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Scopes That Spread UCLA 'Superbug' Were Awaiting FDA Clearance The manufacturer of the scopes that spread a drug-resistant "superbug" to seven California patients had tweaked the scopes' design and was selling them without federal permission to do so, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
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Second Los Angeles hospital identifies 'superbug' infections LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles were infected with a drug-resistant "superbug" bacteria during endoscopic procedures, and 64 others may have been similarly exposed, since August, the hospital said ...
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Guinea to start final trials of Ebola vaccines this week LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - Final stage trials of an Ebola vaccine being developed by Merck and NewLink Genetics will begin in Guinea on March 7, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
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Cleaner air is linked to stronger lungs in Southern California children Cleaner air has for the first time been linked to bigger and stronger lungs among school-age children, according to findings released Wednesday from a two-decade study in Southern California.
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Recovering Heroin Addict Explains Why You Should Care That Overdose ... A high school soccer and softball player with passing grades, 17-year-old Kiyla would be the last person you'd expect to become addicted to heroin.
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Superbug outbreak extends to Cedars-Sinai hospital, linked to scope In the latest superbug outbreak, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center discovered that four patients were infected with deadly bacteria from a contaminated medical scope, and 67 other people may have been exposed.
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Liberia releases last known Ebola patient from care MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia's last Ebola patient left hospital on Thursday to cheers of delight from friends and family, a year after the West African country reported its first case.
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WHO to basically everybody: Stop eating so much sugar The World Health Organization is worried about how much sugar you're eating. And how much I'm eating. And how much people all over the planet are eating.
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Harold Varmus Stepping Down as Director of the National Cancer Institute Harold E. Varmus, a Nobel Prize winner who has led the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health for nearly five years, said he will step down from his post effective at the end of this month.
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FDA Approves Bristol-Myers Squibb's Opdivo for Lung Cancer U.S. regulators approved Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 's advanced lung cancer drug Opdivo, the latest of a string of events that has focused efforts on using the immune system to battle the disease.
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How much sugar is in that? 7 foods with added sugar NEW YORK - Health officials say people should eat less sugar. But that's easier said than done. Anyone who has tried cutting down on sugar knows to avoid cookies, sodas and candy.
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Study shows men are more narcissistic than women. Surprises no one. Depressing news from the world of psychology: nearly every stereotype about the gender gap with regards to narcissism, ambition and leadership is right.
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Head of US National Cancer Institute to step down NEW YORK (Reuters) - The director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute will step down later this month after nearly five years at the helm of the agency that supports basic research on cancer in academia, industry, and its own labs, the National Institutes of ...
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Second Los Angeles Hospital Reports 'Superbug' Infections Four patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have been infected with an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" linked to a type of medical scope that's used on more than a half-million people in the U.S.
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Federal lawmakers demand answers from FDA on superbug response As more infections come to light from tainted scopes, several members of Congress are demanding answers from the Food and Drug Administration about what it knew about the risk beforehand and for how long.
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Second Los Angeles hospital identifies 'superbug' infections LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles were infected with a drug-resistant "superbug" bacteria during endoscopic procedures that may have exposed 64 others since last August, the hospital said on ...
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FDA warning: Testosterone drugs like Abbvie's overused The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors against the overuse of testosterone-boosting drugs, such as AndroGel, saying the popular treatments have never been established as safe or effective for treating common signs of aging like low libido and ...
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UPDATE 1-US FDA approves Bristol-Myers immunotherapy for lung cancer (Adds FDA comment, background, share price). By Bill Berkrot. March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Wednesday swiftly approved a Bristol-Myers Squibb Co drug that helps the immune system fight the most common form of lung cancer, sending the ...
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Second Los Angeles hospital identifies 'superbug' infections LOS ANGELES, March 4 (Reuters) - Four patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles were infected with a drug-resistant "superbug" bacteria during endoscopic procedures, and 64 others may have been similarly exposed, since August, the ...
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Mouse study finds extra oxygen may spur tumor-fighting cells A provocative study in mice suggests something as simple as breathing in extra oxygen might give immune cells a boost in attacking cancer.
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NYC rats carrying fleas linked to bubonic plague, study finds Bubonic plague bacteria from a patient, in a photo obtained on 15 January 2003 from the US Centers For Disease Control. (CDC/AFP/File).
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US FDA approves Bristol-Myers immunotherapy for lung cancer March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Wednesday swiftly approved a Bristol-Myers Squibb Co drug that helps the immune system fight the most common form of lung cancer, sending the company's shares up more than 5 percent to a multi-year high.
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Cleaner air means healthier kids, pollution study finds A new study shows that cleaner air has measurable health benefits for kids. As air quality has improved in the notoriously smoggy Los Angeles area, so has the health of children's lungs, according to a long-running study of 2,120 children published today in ...
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How much sugar is in that? 7 foods with added sugar Foods that might have added sugar or another sweetener like high-fructose corn syrup as an ingredient are pictured Wednesday, March 4, 2015, in New York.
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Early Studies See No Heart Risk From Testosterone Therapy WEDNESDAY, March 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Testosterone therapy doesn't seem to increase a man's risk of heart attack or stroke, a pair of new studies suggests.
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Healthier lungs in California kids after pollution controls (Reuters Health) - Doctors have long predicted that less air pollution will produce healthier lungs. Now a first-of-its-kind study of 2,120 children in southern California has documented dramatically better lung function growth as air quality has improved.
