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Huge hikes in prices of drugs raise protests and questions NEW YORK - Specialists in infectious disease are protesting a gigantic overnight increase in the price of a 62-year-old drug that is the standard of care for treating a life-threatening parasitic infection.
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Dramatic overnight increases in old drugs ignite new worries Martin Shkreli, the founder and chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals, is a former hedge-fund manager. (Paul Taggart/Bloomberg).
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Health Industry Taken Aback By 5000 Percent Price Jump for Simple 60 Year Old Drug A major NY-based pharmaceutical company has just purchased the drug Daraprim and marked it up 5,500 percent more than it had been listed before.
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New Device to Improve Urinary Infections Treatment New York: Urinary tract infections could be treated more quickly and efficiently using a DNA sequencing device the size of a USB stick, says a study.
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Lest you forget: Alzheimer's needs more awareness It started with seemingly simple instances of forgetfulness -- not remembering where the house keys were, or difficulty in recalling the names of some relatives.
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A third of Britons born in 2015 will develop dementia - study LONDON, Sept 21 One in three people born in Britain in 2015 will develop dementia, according to an analysis commissioned by the charity campaign group Alzheimer's Research UK.
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A third of Britons born in 2015 will develop dementia - study LONDON One in three people born in Britain in 2015 will develop dementia, according to an analysis commissioned by the charity campaign group Alzheimer's Research UK.
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Hamburg Steps Down as US FDA Commissioner, Nominating Robert Califf as Successor This week, US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg has announced she is stepping down and, at the same time, nominated cardiologist Robert Califf, MD as her replacement.
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US officials to stop screening Liberian passengers for Ebola NEW YORK (AP) - Travelers entering the U.S. from Liberia will no longer be screened for Ebola. U.S. officials said Friday that the screening will end Monday for passengers from Liberia.
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AP Investigation: Bungling by UN agency hurt Ebola response As a worker at Kenema Government Hospital mixed a batch of chlorine on a broiling August day, he noticed it didn't have its typically strong, bleach-like odor.
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'I was too young' for Alzheimer's Barb Cole has added crosswords as a mental workout and says she has a new empathy for pit bulls, like her Lucy, who are often stigmatized.
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Provider tax good way to expand Utah's health insurance The state's leaders have chosen premium assistance as the preferred route to further expanding health insurance and ensuring access to health care for all Utahns.
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Merck antibody reduces risk of C. difficile recurrence - study Sept 20 An experimental antibody developed by Merck & Co Inc was shown in pivotal studies to reduce by about 10 percentage points the risk that infection with Clostridium difficile bacterium, which can cause a deadly diarrhea, will recur.
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Children consume 12% of calories from fast food Children and teenagers that were actually underweight or suffered a usual bodyweight averaged 12.2% of the on a regular basis calorie count by using grab and go.
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Sandra Lee Makes First Red Carpet Appearance Since Breast Cancer Surgery—See ... Welcome back to the red carpet, Sandra Lee. While all eyes may have been on the nominated actors and actresses at the 2015 Emmy Awards, many fans couldn't help but notice one famous chef's appearance.
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The end of smoking? At one time, half the U.S. population smoked. Today, most smokers have quit. What happened? Here's everything you need to know: How many people smoke today?
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Three Stores Recall Cheese for Possible Listeria Contamination Three stores have posted recalls of Karoun Dairies cheeses on their websites for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. There is an outbreak associated with these cheeses that has sickened 24 people, killed one person, and caused one ...
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Secondhand smoke could increase the risk of diabetes by 20 percent Health experts have warned many times in the past about harmful effects of secondhand smoke for non-smokers. A new research has linked secondhand smoke exposure to the risk of developing diabetes and the risk is directly proportional to the amount of ...
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Flu campaign gears up The Central Texas Veterans Health Care System is launching its 2015-2016 seasonal flu vaccination campaign this month at all of its facilities in Central Texas.
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Denver Police To Hold Prescription Drug Take-Back Event AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) - The Denver Police Department will hold a prescription drug take-back event this Saturday. Police are inviting residents to clean out their medicine cabinets and bring expired, unwanted or unused over-the-counter and prescription ...
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Chuck Schumer wants DEA to launch special unit to crack down on sale of ... The federal Drug Enforcement Agency needs to launch a special investigative unit to crack down on the sale of synthetic drugs following a major bust and a startling spike in emergency room visits, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday.
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Flu season ahead: What you need to know to get protected United HealthCare Medical Director Dr. Rutu Ezhuthachan is advising everybody 6 months and older to get the flu vaccine as soon as possible.
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Merck antibody reduces risk of Clostridium difficile recurrence: study An experimental antibody developed by Merck & Co Inc was shown in pivotal studies to reduce by about 10 percentage points the risk that infection with Clostridium difficile bacterium, which can cause a deadly diarrhea, will recur.
