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Millennials Like Sexual Freedom, But Cheating On Your Spouse Is Still A No-No American Millennials may be even more sexually permissive than the 1970s generation, noted for its bisexuality and drugs and unprotected sex in a consequence-free environment.
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Healthful eating is smart way to sustain brain power, study finds It's official, no matter where you live: Healthful eating is among the best ways to protect your aging brain against slippage.
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Smartphone Detects Parasites in Blood Now smartphones can be used to take a blood sample and then you can detect wriggling parasites in your blood. The medical science has always been improving.
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Smartphone 'scans' blood for parasites A smartphone has been used to automatically detect wriggling parasites in blood samples. The CellScope system films a drop of blood and an app then automatically analyses any movement in the sample to detect the parasites.
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Smartphone rapidly detects parasite levels in blood Using an Apple iPhone, a team of US scientists have developed a mobile phone microscope that rapidly detects parasite levels in blood.
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AbbVie Receives Breakthrough Designation for Cancer Drug The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted breakthrough therapy designation for its leukemia drug, to speed up the regulatory review process.
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AbbVie gets a 'breakthrough' for one of its top cancer drugs A couple of months ago, AbbVie ($ABBV) pointed to its late-stage cancer drug venetoclax (ABT-199) as a prime reason it was willing to pay a dizzying $21 billion in order to acquire Imbruvica-maker Pharmacyclics.
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Using a smartphone microscope to detect parasites in blood Prick a finger and have the blood checked for parasites - by smartphone? Scientists are turning those ubiquitous phones into microscopes and other medical tools that could help fight diseases in remote parts of the world.
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Smartphone microscope detects parasites in blood Researchers have developed a new smartphone microscope that uses video to detect and quantify infection by parasitic worms in a drop of blood within minutes.
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Cancer Drug Spending Hits $100 Billion Worldwide Total global spending on oncology drugs, including those used in supportive care, reached the $100 billion mark in 2014, according to a report issued yesterday.
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Study: Millennials have fewer sex partners than their parents As sure as you're born, you can count on aging generations to have a negative view of those that come after them. Baby boomers played their rock and roll music too loud, gen X'ers had their drugs and free love, and millennials... well. What don't they do?
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Millennials More Tolerant Towards Premarital Sex and Same-Sex Relationships ... The current generation is more aware of the risks of sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancies due to sex education and awareness campaigns.
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Premarital sex and homosexuality outlook: Who are more tolerant and ... Today, premarital sex is being tolerated by most than the earlier generations yet it was more likely not very common during the time.
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Cancer Drug Market May Jump Over 50% In Next Four Years The Cancer drug market has hit $100 billion and is forecasted to jump by 50% in the next 4 years. It could potenially reach $147 billion by the year 2018.
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Healthy diet may improve memory, says study (CNN) We've all heard the age old adage, "You are what you eat." But could what we eat also affect how we think? New research sheds additional light supporting the long standing notion that eating a healthy diet could potentially be linked to a lower risk of ...
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Non-Toxic Version of C. Difficile May Help Fight Infection Researchers may have found a new way to combat Clostridium difficile infection: a friendly version of the culprit bacteria itself.
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How Do Millennials See Premarital Sex And Homosexuality? People born after 1982 are more likely to accept premarital sex but have fewer sexual partners than previous generations, new study shows.
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Fecal Microbiota Transplant Cures C. diff, Blocks Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens A fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) not only cured a case of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection in a 66-year-old man, it eliminated populations of multidrug-resistant organisms both in the patient's gastrointestinal tract, and several other body sites.
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17 million gain coverage under Obamacare As a result of the landmark health-reform law known as the Affordable Care Act, nearly 17 million previously uninsured Americans now have health coverage, a new analysis reveals.
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Are more American seniors having trouble walking? A recent study shows that American senior citizens are using more canes, walkers, and scooters to help them get around. A recent study of seniors using mobility devices has shown that the number of American senior citizens using canes, walkers, or other ...
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Are More Seniors Using Mobility Devices? Statistics show that about one-quarter of adults aged 65 and older are now dependent on certain mobility devices, including canes walkers and wheelchairs.
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How Obamacare Changed Health Insurance ... Maybe I write sharp takes on the health, policy and wonk news of the day. Full bio. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.
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Roche says FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation for venetoclax ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation for venetoclax for the treatment of people who have relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic ...
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$3.5 million in federal funds given to 6 La. health centers There also are more than a dozen free clinics and three federally qualified 'look alike' health centers - the Wellness Plan Health Centers, Health Centers Detroit Medical Group and Oakland Integrated Healthcare Network.
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Washington > HHS to provide over $5.7 million in Healthcare Funding for Georgia WASHINGTON - Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today approximately $5,774,827 in Affordable Care Act funding to 10 new health center sites in Georgia for the delivery of comprehensive primary health care services to ...
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Premature Babies May Survive at 22 Weeks if Treated, Study Finds A new study of thousands of premature births found that a small minority of babies born a week or two before what is now generally considered the point of viability can be treated and survive, in some cases with relatively few health problems.
