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Study Asks If Carrot or Stick Can Better Help Smokers Stop WASHINGTON - What would make a smoker more likely to quit, a big reward for succeeding or a little penalty for failing? That is what researchers wanted to know when they assigned a large group of CVS employees, their relatives and friends to different ...
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Bribing smokers is the best way of encouraging them to kick the habit Bribing smokers is the most effective way of getting them to quit the habit, a study suggests. Researchers found that four financial incentive programmes, each worth roughly £510 ($800) over six months, all helped more smokers kick the habit.
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People quit Smoking when their Own Money is at Stake A study has found that smokers with about $150 of their own money on the line were more likely to quit smoking than the people who did not have to bet their cash to get rewards.
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Bristol, AbbVie drug extends multiple myeloma remission: study The addition of an experimental Bristol-Myers Squibb biotech medicine to standard therapy for patients whose multiple myeloma has relapsed led to longer remissions and cut the risk of death over standard treatment alone, according to data from a late stage ...
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Type of B vitamin shown to reduce risk of common skin cancers Multivitamins modestly lowered the risk of developing cancer in healthy male doctors who took them daily for more than a decade. (AP).
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B Vitamin Is Found to Help People Prone to Some Types of Skin Cancer An inexpensive vitamin can help reduce the occurrence of common skin cancers in people prone to that disease, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Study: Vitamin B3 may help prevent certain skin cancers For the first time, a large study suggests that a vitamin might modestly lower the risk of the most common types of skin cancer in people with a history of these relatively harmless yet troublesome growths.
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Vitamin B3 could help reduce skin cancer risk A new study could change the way doctors treat patients at high risk for skin cancer. It doesn't involve any high-priced new pharmaceuticals -- the key may be an over-the-counter vitamin supplement that costs less than $10 a month.
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The New Science of How to Quit Smoking Studies show that most smokers want to quit. So why are some people more successful at cutting out nicotine than others? The latest studies looking at the brains and behavior of smokers may provide some explanations.
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Vitamin B3 Reduces Risks of Some Types of Skin Cancer Vitamin B3 Reduces Risks of Some Types of Skin Cancer An inexpensive vitamin can help reduce the occurrence of common skin cancers in people prone to that disease, researchers reported.
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Common vitamin reduces recurrence of some skin cancers A cheap over-the-counter vitamin appears to reduce recurrence of some common skin cancers associated with sun exposure for people who have had them before, researchers reported Wednesday.
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To make smokers healthy, it helps to make them wealthy, study finds Would the promise of an $800 payout motivate you to quit smoking? And if so, what's the most effective way to dangle that reward?
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How FDA plan to lift ban on gay blood donations missed the mark While I support the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision to eliminate the lifetime ban on blood donations from gay men, there are elements of the new policy that I do not agree with.
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Graphic selfie a stark skin cancer warning Tawny Willoughby's picture of her most recent skin cancer treatment that she posted on Facebook. Photo / Tawny Willoughby. A young mother suffering from skin cancer has been praised for her bravery after sharing a shocking photo of her treatment as a ...
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Brains of Smokers Who Quit Successfully Might be Wired for Success This graphic shows activity in the brain, illustrated layer by layer. The colored regions represent the average functional connectivity with the posterior portion of the insula, an area of the brain linked to cigarette cravings in smokers.
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Woman's Skin Cancer Selfie Goes Viral Dermatologists said they are torn about how the public may react to a young woman who posted a photo of herself undergoing treatment for skin cancer.
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Have an iron grip? You may live longer LONDON: A firm hand shake is often associated with a strong character. Researchers now say that it could also predict how long you will live.
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Bribery Is The Best Way To Quit Smoking, Study Shows A new study found that the best way to get people to quit smoking was to bribe them. Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the study found that even more important than rewarding people with cash if they quit was the threat of losing money if ...
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Cuba's Had A Lung Cancer Vaccine For Years, And Now It's Coming To The US When New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) headed to Havana on a historic trade mission in April, he returned with the promise of an important commodity: a Cuban-developed lung cancer vaccine.
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Drug Costs Top $50K A Year For Half Million Americans With the drug industry launching more expensive targeted therapies, the number of Americans with annual medication costs of more than $50,000 has jumped more than 60% to nearly 600,000, a new analysis shows.
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More Americans Taking Home $100000-Plus in Prescriptions Pricey cancer drugs, expensive new cures for hepatitis and made-to-order drugs have driven U.S. prescription costs to new highs for some Americans, according to a report issued Wednesday.
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Hand-Grip Strength May Provide Clues to Heart Health WEDNESDAY, May 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Testing hand-grip strength could be a cheap and simple way of identifying people at increased risk for heart attack, stroke and premature death, according to a new study.
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Here's A Serious Alternative To Big Pharma: Cuba Techdirt often points out that the current system of funding the creation of life-saving drugs is broken. But the obvious question is: what can you put in its place?
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Smokers have better luck quitting when own money wagered: study NEW YORK -- When it comes to offering cash to get smokers to quit, more people go for the carrots than the stick - but the stick gets better results.
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Americans Spends Over $100000on Prescription Drugs – Confirmed by Express ... Express Scripts Last Wednesday during its annual Outcomes Symposium launched a report regarding pharmaceutical companies initiating costly cancer drugs, and introducing new cures for hepatitis which are very expensive to say the least.
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'Super spending' on specialty meds driven by effective hepatitis C drugs More than a half-million Americans had medication costs in excess of $50,000 last year, according to a new analysis by Express Scripts, and 90 percent of those "super spenders" are getting specialty medications such as a highly effective treatment for ...