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Texas hospital disputes some claims made in nurse's Ebola lawsuit DALLAS (Reuters) - A Texas hospital group on Wednesday said it disputes some claims made by nurse Nina Pham, the first person infected with Ebola in the United States who this week sued it for failing to prevent her from contracting the virus and then ...
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US heroin-overdose deaths nearly triple 2010 to '13: study ATLANTA (Reuters) - Heroin overdose deaths in the United States nearly tripled from 2010 to 2013, according to a federal study released on Wednesday.
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Coffee may not be bad for you, but it good for you? Conventional wisdom on coffee has flip-flopped. Once considered an indulgence with potentially harmful health effects, coffee is now being talked about as a magical elixir that could potentially save your life.
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Guinea to start final trials of Ebola vaccines this week LONDON/GENEVA, March 5 (Reuters) - Final stage trials of an Ebola vaccine being developed by Merck and NewLink Genetics will begin in Guinea on March 7, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
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One-Third of the World's Population Suffers From Untreated Tooth Decay Untreated tooth decay is a problem for more than 2.4 billion people worldwide, with some 190 million new cases forecasted each year, finds a new study in the Journal of Dental Research.
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Fate of Obama health law subsidies rests with 2 justices WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court argument over subsidies that help millions of people afford their health insurance suggests that the Obama administration has two chances to attract one critical vote.
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UPDATE 1-Merck-NewLink Ebola vaccine Phase III trial to start March 7 (Adds details, quote from Chan, background). GENEVA/LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - Final stage of testing of an experimental Ebola vaccine being developed by Merck and NewLink Genetics will begin in Guinea on March 7, the World Health Organization ...
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Your Gluten-Free Diet May Be a Tax Write-Off Cutting bread from your diet could potentially save you some bread on your taxes, financial experts say. While diet gurus debate the health merits for the average person of avoiding the gluten protein found in wheat, rye and barley grains, no one disputes the ...
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Westerners need to slash sugar intake by two-thirds: WHO LONDON -- New guidelines from the World Health Organization are enough to kill anyone's sugar high. The U.N. health agency says the world is eating too much sugar and people should slash their intake to just six to 12 teaspoons per day -- an amount that ...
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Study Says Men Are More Narcissistic Than Women Men on average are more self-absorbed than women are, according to a new study published in the March edition of Psychological Bulletin.
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The rate of heroin overdose deaths has nearly tripled in just three years The death rate from heroin overdoses in the United States nearly tripled between 2010 and 2013, and younger white males replaced middle-aged and older black men as the most common victims of the epidemic, the National Center for Health Statistics ...
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Bristol-Myers Wins Early Approval to Use Opdivo for Lung Cancer (Bloomberg) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. won expanded U.S. approval for its drug Opdivo to treat lung cancer, more than three months ahead of schedule and just weeks after final clinical-trial results became available.
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How a ruling against Obamacare could leave both political parties in a bind (+ ... If the Supreme Court rules against the current implementation of subsidies, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle would be hard-pressed to forge a path that would avoid leaving millions of Americans uncovered.
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'Superbug' infections hit another Los Angeles hospital FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows the tip of an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) duodenoscope, attached to a long tube, not shown.
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Children In Southern California Breathing Easier, Study Says LOS ANGELES (AP) - Smog-covered mountains, gritty sidewalks, smelly fumes from traffic-choked freeways. The Los Angeles area was a tough place to breathe several decades ago.
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You're eating way too much sugar, UN says LON125LONDON. Put down the doughnut. And while you're at it, skip the breakfast cereal, fruit juice, beer and ketchup. New guidelines from the World Health Organization say the world is eating too much sugar and people should slash their sugar intake to ...
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Liberia Releases Last Ebola Patient MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Liberia released its last Ebola patient, a 58-year old English teacher, from a treatment center in the capital on Thursday, beginning its countdown to being declared Ebola free.
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High-salt diet may boost immune response: Study High-salt diet is bad for health, say numerous studies, but a significant research now reveals that dietary salt could have a biological advantage -- defending the body against invading bacteria.
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Spider Venom May Yield New Pain Relievers Spiders, an unwelcome guest in many homes, could gain a new reputation - as a welcome source of pain relief. Spider venom contains thousands of proteins, among them some helpful molecules that may someday be made into powerful painkillers.
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Why do so many brands view dads as non-parents? As a measure of social progress, the hoards of men that cook these days have got to be a good thing. Gone is the time when the kitchen was purely a feminine domain.
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Reports: No FDA Approval For Device At Center Of UCLA Superbug Outbreak WESTWOOD (CBSLA.com) - A piece of medical equipment blamed for a so-called "superbug" outbreak at UCLA Medical Center was never approved for sale to hospitals by the Food and Drug Administration, according to reports.
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Second Los Angeles hospital 'superbug' infections linked to medical scope LOS ANGELES - Four patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have been infected with an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" linked to a type of medical scope that's used on more than a half-million people in the U.S.
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Heroin Overdose Deaths Are Skyrocketing In The U.S. [Infographic] According to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heroin overdose deaths are skyrocketing across the United States.
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Domino Effect: Doctors Perform Rare Kidney Swap Involving a Dozen People SAN FRANCISCO (TheBlaze/AP) - In a rare series of interlinked operations, six patients are getting kidney transplants from six donors at a San Francisco hospital.
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