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| Obama's 'precision medicine' plan to boost research, but faces hurdles NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's plan to put the United States at the forefront of individually tailored medical treatment should give a much-needed boost to research in the field but experts say it won't work without reforms to healthcare, ...
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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Expands Medicaid Under Obamacare Indiana Gov. Mike Pence on Tuesday became the latest Republican governor to accept an expansion of Medicaid to cover more poor residents under the Affordable Care Act.
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Indiana wins federal OK for state-run Medicaid alternative INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana has received federal approval to expand health coverage to about 350,000 uninsured residents through a state-run program Gov.
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RPT-Obama's 'precision medicine' plan to boost research, but faces hurdles (Repeats story with no changes to text). By Sharon Begley and Toni Clarke. NEW YORK Jan 28 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's plan to put the United States at the forefront of individually tailored medical treatment should give a much-needed boost to ...
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Measles Is Spreading, And Kids Might Die. Sue Parents Who Didn't Vaccinate ... I heard it over dinner at a friend's house. I talked about it on a call with a scientist. I discussed it while waiting for public health officials to issue an update on the measles outbreak.
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Arizona measles outbreak reaches 'critical point' Two more cases of measles were confirmed in Arizona on Tuesday, and public-health officials have warned that hundreds more people in the state may have been exposed this month.
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White House Proposes Doubling Spending on Antibiotics The White House is proposing to spend more than $1.2 billion to develop new antibiotics and preserve existing ones as the widespread overuse of disease-fighting drugs threatens their effectiveness in humans.
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Sugary drinks linked with earlier menstruation in girls Girls who drink a lot of soda and other sugary drinks may get their first menstrual periods earlier than girls who don't often consume these drinks, a new study suggests.
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Common allergy, depression meds may increase odds of dementia Long-term and/or high-dose use of a class of medications used for hay fever, depression and other ills has been linked in a new study to a higher risk of dementia.
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Lab tests imply formaldehyde risk in some e-cigarette vapor Using certain electronic cigarettes at high temperature settings may release more formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical, than smoking traditional cigarettes does, new lab tests suggest.
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Officials: Ebola Threat Diminishing in W. Africa TUESDAY, Jan. 27, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- West Africa's Ebola epidemic has slowed significantly, but health officials are hesitant to say the lethal virus is no longer a threat.
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University of California on-campus doctors stage rare strike LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Doctors for student health centers at 10 University of California campuses staged a rare one-day strike on Tuesday, upset that administrators have failed to give their union information the physicians said they needed to negotiate ...
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Soda Habit May Prompt Early Puberty in Girls, Study Suggests TUESDAY, Jan. 27, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Girls who consume a lot of sugary drinks may enter puberty earlier than girls who don't, Harvard researchers report.
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Joan Rivers' daughter files suit over mother's death Joan Rivers' daughter Melissa has sued the medical clinic where she says her mother underwent unauthorized medical procedures that killed her.
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Sugary Drinks Linked to Girls' Earlier Periods Girls who consume a lot of sugary drinks, like sodas, often get their periods earlier than girls who do not, according to a new study.
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Weight Gain or Loss Linked to Fracture Risk in Older Women – WebMD We will provide you with a dropdown of all your saved articles when you are registered and signed in. {shareThisContent}. {fontSizerContent}.
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HHS Push on Paying for Quality Has Its Critics savesaved; ">. author name. by Joyce Frieden News Editor, MedPage Today. WASHINGTON -- The announcement by the Obama Administration that it will start tying most of its Medicare reimbursement to quality or value rather than volume has garnered a lot ...
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Donors pledge record $7.5B for global vaccines program BERLIN - Governments and private donors, among them the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, have pledged a record $7.5 billion to replenish a global vaccination program for the poor.
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Targeted biopsy 'better at detecting high-risk prostate cancers than standard ... If results of a prostate-specific antigen test or digital rectal exam are positive, the next port of call is normally a prostate biopsy to confirm whether cancer is present.
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BART plans to ban e-cigarettes Responding to riders complaints, BART plans to join the ranks of public transit agencies snuffing out e-cigarette use on its trains and stations.
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California measles outbreak grows to 73 cases (CNN) California has reported more measles cases. The number of cases has increased to 73, with 50 of those cases linked to an outbreak at Disneyland, the California Department of Public Health reported Monday.
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Study: Sleeping aids could increase the risk of Alzheimer's A new study from the University of Washington School of Pharmacy found that over-the-counter sleeping drugs could increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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Researchers generate new hair growth using human pluripotent stem cells Though common, hair loss is a distressing disorder. It can dent a person's confidence and provoke feelings of depression. Now, researchers from Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, say they are one step closer to a new treatment for ...
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UC doctors stage one-day strike at student-health clinics About 125 doctors and dentists staged a one-day strike Tuesday at student health clinics at 10 UC campuses as part of a contract dispute between the union and the university system.
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Measles spreads in California, comes to Illinois The measles outbreak continues to spread in California, as 30 babies in Alameda County have been placed in home isolation after a possible exposure last month linked to Disneyland.
