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Truvada for HIV Prevention Proves Highly Effective Patients on Truvada pre-exposure prophylaxis have remained HIV-free. U.S. National Library of Medicine. Filed Under: Tech & Science, Truvada, PrEP, HIV, Health and Medicine, Sexual Health, FDA.
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Liberia receives 2nd Ebola-freed certificate For the second time, the World Health Organization has declared Liberia an Ebola freed country, following another 42 days countdown.
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Health Care Rules Proposed to Shield Transgender Patients From Bias WASHINGTON - The Obama administration proposed a rule Thursday that would forbid most health insurers and medical providers to discriminate against transgender patients, including by prohibiting insurers from categorically denying coverage of care ...
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Paralysed adventurer Mark Pollock learns to walk again Pollock, a blind man who was left completely paralyzed after falling from a second-story window in 2010, successfully used the suit to take thousands of steps during five days of physical training, which he then repeated two weeks afterward.
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New Study Says Its Better To Get A Good Night's Sleep Than To Take A Bunch of Naps You are probably aware that the recommended amount of sleep, from American doctors, is 7 to 9 hours every night. Experts say that this amount is important for keeping our minds alert and bodies healthy.
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Smoking Rates Drop In U.S. Post CVS's Ban On Selling Cigarettes Dr Jawad al Lawati, senior consultant and rapporteur of the National Tobacco Control Committee in the Ministry of Health, said, "Sale of e-cigarettes is at present not allowed in the country and a permanent comprehensive ban is being considered by ...
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Army suspends operations at 9 labs due to Anthrax probe WASHINGTON (AP) - Army Secretary John McHugh is suspending operations at four Defense Department laboratories that handle biological toxins, as the military scrambles to correct problems that led to the accidental shipment of live anthrax to dozens of ...
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More ADHD cases being diagnosed at younger ages, report finds Atlanta (CNN) One-third of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the United States have been found to be diagnosed before 6 years old, according to a new report.
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More Parents Catching Early Signs of ADHD in Children, Study Says A growing number of young children are being diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and increasingly parents are on the front lines of identifying early symptoms, according to a new study.
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CVS stopped selling tobacco and cigars sale drop U.S - CVS Pharmacy joined a healthy cause a year ago and from this point of view they stopped selling cigarettes in their stores across the United States.
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Operations Suspended At 3 Md. Labs Due To Anthrax Probe FREDERICK, Md. (WJZ) - The U.S. Army suspends operations at three Maryland military labs over how they handle anthrax and other toxins.
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Roche gets FDA breakthrough designation for ACE910 ZURICH--Roche Holding AG (ROG.VX) said Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given breakthrough therapy designation to its ACE910 prophylactic remedy for treating haemophilia A, potentially speeding up its availability for patients with the ...
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US smoking rate drops to fifteen percent The national smoking rate among adults has reached an all-time low since anti-smoking efforts began decades ago, according to a report this week from the U.S.
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Exoskeleton gives paralysed man use of his legs A man who has been completely paralysed for four years has been able to take thousands of steps using his own muscles, thanks to a robotic exoskeleton.
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Remaking Companies for ObamaCare Most of the 275 million Americans with health benefits probably see the logo on the corner of their insurance card and think that's who has them covered.
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| Novartis Gets EU Approval For Farydak In Patients With Multiple Myeloma The FINANCIAL -- Novartis announced on September 4 that the European Commission has approved Farydak (panobinostat, previously known as LBH589) capsules, in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone, for the treatment of adult patients with ...
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Pentagon mistakenly sent live anthrax to Alabama Army lab.JPG The Pentagon said live anthrax spores were accidentally sent to labs across the country. (Contributed photo/U.S. Army)Leada Gore | lgore@al.
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'Female Viagra' has Indian men in thrall: Doctors COIMBATORE: Mumbai-based sexologist Dr Prakash Kothari is used to inquiries that range from the idiosyncratic to the idiotic. Nowadays, he has been getting a lot of calls and emails that fall somewhere in between— from men who want to know the ...
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Dozens of North Carolina Students Sent Home Due to Mysterious Illness Dozens of students at a North Carolina school were sent home after they exhibited possible signs of a virus, according to the local school superintendent.
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Gilead combo HIV pill matches Truvada efficacy but safer in trial Gilead Sciences Inc said on Wednesday its experimental fixed-dose combination treatment for HIV proved as effective in a late-stage study as the company's widely used Truvada combo pill but with significantly less loss of bone mineral density and ...
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| Novartis receives EU approval for Farydak(R), the first in its class of ... (Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) -- Novartis International AG / Novartis receives EU approval for Farydak(R), the first in its class of anticancer agents approved for patients with multiple myeloma .
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Army Suspends Operations At 3 Md. Labs Due To Anthrax Probe The U.S. Army suspends operations at three Maryland military labs over how they handle anthrax and other toxins. Rick Ritter reports.
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Male breast cancer patients gong for CPM A recent study has it that male patients also have increasingly started choosing double mastectomy as a way to ensure that breast cancer doesn't reoccur.
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Pentagon discloses new problems in widening anthrax investigation The U.S. military disclosed new problems in its handling of dangerous pathogens, such as anthrax, on Thursday, including contamination in a laboratory in Utah from which live anthrax samples were sent across the world.
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Double mastectomies for men with breast cancer on the rise (CNN) An increasing number of women in the last decade have been deciding to have both their breasts removed after being diagnosed with cancer in a single breast.
