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UPDATE 3-FDA panel backs Sanofi/Regeneron cholesterol drug with limits (Adds that Amgen's drug may also be given once a month, in addition to twice a week, last paragraph). By Toni Clarke. June 10 (Reuters) - A new type of cholesterol-lowering drug made by Sanofi SA and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals should be approved, ...
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South Korea Cuts Interest Rate as Fears of MERS Economic Toll Mount SEOUL—South Korea's central bank cut interest rates for the second time this year, as a deadly viral outbreak threatens economic growth and the export-driven economy struggles with flagging global demand.
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Baby Born from Frozen Ovary Tissue Preserved Since Mother's Childhood An experimental procedure could provide hope to millions of young women who battle cancer and must face a harsh reality that surviving the disease will likely result in the permanent loss of fertility.
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Asian jet fuel refining profits could weaken on MERS outbreak ... * Jet fuel cash differential hovers near 3-1/2-year low. * Demand from Europe weak due to weak euro, high inventory. * Storage could build or more jet fuel blended into gasoil.
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The Surprising Role of Hospitals in Outbreaks Subscriber content preview. or Sign In. Popular Among Subscribers. Cuba Time Magazine Cover Cuba on the Cusp Subscribe · In the Line of FireThe Roots of Baltimore's Riot.
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Healthy birth after transplant from woman's own ovaries A woman who had parts of her ovaries frozen before undergoing medical treatment in childhood has given birth to a healthy baby, after a transplant of her own tissue more than a decade later.
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UPDATE 1-FDA panel backs Amgen's cholesterol drug for high-risk patients (Adds details on questions raised in panel meeting, background, share price). By Toni Clarke. WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - An advisory panel to the U.S.
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FDA Panel Votes to Recommend Amgen Cholesterol Drug A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee Wednesday recommended that the agency approve the cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha from Amgen Inc., AMGN 0.48 % the second in a class of promising heart medicines that could change medical ...
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Panel Tells FDA to Back Second Drug to Help Heart An expert committee that advises the Food and Drug Administration recommended on Wednesday that the agency approve the second in a new class of drugs that can drive cholesterol levels down to unheard-of levels.
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South Korea MERS death toll hits nine MIGHTY CHALLENGE: A man wearing a mask as a precaution against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus walks by a Spiderman poster in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday.
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South Korean Hamlet, Under MERS Quarantine, Symbolizes Weaknesses in ... JANGDEOK, South Korea - No one in this tiny village of 73 households can leave. Teams of sentries, in round-the-clock shifts, block all access roads, lest any resident think about escape.
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South Korea reports 14 new MERS cases, takes total to 122 A health care worker wears protective gear as a precaution against the MERS virus as she attends a MERS patient inside an isolation ward at Seoul Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, June 10, 2015.
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Nuts Reduce Risk Of Death From Any Cause, Study Finds Like several before it, a new study finds that eating a modest amount of nuts every day can significantly reduce our risk of death from any cause.
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UPDATE 1-S.Korea cuts rates to record low as govt steps up fight against MERS (Adds analyst comments, context). * Base rate cut by 25 bps to 1.50 pct (Reuters poll 1.50 pct). * Fourth cut since August last year, 7th under current cycle.
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Study On Preventing College Rape Shows Us How We Should Run The World There's a great study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine on a program for teaching college women how to behave in order to lower their risk of being sexually assaulted.
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FDA panel gives thumbs up to new cholesterol drugs Two new injectable cholesterol drugs moved one step closer to availability this week as a panel recommended they be made available for specific groups of patients.
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South Korea reports 14 new MERS cases, takes total to 122 SEOUL South Korea's health ministry on Thursday reported 14 new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), taking the total to 122 in an outbreak that is the largest outside Saudi Arabia.
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Study links heartburn drugs to higher heart attack risk MIAMI: Popular over-the-counter antacids for treating heartburn, like Prilosec, are linked to a 20 percent higher risk of heart attack, researchers said today.
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Study links heartburn drugs to higher heart attack risk Popular over-the-counter antacids for treating heartburn, like Prilosec, are linked to a 20% higher risk of heart attack, researchers said.
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Daily antacid use ups heart attack risk: Study Popping over-the-counter antacids daily to control acidity or heartburn can increase heart attack risk by 16-21 percent, a huge data-mining study led by an Indian-origin researcher has revealed.
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South Korea races to limit economic fallout from MERS South Korea's economy was looking shaky even before an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome killed 10 people. Now the risks are rising fast.
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Data Dive Suggests Link Between Heartburn Drugs And Heart Attacks Electronic medical records may seem like a distraction when your doctor is busy typing on a screen instead of looking you in the eye.
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Common antacids increase heart attack risk up to 21pc A new study has suggested that heart attack risk increases 16-21 percent with use of common antacids. Adults who use proton pump inhibitors are between 16 and 21 percent more likely to experience a heart attack than people who don't use the commonly ...
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Woman uses her ovary frozen at 13, gives birth LONDON: In a medical breakthrough, a 28-year-old woman has become the first person in the world to give birth to a baby using ovarian tissue that was removed and frozen in her childhood.
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Heartburn drugs may increase risk of heart attack Proton-pump inhibitors, one of the most widely prescribed types of drugs in the world, may increase the risk of heart attack up to 21 percent.