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Passive smokers in diabetes alert Passive smoking puts you at risk of diabetes, a study has found. It raises the chance of getting type 2 diabetes by 22 per cent while smoking increases it by an average of 37 per cent compared with non-smokers.
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Drug take-back day is Saturday Nearly 5 million pounds of drugs. That's how much has been turned in over the past five years in the previous nine DEA-sponsored drug take-back events.
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Peanut exec in salmonella case faces life A year after a federal jury convicted him of crimes behind a salmonella outbreak blamed for killing nine people and sickening hundreds more, former peanut executive art Stewart Parnell returns to court facing possible imprisonment for the rest of his life.
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Strains in flu vaccine may make for milder season ... * If you are sick with flu, stay home until you have been fever free for at least 24 hours. For more information on flu, including where to get the vaccine, go to www.
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Apple Watch Saves Life Of Tabor Academy Football Player MARION (CBS) - Apple's new watch is being called a life-saver at Tabor Academy in Marion. Paul Houle, 17, a senior nose tackle on Tabor's football team, said he had just finished practice last week when he began to feel pain in his back and chest.
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Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Thousands wore pink Saturday for Susan G Komen, and the annual Race for the Cure at Forsythe Park. Runners laced their shoes for a 5k and 1k, all raising money for breast cancer treatment and research.
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UK Scientists Want to Genetically Modify Human Embryos British scientists declared in a statement for Science Media Centre that genetic mutation techniques will allow them to gain a better understanding of how human embryos develop, what exactly makes them fail or succeed after in vitro fertilization, and ...
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High percentage of kids eating fast food more frequently than th According to a new study from the National Center for Health Statistics, children get 12% of their overall caloric intake from fast food.
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Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Sept. 26 Next weekend, residents living in the Great Falls area will have a chance to get rid of potentially dangerous, expired, unused or unwanted prescription drugs for free as part of a drug disposal effort.
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Tweaked flu vaccine presents many options WASHINGTON - Give the flu vaccine another chance: This year's version got a recipe change that should make it more effective after last winter's surprise strain of virus.
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Arizona: Pima County resident is 3rd death associated with salmonella outbreak An individual from Pima County, AZ has died, becoming the third person to die as part of the multistate Salmonella Poona outbreak, Arizona health officials report.
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Involvement of Parents Could help The Teens with Bulimia recover faster A new study has found that involving parents in the treatment of adolescents with bulimia nervosa is more effective than treating the teen individually.
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87 of 91 tested ex-NFL players had brain disease linked to head trauma (CNN) -- Eighty-seven of 91 former NFL players who donated their brains to science after death tested positive for a brain disease that is believed to be linked with repeated head trauma and concussions, researchers said.
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State fairs won't press broiler industry's bird flu luck Fourteen-year-old Keri Moore of Meridian, Miss., shows off "Dolly," a 17-week old rose comb brown leghorn hen, Friday, Sept.
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Apples Take the Prize as Kids' Favorite The award for most popular fruit among children goes to apples, a new study finds. Apples accounted for nearly 20 percent of all fruit consumption among kids ages 2 to 19, followed by citrus juice and apple juice.
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Jimmy Carter keeps teaching Sunday school, despite cancer PLAINS, Ga. - Former President Jimmy Carter turns 91 on October 1st. He's undergoing treatment for brain cancer, but that's not changing his Sunday routine.
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Seattle Aquarium Teaches Otter To Use Inhaler On Her Own, & Now We've All Died ... Brace yourselves, cuteness seekers - the Seattle Aquarium is teaching an otter to use an inhaler. As if regular, healthy otters weren't cute enough, Mishka the asthma-afflicted otter somehow makes treating her condition seem exceptionally endearing.
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National Drug Takeback Day is Sept. 26 Have expired medications in the bathroom cabinet? National Drug Take Back Day is the time to get rid of them. The event takes place Saturday, Sept.
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KPD to host 'Operation Got Drugs' event On Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Kerrville Police Department will join forces with the Drug Enforcement Administration and hundreds of other law enforcement agencies across the nation to provide a venue for persons who want to dispose of ...
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Savannahians walk to raise ovarian cancer awareness SAVANNAH, GA -- (WJCL) September is National Ovarian Cancer Month, and two Savannah women are raising awareness of ovarian cancer to honor their sister.
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Scunthorpe MP Nic Dakin 'wears it pink' for charity I'm sure you'll know at least one person who has had breast cancer, maybe more? Now in its 14th year, Wear It Pink raises over £2 million each year for world-class research into breast cancer.
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Centre football: Goldout event raises awareness, money for pediatric cancer Clay Jackson/cjackson@amnews.comJackson Schneider, center stands at midfield during the coin toss before Saturday's game against Washington (Mo.
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