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Senate Approves a Bill on Changes to Medicare WASHINGTON - The Senate on Tuesday approved sweeping changes in the way Medicare pays doctors, clearing the bill for President Obama and resolving an issue that has bedeviled Congress and the Medicare program for more than a decade.
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Senate approves bill changing how Medicare pays doctors WASHINGTON - Legislation permanently overhauling how Medicare pays physicians won approval Tuesday from an atypically united Congress as lawmakers banded together to erase an irritant that has dogged them for years.
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Diabetes During Pregnancy Could Be Linked to Autism, Study Finds (CHICAGO) - Diabetes that develops early in pregnancy may increase women's chances of having a child with autism, according to a new study.
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Mid-pregnancy maternal diabetes tied to child's autism risk (Reuters Health) - When mothers develop diabetes during the first 26 weeks of pregnancy, the child they're carrying may be at increased risk of autism, according to a new study.
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Ebola 1 year later, lessons learned 1 of 32. This picture from August shows a nurse disinfecting a doctor's protective gear. Ebola 1 year later: Where they are now?
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Scientists are working on a breath test to diagnose stomach cancer A new technology that analyzes exhaled breath could one day diagnose stomach cancer in a matter of minutes. The test interprets patients' "breath prints" - unique patterns of molecules that we breathe in and out everyday and reflect conditions in the body.
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Divorcees 'have more heart attacks' Divorcees are more likely to have a heart attack than their peers who stay married, US research suggests. An analysis of 15,827 people showed women were worst affected, and barely reduced the risk if they remarried.
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How to protect your aging brain Humans are now living longer than ever, and for this reason most of us want to know how to stay mentally sharp as we age. Certain genetic factors influence whether mental function diminishes as a person grows old.
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IBM and Apple want to share how you are with others IBM has launched a health unit to make sense of the wealth of data created by the boom in fitness trackers and apps. Watson Health aims to create "a secure, cloud-based data sharing hub" that can feed analytic technologies, it said.
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Dementia 'halted in mice brains' Tweaking the brain's immune system with a drug has prevented mice developing dementia, a study shows. The team at Duke University, in the US, showed immune cells which start attacking nutrients in the brain may be a trigger for the disease.
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Ebola Vaccine Trial Begins in Sierra Leone: CDC TUESDAY, April 14, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine has been launched in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, the U.S.
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An Apple Watch A Day And IBM To Keep Doctor Away? IBM AAPL JNJ HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. - With its new Watson Health business unit, IBM (NYSE:IBM) is looking to leverage wearable and mobile app health data.
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Your Brain's Aging and a New Report Urges Ways to Stay Sharp Those lost car keys that were an annoyance in your 30s can spark major anxiety in your 60s. Turns out it's pretty normal: The brain ages just like the rest of your body, says a new report that urges Americans to take steps to keep sharp in their senior years.
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IBM to Create Enterprise Wellness Apps Health Cloud and Watson cognitive computing capabilities from IBM will now support health data entered by customers in iOS apps using Apple's ResearchKit and HealthKit frameworks.
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Divorced women at greater risk of suffering heart attack It has long been thought that divorce has a catastrophic effect on the health of men, raising the risk of early death, suicide and depression.
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Report: US prescription drug spending saw big jump in 2014 TRENTON, N.J. • U.S. spending on prescription drugs soared last year, driven up primarily by costly breakthrough medicines, manufacturer price hikes and a surge from millions of people newly insured due to the Affordable Care Act.
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Facilities pledge amenities, but quality of care can lag Just one month after arriving at Philadelphia's Watermark at Logan Square nursing facility for short-term rehabilitation of an injured foot in 2012, Lois Johnson-Hamerman ended up in the emergency room with a severe bedsore that had become dangerously ...
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IBM partners with J&J and Medtronic to build apps for the health sector The invention of smartphones introduced us to a whole new world of mobility. Not only can we type anywhere and anytime we want, a lot of applications also connect us with entertainment and productivity.
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Texas Hospital Welcomes First All-Girl Quintuplets Ever Born in US The first all-girl quintuplets in the world since 1969 were born last week in Texas, according to a statement from the Woman's Hospital of Texas.
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IBM partners with J&J and Medtronic to build apps for the health sector On Monday IBM announced its partnership with Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic and Apple and also the acquirement of 2 medical-data software companies.
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IBM Launches Watson Health Cloud, To Mine And Analyze Big Health Data IBM announced that it had agreed to work with several companies, including tech giant Apple, to collect and process massive health data.
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Researchers have stopped dementia from developing in mice Researchers at Duke University found a way to stop mice from developing dementia, BBC News reports. The scientists found that by blocking immune cells from breaking down arginine, an amino acid, they were able to stop the mice's immune systems from ...
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Father's Sperm May Hold Clues to Autism Risk WEDNESDAY, April 15, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Sperm may hold clues about whether a man's children will be at increased risk for autism, a small study suggests.
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Pregnant Women Prescribed Opioids Put Babies at risk of Neonatal Abstinence ... According to researchers, pregnant women who have been on prescription Opioids during pregnancy stand a higher risk of exposing their babies to the 'neonatal abstinence syndrome'.
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Mouse Study Suggests Immune Disorder May Play Role in Alzheimer's TUESDAY, April 14, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- An immune system disorder may play a role in the development of Alzheimer's disease, research in mice suggests.
