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Role of Illness in Germanwings Crash Raises Worry About Stigma An intense focus on the role of the co-pilot's mental illness in the Germanwings jetliner crash has raised concerns that it risks unfairly stigmatizing millions of people with mental disorders and making it less likely they will seek treatment.
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Being Poor Affects Kids' Brains, Study Finds Children raised in poor households have clear differences in the physical structures of their brains compared to wealthier children, a new study finds.
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Why You Should Care About GNC's New Supplement Guidelines After being one of four companies to be accused of selling phony dietary supplements, GNC announced today that it will institute better testing guidelines.
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US cancer incidence, mortality largely stable or decreasing (Reuters Health) - - The rate of people being diagnosed or killed by cancer in the U.S. is stable or decreasing for men and women, according to a new report.
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Medieval garlic and bile potion kills MRSA superbug Could a 1,000-year-old concoction be the answer to stopping superbugs? Christina Lee, an Anglo-Saxon expert at the University of Nottingham, found the recipe for a remedy for eye infections in a 10th Century medical volume called Bald's Leechbook, one of ...
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Doctor recalls his near-death experience with Ebola NASHVILLE -- Dr. Ian Crozier, the Vanderbilt University-trained infectious disease specialist who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, was living in Uganda last summer, training doctors at a medical college, when he answered the call from the World Health ...
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GNC reaches deal over Herbal Plus products in New York GNC Holdings said Monday that it has reached a deal with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman over its Herbal Plus products.
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Novartis digs deeper into cancer with up to $750 million Aduro deal (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis (NOVN.VX) is digging deeper into cancer immunotherapy, one of the hottest areas of drug research, through a tie-up with Aduro Biotech (ADRO.
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Pharmacy Groups Balk at Supplying Lethal Injection Drugs Death-penalty states scrambling to find drugs for lethal injections are facing a new hurdle: two groups that represent compounding pharmacists have told their members to stop making the killer cocktails.
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Sierra Leone Ebola lockdown exposes hundreds of suspected cases FREETOWN (Reuters) - A three-day lockdown in Sierra Leone has exposed hundreds of potential new cases of Ebola, aiding efforts to bring to an end an epidemic that has already killed 3,000 people in the country.
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Pesticides on fruits, veggies linked with poorer semen quality (Reuters) - Men who eat more fruits and vegetables with pesticide residue have lower sperm counts and a lower percentage of normal sperm, according to a new study.
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GNC resumes selling herbal brand under deal with NY attorney general Nutritional supplement retailer GNC Holdings Inc. can resume selling some of its most popular products, including echinacea, ginseng and St. John's Wort, under an agreement announced Monday with New York's attorney general.
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Pesticides in fruits and vegetables linked to poor sperm quality There's plenty of research that shows a healthy diet could be good for fertility. But eating lots of fruits and vegetables can also expose a person to pesticide chemicals.
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Here's What '60 Minutes' Didn't Tell You About The 'Miracle' Glioblastoma ... Last night, CBS CBS' hit newsmagazine 60 Minutes devoted not one but two segments to an early-stage trial at Duke University of a cancer therapy that some patients are calling a "miracle.
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China aims to double doctor numbers as cure for healthcare woes SHANGHAI, March 31 (Reuters) - China will almost double the number of its general doctors by 2020, trim its public sector and improve technology as it seeks to fix a healthcare system plagued by snarling queues and poor rural services, its main ...
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Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away? An apple a day doesn't necessarily keep the doctor away -- but it may help cut your pharmacy bill. That's according to new research that turned an analytical eye on the old wives' tale and found daily apple eaters had just as many doctor visits as those who ...
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One in five teens have tried e-cigarettes, a British study finds LONDON (Reuters) - One in five teenagers have experimented with e-cigarettes, a large study of British school students showed on Tuesday, fuelling debate about the widespread availability of the electronic devices.
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Modern superbug may respond to medieval cure Could the cure to a deadly modern superbug lie in the past? Scientists at the University of Nottingham recreated a 1000-year-old Anglo-Saxon treatment for eye infections and tested the treatment on the modern-day superbug Methicillin-resistant ...
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Link found between children with paralysis and 'more polio-like' strain of ... Genetic sequencing of a virus found in respiratory secretions of children in California and Colorado who suffered from paralysis or muscle weakness last fall reveals that they were infected with a mutated strain of enterovirus D68 that is closer to polio than ...
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Pesticides On Fruits & Vegetables Linked To Poorer Semen Quality By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) - Men who eat more fruits and vegetables with pesticide residue have lower sperm counts and a lower percentage of normal sperm, according to a new study.
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Study Reveals Shocking Effect Of Poverty On Children's Brain Development A major new study shows a positive association between family income and greater brain development in children. | Orhanam via Getty Images.
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What 60 Minutes Got Right And Wrong On Duke's Polio Virus Trial Against ... An engineered version of the poliovirus has been in development for more than 20 years as a treatment for one of the most difficult-to-treat cancers, a brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme, abbreviated GBM.
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China aims to double doctor numbers as cure for healthcare woes China will almost double the number of its general doctors by 2020, trim its public sector and improve technology as it seeks to fix a healthcare system plagued by snarling queues and poor rural services, its main administrative authority has said.
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An apple a day might keep the pharmacist away: study People who eat an apple every day are less likely to take prescription meds, a new study found. An apple a day might not keep the doctor away, but it might help keep the pharmacist at bay, a new study suggests.