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Friend or Foe? Study Examines Seniors' Increasing Use of Walking Aids America's population of senior citizens is growing, and with it, a reliance on canes, wheelchairs and scooters. The use of walking aids has increased by 50 percent in the past decade, according to a new study, and should continue to increase as the number of ...
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More Aging Americans Using Canes, Walkers WEDNESDAY, May 6, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Older Americans aren't taking old age sitting down. Canes, walkers and other mobility aids are used by about one-quarter of American seniors, a new study reveals.
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J&J seeks bioethics advice on compassionate use of drugs Dying patients sometimes seek emergency access to experimental medicines, desperate for a last-chance treatment even if there's little proof it could help.
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'Hispanic paradox' - US Latinos outliving richer whites - not genetic, study finds Hispanics face many health obstacles: compared to other ethnic groups, a larger share of the population is poor, uneducated and hase poor access to medical care and health insurance.
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Depression And Bipolar Disorder May Be More Similar Than We Realized Feeling as though you're walking around with your head in a fog can be a frustrating symptom of some psychiatric disorders. And as a large new study shows, those feelings of brain fog aren't all in your head.
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Depression Caused In Part By Fuzzy Thinking - What Is It? Fuzzy thinking shows up in brain scans and seems to correlate to depression and bipolar disorder. How could this study help affect the future of the treatment of mood disorders?
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Study: Treating C. diff with its own nontoxic spores may prevent recurrence This 2004 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a cluster of Clostridium difficile bacteria.
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Study Shows that C. Difficile Treatment May Be Most Effective Against C. Difficile The stubborn bacteria known as C. difficile has made a name for itself as the drug-resistant bacteria that medical officials need to figure out how to kill.
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Researchers Find Link Between Depression And Fuzzy Thinking Fuzzy thinking and depression? It's not all in your head. The two are indeed connected, as researchers have found, opening up potential opportunities for diagnosis and treatment.
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Depression and bipolar disorder posses the same cognitive disability, study A novel study presented that the effect is indisputably tangible, calculating that this condition falls into the category of disposition illnesses.
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Does Mom's Cellphone Startle the Fetus? WEDNESDAY, May 6, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The sounds emitted by cellphones carried by pregnant women may rattle the sleep-and-wake cycles of their fetuses, new research suggests.
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Doctors Fight Deadly C. Difficile Infections With 'Friendly' Version Of Same Bacteria Researchers use the "fight fire with fire" strategy in effort to reduce recurrence of infections linked to hospital stays.
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Under pressure, FDA to hold public meeting on off-label use WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold a public meeting this summer to address drug company concern that restrictions on what they can say about off-label use of drugs violate their First Amendment right to free speech.
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Former New Orleans Health Commissioner Karen DeSalvo nominated for top ... Former New Orleans Health Commissioner Karen DeSalvo has been nominated to become the assistant secretary of health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to Modern Healthcare.
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Is Fruit Making You Hungry? An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but it may not do much help you put the fork down. In a new study scientists have found why you may feel emptiness in your stomach even after eating a fruit salad.
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The Bad News About Fruit (Plus, the 10 Worst Offenders) Think reaching for an apple will reduce your junk food cravings? Not necessarily. Many of us try to choose nutrient-packed fruit over empty calories when we're craving sweets.
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Fructose in Fruit Could Make You Hungrier, Study Finds Is eating healthy bad for you? Fruit could lead to cravings for calorie-packed foods, such as breads. (Photo : Vegan Feast Catering | Flickr).
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Why fructose-laden drinks may leave you wanting more The type of sugar in your drink may affect how much food you want to eat, according to a new study. Researchers found that people wanted to eat more high-calorie foods when they had a drink containing fructose, compared with when their drink contained ...
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Fructose Natural Sugar Is Why You Are Still Hungry, Craving Food After Eating ... Besides fruit being a low-calorie food, a new study reveals that the fructose natural sugar is why people are still hungry and craving food after eating fruits.
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Healthy Eating May Shield the Aging Brain WEDNESDAY, May 6, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- People who eat plenty of fruits and veggies may preserve more of their memory and thinking skills as they grow old, a new large study suggests.
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Despite US efforts, bird flu thought to spread between farms CHICAGO (Reuters) - Poultry veterinarians in Minnesota believe an outbreak of avian flu has spread between farms, indicating the implementation of a U.S.
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Your iPhone Can Now Tell If You Have a Parasite Parasitic worms plaguing Africa may soon meet their match—because now, there's an app for them, too. According to a new report in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers have developed a way to rapidly test for a particularly troublesome ...
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Heat Increases This Summer for RPT as FDA Decides to Hold Meeting on Off ... The US FDA will be holding a public meeting this summer for addressing the drug company concern that restrictions on what they can so relating to off-label use of drugs violates the First Amendment right to free speech.
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Healthier Diet, Healthier Aging Brain A new study finds that the healthier we eat over the years, the better shape our brains will be in as we age. In the new research from McMaster University, people from all over the world who kept a Mediterranean-style diet in middle age had a reduced risk of ...
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