charge: Health plan status will change at age 65 Q: I am not yet 65, but I am receiving Social Security benefits. I qualify for Medical Assistance, or Medicaid, and I am enrolled in the Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island through HealthSource RI, under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act. What ...
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West Nile shows up in mosquitoes in Idaho BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus have been found in the last week in northern and southern Idaho. Authorities in Ada and Boundary counties both found mosquitoes that tested positive for the virus. In 2006, Idaho led the nation in ...
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Groups Press New York State to Ban Poisons That Kill Wildlife For years, wildlife and conservation groups have raised alarms that a class of poisons used to kill rats in New York has been indiscriminately killing wildlife in places like Central Park. Now, relying on fresh evidence from post-mortem examinations conducted ...
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Norwegian Cruise Line REFUSED to re-book a $4000 vacation for a family ... A popular American cruise line is under scrutiny after refusing to let a Long Island, New York family re-book a $4,000 summer vacation after their son was diagnosed with cancer. Tara and Philip Colucci are outraged with Norwegian Cruise lines after they ...
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Blood tests offer hope of cancer detection Scientists have hailed a “remarkable” breakthrough in cancer diagnosis which is being trialled in Yorkshire. Clinical trials under way at Bradford Royal Infirmary will help examine the effectiveness of using a blood test to identify if patients with suspected ...
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The medical marijuana debate continues On July 17, a 9-year-old girl who suffered from Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy, passed away in New York. Anne Conte experienced hundreds of seizures weekly as a result of her medical condition. Her recent death has forced many people to ...
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Next big health issue? Drug-resistant bacteria Experts warn all the time about the dangers of taking unnecessary antibiotics. But now, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is concerned it could become the next pandemic - and that's something to which we need to pay attention.
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Brown fat cells help regulate blood sugar, prevent diabetes: study Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have produced the first evidence that, in addition to a faster metabolism, people with high brown fat levels have better blood sugar control and higher insulin sensitivity. Picture: Shutterstock.
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