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Daily Use of Antacids May Up the Risk of Heart Attack: Study Daily Use of Antacids May Up the Risk of Heart Attack: Study It might be time to find another cure for antacids as a new study suggests that using them daily might up your risk of getting a heart attack.
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Health: Study Links Heartburn Medications, Heart Attacks PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A large new study shows a clear link between some widely-used heartburn medicines and heart attacks. CBS 3 health reporter Stephanie Stahl explains the connection.
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Bystanders who do CPR save lives; cells phones can help find them (Reuters Health) - Having a bystander perform CPR before a rescue team arrives more than doubles the odds of surviving cardiac arrest, according to one of two new studies from Sweden in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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WHO team urges South Korea to reopen schools as more close in MERS crisis SEOUL: A joint South Korean-World Health Organization mission studying an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) recommended on Wednesday that schools be reopened, as they were unlikely to spread the disease, just as school boards ...
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UPDATE 2-S.Korea cuts rates to record low as govt steps up fight against MERS ... * Base rate cut by 25 bps to 1.50 pct (Reuters poll 1.50 pct). * Fourth cut since August last year, 7th under current cycle. * Outbreak of MERS virus seen hurting economic growth.
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Study: Heartburn Medication Can Increase Heart Attack Risk HOUSTON, Texas (CBS4)– Researchers say a new study shows a clear link between some widely used heartburn medicines and heart attack risk.
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Bank Of Korea Cuts Key Interest Rate to Stave Off Economic Fallout From MERS In an effort to stave off economic troubles caused by panic over the MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak, South Korea's central bank lowered its seven-day repurchase rate to an unprecedented 1.5% Thursday, the fourth such reduction in 10 ...
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No peak yet for MERS in South Korea More cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome reported in South Korea, including a pregnant woman. Nine have died so far from the virus.
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Woman Bears Child From Ovarian Tissue Frozen When She Was 13 A 27-year-old Belgian woman, who was left infertile after chemotherapy, was able to give birth to a healthy baby boy thanks to a groundbreaking procedure that utilized her ovarian tissue frozen 14 years ago.
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Woman Give Birth From Ovarian Tissue Frozen 14 Years Ago The 27-year-old Belgian woman is the first to have a baby from ovarian tissue frozen when she was a just a child. 1:29 | 06/10/15.
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Study: Rape Prevention Training Works, Cuts Sex Assault Risk A program that taught college women ways to prevent sexual assault cut in half the chances they would be raped over the next year, a Canadian study found.
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CDC: Investigation into Blue Bell listeria outbreak is over Thirty-seven percent of the Blue Bell workforce of 3,900 will lose their jobs -- that's 750 full-time employees and 700 part-time workers.
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College Rape Prevention Program Proves a Rare Success A program that trained first-year female college students to avoid rape substantially lowered their risk of being sexually assaulted, a rare success against a problem that has been resistant to many prevention efforts, researchers reported Wednesday.
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Study suggests there is a genetic link between creativity and mental illness creativity According to a new study, there is a link between genetic elements that is responsible for creativity and psychiatric disorder.
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Are you CREATIVE? Chances of you being Schizophrenic are high, says study For years, people have generically pointed out that to be great at something, or to be incredibly creative - there had to be something different about them.
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Women trained to resist sexual assault far less likely to be raped: study Female university students who completed 12 hours of training on resisting sexual assaults experienced far fewer rapes and attempted rapes, according to a new Canadian study.
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Creativity has a Price: Genetic Link found between Artistic Creativity and Mental ... "To be creative, you have to think differently, and when we are different, we have a tendency to be labelled strange, crazy and even insane.
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Sexual assault prevention program cuts risk of rape nearly 50%, study says An intensive program showing female college students how to recognize and resist sexual aggression reduced their chances of being raped over a year period by nearly half, according to new research.
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Heartburn meds may increase risk of heart attacks, study finds There may be a link between certain heartburn medications and heart attacks, a new study finds. Using a technique known as 'data diving,' researchers at Stanford University looked through 3 million medical records and found that patients who take ...
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Study shows resistance tactics work to prevent campus sexual assault A landmark Canadian study instructed participants on how to confront the risk of sexual assault on campus, reports Erin Anderssen.
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New Research Delves Into Genetic Risk for Obesity TUESDAY, June 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- New research offers potential clues as to why children of obese mothers are at increased risk for obesity.
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Psoriasis 'miracle' drug offers hope to thousands of sufferers A new "miracle" drug offers hope for people with the skin condition psoriasis. The skin condition affects up to three per cent of Brits as well as celebrities including Kim Kardashian, Cara Delevigne and Alan Carr.
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Mental and Social Activity Delays the Symptoms of Alzheimer's Among the many frustrations surrounding an Alzheimer's diagnosis is the fact that there is little that patients can do to halt or treat the disease.
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New drug clears psoriasis symptoms in trial A new drug significantly improved or cleared the symptoms of psoriasis for patients during a 12-week clinical trial. Photo: Hriana/Shutterstock.
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FDA panel endorses 2nd cholesterol-lowering drug WASHINGTON - An advisory panel for the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday recommended the approval of the second in a new class of drugs that can drive down cholesterol levels.
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