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Polycystic ovary syndrome 'doubles' women's hospital admissions Women with polycystic ovary syndrome , a hormone disorder and the leading cause of infertility in the US, are twice as likely as other women to be hospitalized, and show a greater risk of a number of diseases, with a "particular propensity to develop metabolic ...
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White House wants to nearly double funding to fight antibiotic resistance President Obama's fiscal 2016 budget request will include a proposal to nearly double federal funding dedicated to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria - a health issue that causes approximately 2 million illnesses and 23,000 deaths a year in the US.
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Sugary drinks trigger early periods Girls who frequently consume sugary drinks tend to start their menstrual periods earlier than girls who do not, new research shows.
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Bill Gates Says We Must Prepare for Future Pandemics as for 'War' Conference on vaccines and immunization American businessman Bill Gates speaks at a conference under the motto 'Reach every child' of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) in Berlin, Germany, 27 Janaury 2015.
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Obama Wants to Double Funds to Fight Antibiotic Resistance The Obama administration today proposed to fiscally double down in the war against antibiotic resistance, four months after announcing its game plan to address this global public-health crisis.
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Bay Area Rapid Transit to ban e-cigarettes SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Bay Area Rapid Transit is set to ban the use of electronic cigarettes on its trains and at stations. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday that the BART board has scheduled a Feb. 12 final vote on the ban, after giving ...
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Measles Q&A: What you need to know Your father and grandma had it. But suddenly measles back on the West Coast -- a rare outbreak that has left many of us asking questions about the highly infectious disease.
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Doctors Protest Outside UC Student Health Centers LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) - Doctors at University of California student health centers, including the one at UCLA, picketed Tuesday to protest what they call unfair labor practices.
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Industry Group to Back Results-Focused Care A coalition of some of the nation's largest health care systems and insurers vowed on Wednesday to change the way hospitals and doctors are paid - placing less emphasis on the sheer amount of care being delivered and more on improving quality and ...
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Obama's budget to ask for $1.2B to fund research to fight antibiotic-resistant ... President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 20, 2015.
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Obama seeks to double funding to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will request nearly doubling the amount of federal funding to more than 1.2 billion U.S.
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Trouble falling asleep may signal high blood pressure Trouble sleeping, especially trouble falling asleep, may be associated with high blood pressure, according to a new study from China.
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Genetics of autism more complicated than thought, study finds Siblings Sam and Max Drohan both have autism and struggle with social interactions and communicating with others. "It was really devastating to have them both being diagnosed at the same time, it was more devastating knowing our youngest son really was ...
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Study finds sugary drinks connected to earlier menstruation A new study has found a link between drinking sugary drinks and earlier menstruation in girls. Researchers looked at data from 5,583 girls between the ages of 9 and 14 who had not yet started their period.
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Probe links sugary drinks with earlier menstruation Girls who consume lots of sugary drinks start menstruating at a younger age, a study said Wednesday. The findings are important because early onset of menstruation is linked to a higher risk of breast cancer in later life, the paper said, although other experts ...
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Obama's 'precision medicine' plan to boost research, but faces hurdles NEW YORK, Jan 28 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's plan to put the United States at the forefront of individually tailored medical treatment should give a much-needed boost to research in the field but experts say it won't work without reforms to ...
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A fateful gene may make us smarter - for a while, at least Dena Dubal and Jennifer Yokoyama have been plucking at the thread of fate. The researchers at UC San Francisco are fascinated with a longevity gene named for one of the Greek Fates, Klotho.
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Major Medicare reforms announced by Obama administration Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell on Monday announced an ambitious new effort to reward quality medical care and phase out payments based solely on the volume of services provided in the Medicare program.
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Read this before you ever believe another guest on the Dr. Oz Show A federal agency that protects consumers has gone after a guest on the Dr. Oz Show for false and misleading marketing practices, leading to a $9-million settlement yesterday.
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Measles outbreak in Arizona likely linked to Disneyland, officials say Pinal County authorities say a fifth person has been confirmed as having the measles, but the adult man is recovering. Meanwhile, Maricopa County health officials confirm an adult woman is its second measles case and may have exposed people at the ...
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Bill would ban e-cigarettes in bars, public buildings SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A state senator is pushing a ban on lighting up electronic cigarettes in public places in California. SB140 by Democratic San Francisco Sen. Mark Leno would classify the devices that heat liquid nicotine into vapor as tobacco ...
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Time on Obama's Side in Death Knell for Health Fee-for-Service Killing off the old way of paying for U.S. health care, as it turns out, won't require new legislation, executive orders or a raft of regulations.
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Kaiser calling parents who refused to vaccinate against measles FILE- In this April 24, 2006, file photo, Darrie Hutchison, a registered nurse at the Wichita Clinic in Wichita, Kan., draws a dose of mumps- measles-rubella, or MMR vaccine.
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California bill would ban e-cigarettes in public places California would ban the use of electronic cigarettes in public places and ramp up enforcement against selling them to minors under a bill introduced in the legislature on Monday.
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Smoking May Increase Risks For Patients Being Treated for Prostate Cancer Smoking (Photo : Flickr/CC) Among patients with prostate cancer, those who smoke have increased risks of experiencing side effects from treatment and of developing future cancer recurrences, or even dying from prostate cancer, according to a recent study.
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