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Inappropriate Opioid Pain Relievers And Tobacco Use In pregnancy Linked To ... Inappropriate Opioid Pain Relievers And Tobacco Use In pregnancy Linked To Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome The inappropriate use of opioid pain relievers and tobacco before and during pregnancy has been linked to the risks of neonatal abstinence ...
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Opioid Painkillers Linked with Higher Risk of Birth Complications New research from Vanderbilt University Medical Center suggests that women who take prescribed opioids during pregnancy may increase their respective infants' risk of a variety of serious birth complications.
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New study says Tylenol numbs emotions A new study is stating that painkillers are doing a lot more than dulling physical pain, they're numbing your emotions as well.
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Babies Whose Mothers Are Prescribed Opioids Are More Exposed To ... A new study shows that women who take opioid drugs have an increased risk of giving birth to babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), which is usually associated with illicit use of drugs during pregnancy.
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Long-term survival similar for bioprosthetic, mechanical replacement mitral valves At 15 years, survival was similar among adults aged 50 to 69 years who underwent mitral valve replacement with a mechanical prosthetic or bioprosthetic valve, according to results of a new study.
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Opioid Drugs During Pregnancy Deletrious for Child Researchers say that pregnant wom en who have been receiving prescription opioids are at higher risk of putting making their babies vulneable to neonatal abstinence syndrome.
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Study: Acetaminophen dulls both joy and pain Feeling so happy you just can't stand it? You might want to try some Tylenol. More from WSBT.com. NASA unveils its own driverless car · 'Success Kid' is out to get his dad a kidney · 2 TSA officers fired for plotting to grope men · Probe sends back first color ...
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Babies exposed to narcotic pain relievers more likely to experience withdrawal Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a drug withdrawal syndrome in infants following birth, has historically been associated with illicit drug use among pregnant women.
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Withholding results from clinical trials is unethical, says WHO The movement to ensure that clinical trial results don't end up in drawers has found an important global ally. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a call to make results from every clinical study publicly available within a year.
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Study Ties Divorce to Higher Chance of Heart Attack (HealthDay News) -- People who divorce face a higher risk of suffering a heart attack than those who remain in wedded bliss, but remarriage may not be the remedy, at least not for women, a new study suggests.
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IBM Teams up with Medtronic, Apple, and J&J; Formally Enters Health Market IBM hopes to leverage its Big Data capabilities into a viable business and teams up with Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, and Apple to transform personal healthcare.
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Autism Linked To Exposure To Gestational Diabetes Intrauterine exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus diagnosed by 26 weeks' gestation was linked to an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder.
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Sierra Leone schools reopen after nine-month Ebola shutdown Children in Sierra Leone were cleared to return to school on Tuesday after a nine-month long absence due to the Ebola outbreak that killed more than 10,000 people mostly in West Africa.
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Study Links Hypertension with Eating Out (Even Once A Week) So we know that eating out all the time can be very bad for your health. But most of those studies are in regards to things like fast food.
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New Study Links Divorce to a Higher Risk of Heart Disease in Women According to a new study, women who have gone through a divorce are more likely to suffer from a coronary heart disease. Recent statistics have shown that coronary heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States.
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As nursing homes chase lucrative patients, quality of care is said to lag From left: Siblings Georgette, Henrietta and James Dwyer at Henrietta's home in Secaucus, N.J., March 13, 2015. Within a month of checking into a nursing home after dislocating her shoulder, the siblings' mother lost 20 pounds and developed a severe ...
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Eating Out Causes High Blood Pressure A recent study published in the American Journal of Hypertension has found that eating out too often may be associated with high blood pressure or hypertension, The Independent reported.
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Tylenol Could Make You Less Happy A new study says that acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol, turns down your pleasure sensitivity while it beats back your physical pain.
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Heart Attack Risk Jumps After Divorce A new study shows that after a divorce people have an increased lifetime risk for heart attacks (myocardial infarction). Although previous studies have found that MIs occur more frequently in people who are divorced, this is the first study to prospectively ...
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Study Suggests Divorce Might Increase Heart Attack Risk, Particularly For Women We know that a good number of marriages in the United States end in divorce. Maybe this contributes to many people's unhappiness later in life.
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Eating out tied to high blood pressure A new study of university students in Singapore has shown a significant link between hypertension and eating out frequently. While previous studies have found that eating out led to a greater intake of calories, saturated fat and salt, this research suggests a ...
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Gov. Chris Christie Plans Reform in Health Care, Raises Eligibility Age for ... On Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie presented a new plan to reorganize privileges, part of which is also raising the age for people who are eligible for Medicare.
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Hypertension Risk Spikes 6% With One Meal Out Per Week, Study Shows New research suggests that the more partial you are to eating out, the more likely you are to suffer from hypertension. In what's being called the first study of its kind, a team of researchers from the Health Services and Systems Program at Duke-NUS Graduate ...
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More US poultry flocks infected with bird flu: Agriculture Department CHICAGO (Reuters) - The number of U.S. poultry flocks infected with a deadly strain of bird flu rose on Tuesday as Iowa identified its first case and Minnesota confirmed eight more cases, according to the U.S.
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Physicians Hail Senate Passage Of 'Doc Fix' As Value-Based Care Takes Hold The U.S. Senate, following last month's bipartisan action by the U.S. House of Representatives, tonight overwhelmingly passed a repeal of Medicare's controversial sustainable growth rate formula.
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