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Thousand-year-old Anglo-Saxon potion kills MRSA superbug London (CNN) It might sound like a really old wives' tale, but a thousand-year-old Anglo-Saxon potion for eye infections may hold the key to wiping out the modern-day superbug MRSA, according to new research.
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Obese kids? Many parents just don't see it Chubby cheeks and roly-poly tummies are adorable on babies, but not so healthy once kids get older. Unfortunately, many parents of overweight kids don't seem to recognize that their children are carrying more weight than they should as they grow.
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GNC Reaches Deal With NY AG Over Herbal Plus Products GNC Holdings Inc. said Monday that it has reached a deal with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman over its Herbal Plus products.
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'Exploding head syndrome' is a 'troubling' sleep malady Just as you're drifting off to sleep, you hear it - a huge explosion, the noise of a piano dropping from a great height, or even the sound of a giant guitar string snapping.
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Study: Fruit and vegetable pesticides may cut sperm count by nearly half Numerous studies have suggested dangerous effects from pesticides, but now researchers have discovered the first link between pesticides and a lower quality of semen.
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Higher income linked to smarter kids Brain structures linked to mental abilities are larger in children of higher-income parents than those of lower income, a new study finds.
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New data helps doctors zero in on breast cancer risks, treatments At Ricki Fairley's annual check-up in 2012, doctors found a tiny lump. She was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, a less common and more aggressive form of the disease that has very few treatment options.
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Ebola outbreak: No work, no football Sierra Leone has recorded more deaths than any other country in the current Ebola outbreak. Although the crisis is easing, schools remain closed, weddings are discouraged and football matches are not allowed.
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US Ebola Patient's Condition Improves March 30, 2015 -- The condition of an American health worker being treated for Ebola at a National Institutes of Health facility has improved from serious to fair, officials said Monday.
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Quintiles, Quest strike deal to create medical research venture focused on ... The medical research companies Quest Diagnostics and Quintiles will form a joint venture to conduct clinical trial laboratory work for drug developers.
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Paralysis cluster cases linked to polio-like virus A team of researchers led by UCSF scientists has found strong evidence that recent, alarming clusters of sudden-onset paralysis cases - most of them in California and Colorado - were caused by the same virus that was also responsible for hundreds of ...
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Paralysis cluster cases linked to polio-like virus AURORA, CO - SEPTEMBER 29: Medical experts address the media during a press conference at the Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora, CO regarding the update on the respiratory enterovirus D68 and the potential link to muscle weakness.
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US Ebola Patient Improves An American health worker being treated for Ebola has improved, the National Institutes of Health said Monday. "The status of the patient with Ebola virus disease being treated at the NIH Clinical Center has improved from serious to fair condition," NIH said in ...
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Could an Apple a Day Help Keep the Pharmacist Away? MONDAY, March 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Munching each day on a McIntosh, Granny Smith or other apple might not keep the doctor at bay, but a new study finds apple eaters are less likely to need a prescription medicine.
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Suicide, Violence and Mental Illness ... - About the horrific, episodic violent events that rock our minds and disrupt the peace of our families and communities, which include Adam Lanza (Newtown, Connecticut); James Holmes (Aurora, Colorado); Jared Loughner (Tucson, Arizona); Elliot Rodger ...
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US pharmacists group asks members not to provide execution drugs March 30 (Reuters) - The largest association of U.S. pharmacists approved a measure on Monday at its annual meeting in California calling on members to avoid participating in executions, saying it violates a core value of the profession, an official said.
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Downtown LA seafood company ordered to halt operations A federal court has ordered a Los Angeles-based seafood company to cease operations after food inspectors found listeria bacteria in its processing facilities, the U.S.
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US top court says private medical providers can't sue states over Medicaid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that private medical providers cannot sue a state in order to raise Medicaid reimbursement rates to deal with rising medical costs.
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GNC, NY AG Deal: Herbal Supplements Were In Compliance, But New Testing ... GNC and the New York Attorney General's office, at odds over an investigation into the company's herbal supplements, have come to an agreement: the products made by the industry giant were produced in compliance with FDA guidelines, but the company ...
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E-Cigs Tied to Drinking, Other Risky Teen Behaviors TUESDAY, March 31, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Electronic cigarettes are used by both smoking and nonsmoking teens, and are associated with drinking and other risky behaviors, a new study finds.
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Breast Cancer Is Not One Disease, Experts Say MONDAY, March 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer isn't the same for every woman, even at the cellular level, according to a new statement from four major medical groups focused on the disease.
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Boys, girls are equal in number at conception: study Boys and girls are equal in number at conception, but more female fetuses die during pregnancy, leading to a slightly higher number of males being born, researchers said Monday.
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BioCryst Awarded BCX4430 Advanced Development Contract BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. BCRX, +3.25% today announced that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) within the U.S.
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Apple-a-day keeps pharmacist (but not doctor) away Eating an apple each day does not prevent visits to the doctor but it does dramatically cut the need for prescription medication, a study has found.
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Boys and Girls Balance Out at Conception, Study Says Every year, slightly more boy babies than girl babies are born worldwide. But back when sperm meets egg, the two sexes are conceived in equal numbers, a newly published study suggests.
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Study: Apples do not, in fact, have magic powers An apple a day may be a better marker of your social status than whether you'll see a doctor this year, according to a first-of-its-kind study.
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