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The Cuban innovation wanted by the US It is so powerful the USA has signed a deal to get access to the recipe. Former Cuban president Fidel Castro supported medical research from the 1980s.
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Health News: United States Will Soon Get Cuba's Lung Cancer Vaccine Cuba's lung cancer vaccine may be reaching American shores soon. (Photo : Win McNamee/Getty Images). Share This Tweet This. Known for their excellent tobacco, Cuba is now about to be known for an exciting new lung cancer vaccine.
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Cuban cancer vaccine to be tested in US sparks a new scientific bond A landmark agreement to allow an American cancer institute to begin testing a lung cancer vaccine developed in Cuba could be the start of a renewed medical research relationship between the two countries.
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Three Times As Many Consumers Spend $100000 Or More On Prescription Drugs The cost of treatment for Hepatitis C has been in the news after Gilead Sciences ($1,000 per pill) and Abbvie launched treatments that could cost more than $100,000.
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Weak handgrip a sign of higer risk of dying from disease: study A limp handshake could mean more than just a bad first impression, but also a marker of poor health, researchers say. According to a new study, a weak handgrip is linked to a higher risk of dying from both cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular diseases.
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Tanuja, daughters create breast cancer awareness Mumbai: 'Surya Mother & Child Care' Hospital launch at Wakad in Pune on 5th April 2015. (Photo: IANS). Published: 10:59 May 14, 2015 Tabloid.
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A Breast Awareness Hospital Has Been Made In India An event was held in Pune for the breast awareness by the Siemens health and the orchid breast health care. For the chief guest they called a veteran actress tanuja along with her two star daughters, Kajol and Tanisha.
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Young mum shares shocking selfie after skin cancers from tanning bed A young woman has posted a shocking selfie to her Facebook page to draw attention to the risks of skin cancer, and it has since gone viral.
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Woman shares graphic scars from skin cancer treatment For Tawny Willoughby, the bronze shine from tanning frequently has faded, leaving brutal scars in its place. "If anyone needs a little motivation to not lay in the tanning bed and sun here ya go!
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Skin cancer sufferer shares shocking selfie Dermatologists have given mixed reactions after a woman shared a photograph of the effects of skin cancer treatment on her face. Tawny Willoughby, 27, a nurse and mother from Alabama, put the picture on her Facebook page and it was shared tens of ...
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Breast cancer proposal could leave 17 million without mammogram coverage A new report estimates that 17 million women ages 40 to 49 could lose free annual mammogram coverage if an influential medical panel adopts its proposed breast cancer screening guidelines.
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Roche drug shrinks tumors in half of patients with lung cancer mutation REUTERS: A drug being developed by Roche Holding AG was shown in pivotal trials to shrink tumors in patients with advanced lung cancer with a specific gene mutation who had stopped responding to crizotinib, another drug in the same class.
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US cancer screening uneven, not up to targets Image taken using conventional mammography and an image using 3D, with a tumor circled that wasn't visible before. (AP). In 2013, mammogram and colorectal cancer screening rates had stalled and Pap tests were on the decline, with many eligible U.S.
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Cuban vaccine may provide hope for lung cancer patients, magazine reports An X-ray image from the National Cancer Institute shows growth on both sides of the lungs believed to be cancer. Last month, Roswell Park Cancer Institute finalized an agreement with Cuba's Center for Molecular Immunology to develop a lung cancer ...
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Roche immunotherapy improves lung cancer survival A mid-stage trial of Roche Holding AG's experimental immunotherapy showed that it doubled the likelihood of survival for lung cancer patients with the highest levels of a specific biomarker.
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FDA Proposal Letting The Blood Donation Ban On The Gay And Bisexual ... One of the major mediums of diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B is through sexual intercourse especially man to man sex.
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Connecticut Man Being Tested For Ebola After Returning From Liberia A colorized transmission electron micrograph of an Ebola virus virion is seen. (credit: CDC/Getty Images). Related Tags: Ebola, Fran Schneidau, John Dempsey Hospital, Liberia, Paul Skolnik, University of Connecticut Medical Center.
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Ride-share company Sidecar to deliver medical marijuana in San Francisco Marijuana plants for sale are displayed at the medical marijuana farmers market at the California Heritage Market in Los Angeles, California July 11, 2014.
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'Possibility Of Ebola' In UConn Health Patient In this handout from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), a colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a Ebola virus virion is seen.
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Prostate cancer drug 'extends lives' Early treatment with a chemotherapy drug extends the lives of patients with advanced prostate cancer by nearly two years, a major study shows.
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Prostate cancer patients given chemotherapy at same time as standard ... Men with incurable prostate cancer live two years longer if given chemotherapy at the same time as the standard hormone treatment, according to a major trial.
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Largest US needle exchange tries free meth pipes in Seattle SEATTLE Occasional crystal meth smoker Richard Russell ambles up to a church storage garage in a Seattle alley and a recovering drug addict hands him two brand new meth pipes, no questions asked.
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Sidecar's Newest Cargo: Weed Deliveries Sidecar drivers can now carry around marijuana deliveries after a partnership with on-demand weed app Meadow. Drivers will have a smell-proof lockbox in the trunk.
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Study finds You can blame that belly on a slow metabolism after all It's an excuse so well-worn that most people have stopped disputing it when it comes from the mouths of would-be dieters: "I can't lose weight because I have a slow metabolism!
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