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Seymour Woman Dies from West Nile Virus A Seymour woman, Dortha Jo Conner, 89, has died from West Nile Virus, according to the Baylor County Banner. Matt Gwinn with the Banner said Conners' son, Rex, is being treated for the same disease.
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New strategy to treat diabetes found promising Washington: Offering a promising strategy to treat people with Type-2 diabetes, researchers have found that shutting down a liver protein could reduce glucose production in the liver and lower blood sugar levels.
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New 'blood sugar-lowering' approach can be beneficial for diabetics A team of researchers has come up with a new approach to help lower blood sugar levels in diabetics. By: ANI | September 4, 2015 8:51 AM.
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Weight loss surgery 'cures half of type-2 diabetes cases' Weight loss surgery cures half of patients with type-2 diabetes, for at least five years, a study suggests. The trial, on 60 people, published in the Lancet, found none of those with type 2 had been cured by medication and diet alone.
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Smokeless Tobacco Use Found Higher Among Student-Athletes Very active high school athletes use chewing tobacco and other smokeless tobacco products at higher rates than students who do not participate in sports, but they smoke less, according to a report issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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FDA approves longer-term use of AstraZeneca blood thinner REUTERS: AstraZeneca Plc on Thursday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new dose of its blood thinner Brilinta intended for longer-term use in patients with a history of heart attack or a condition known as acute coronary syndrome.
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Norovirus-Like Illness Sickens at Least 125 Students, School Officials Say The your son might be out of the leak. Yet. Because I had I don't feel safe was sending him to go into Davis is keeping both her kids home from school after getting an automated call.
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Philips unveils new healthcare products, some made in India Dutch consumer and well-being electronics giant Royal Philips on Thursday launched a host of products -- from a wearable healthcare watch to air purifiers -- some of which were jointly developed at its India innovation arms in Pune and Bengaluru.
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Deadly strain of West Nile virus hits Israel 27 people have contracted a particularly vicious strain of West Nile virus in cities and towns all over Israel, Health Ministry closely monitoring the situation.
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Bard IVC Recovery Filter Hammered by NBC Nightly News Every year, thousands of patients are implanted with a retrieval inferior vena cava filters (IVC) but they are not warned by doctors about the risk of injury from these temporary devices.
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Study: Needle-exchange program leads to big drop in DC HIV infections The average monthly rate of new HIV infections among drug users in the nation's capital dropped by about 70 percent after the District implemented a needle exchange program in 2008, according to a study that was released Thursday.
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Liberia declared Ebola-free for a second time The World Health Organization declared Liberia free of Ebola for a second time Thursday after a brief resurgence of the disease. Liberia was the country hardest hit in the largest Ebola epidemic on record, accounting for more than 4,800 of the 11,300 ...
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Farm dust protects kids against asthma, allergies Researchers have long known that growing up on a farm seems to protect children against allergies and now they know the secret lies in the dust, Belgian experts say.
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Louisiana Poison Control agrees with FDA, advises people to avoid powdered ... The FDA has sent warning letters to 5 distributors of pure powdered caffeine and Louisiana Poison Control Center Director Mark Ryan agrees the product puts consumers at risk.
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Is your dog OK? Since he can't speak for himself, these collars can tell you Kenneth Herring says his epileptic dog, Jack, wears a medical collar that can detect when the pooch has seizures. , FILE: KENNETH HERRING, AP.
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UPDATE 1-Ukraine outbreak brings polio back to Europe, WHO says (Adds details, quote, background). By Tom Miles. GENEVA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Two children in southwestern Ukraine have been paralysed by polio, the first outbreak of the disease in Europe since 2010, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, in a ...
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Stethoscope meets smartphone and the heart knows it's right Call it a winter-spring romance: The oldest tool in a doctor's kit -- a stethoscope -- meets the youngest -- a smartphone. Together, they make (and hear, see, analyze and record) heartbeats race.
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A Good Night's Sleep Could Protect You From The Common Cold Not getting enough sleep really does boost your risk of catching a cold, a new study suggests. The study involved 164 healthy people who wore wristbands (similar to fitness trackers) for a week to monitor their sleep habits.
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September is Suicide Awareness Month This month is suicide prevention month and the Oneida County Health Department is sharing tips to prevent the increasing death rates.
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Study Says Americans Value Mental Health Just Like Physical Health Mental health has often had a bit of a perception problem in the eye of the public but new data says that it appears this stigma is shifting.
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Fort Worth Leaders Roll Up Their Sleeves For Flu Shots FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - Health officials across Texas have been urging residents to get their flu shots and Wednesday leaders from Tarrant County and the City of Fort Worth set out to lead by example.
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Love Essentially: Is new sex drive pill the female Viagra? In this Aug. 18 file photo, Sprout Pharmaceuticals CEO Cindy Whitehead holds a bottle for the female sex-drive drug Addyi. In this Aug. 18 file photo, Sprout Pharmaceuticals CEO Cindy Whitehead holds a bottle for the female sex-drive drug Addyi.
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More than 100 Person County students, teachers sent home due to illness Person County, N.C. - Parents in Person County got an automated message Wednesday from Superintendent Danny Holloman that more than 100 students and teachers had been sent home from three schools due to a gastrointestinal outbreak.
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Raising money to fight childhood cancer This picture was taken during half-time at a Texas Tech football game in 2010. That guy on the right is Rylan Reed, who grew to be a very big #74 when he played for the Red Raiders.
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New Collars Monitor Pets for Pain, Problems LOS ANGELES - You can use wearables with GPS to keep track of wandering dogs. Others help you track animals' physical activity.
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