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Study: Antioxidant use may promote spread of cancer Researchers were not entirely surprised about the effect of antioxidants on cancer because of its effects in other studies. Photo by Shutterstock.
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Antioxidants linked to increased spreading of cancer cells among mice Antioxidants speed up the spread of the cancer cells in the body, according to a new research. Antioxidants have been associated with lower risk of cancer but the new research could further confuse us about our knowledge of cancer and how it spreads.
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More evidence poor cancer patients don't join clinical trials (Reuters Health) - Low-income cancer patients are much less likely to participate in clinical trials than their more affluent peers, a U.S.
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Provocative study challenges antioxidants Washington - Since the term "antioxidants" made the leap from the realm of biochemistry labs and into the public consciousness in the 1990s, Americans have come to believe that more is better when it comes to consuming the substance that comes in ...
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The latest study about antioxidants is terrifying. Scientists think they may ... Since the term "antioxidants" made the leap from the realm of biochemistry labs and into the public consciousness in the 1990s, Americans have come to believe that more is better when it comes to consuming the substance that comes in things like acai ...
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Ebola Is Coming Back—But It Never Really Went Away Once a major outbreak dies down, getting rid of a disease entirely is a game of whack-a-mole—and in Ebola's case, the mole is a deadly, gruesome virus scientists are just beginning to understand.
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Two new Ebola cases found in Guinea, dashing hopes GENEVA Two people have fallen ill with Ebola in Guinea, the World Health Organization said on Friday, dashing hopes of an imminent end to the worst recorded outbreak of the disease after a two-week spell without any new cases across West Africa.
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Shire says US FDA declines to approve eye drug Lifitegrast Oct 16 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration notified Shire Plc it will not approve its eye drug Lifitegrast, the company said on Friday, adding that the U.S.
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More evidence poor cancer patients don't join clinical trials Low-income cancer patients are much less likely to participate in clinical trials than their more affluent peers, a U.S. study confirms.
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Poor Cancer Patients Do Not Participate In Clinical Trials Patients from lower-income brackets are less likely to participate in clinical trials, according to a new study. (Photo : Stephen Dickter | Flickr).
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UPDATE 1-Shire says US FDA declines to approve eye drug Lifitegrast (Adds details, shares). Oct 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration notified Shire Plc it will not approve its eye drug Lifitegrast, the company said on Friday, adding that the U.S.
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Taking Vitamin D and Calcium supplements does not prevent colon growths It is being said that supplements can prove beneficial in preventing colon cancer. But a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has dampened those expectations.
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Shire says FDA declines to approve eye drug Lifitegrast The U.S. Food and Drug Administration notified Shire Plc it will not approve its eye drug Lifitegrast, the company said on Friday, adding that the U.S.
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Ebola Survives In Semen For Much Longer Than We Thought The Ebola virus may live longer in semen than previously understood, which may make male survivors of the disease infectious for up to nine months after the virus first presents itself, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of ...
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Australia to allow marijuana to be grown locally for medical trials PERTH Oct 17 Australia is altering its drug laws to allow for the cultivation of marijuana for medicinal and scientific purposes, removing a major hurdle to the establishment of clinical trials of the drug, the government said on Saturday.
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Investigation Reveals FDA Was 'Lax' In Approving Blood Thinner Pradaxa The nonpartisan watchdog group called Project on Government Oversight published a report on Thursday that highlights flaws in the FDA's 2010 approval of Pradaxa, a blood thinner.
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Vitamin D, Calcium a Bust for Preventing Colorectal Polyps savesaved. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. by Salynn Boyles Contributing Writer.
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Australia to allow marijuana to be grown locally for medical trials PERTH Australia is altering its drug laws to allow for the cultivation of marijuana for medicinal and scientific purposes, removing a major hurdle to the establishment of clinical trials of the drug, the government said on Saturday.
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Weakening Antibiotics Could Result in 6300 More Infection-Related Deaths Every ... New projections suggest 120,000 more people would be at risk of infections from drug-resistant bacteria if current antibiotics lose their effectiveness.
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UK Ebola "relapse" case takes virus specialists to uncharted waters LONDON, The case of Pauline Cafferkey, the first person known to have recovered from Ebola and then suffer an apparently life-threatening relapse, is taking scientists into uncharted territory.
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Theranos, a Blood Test Start-Up, Faces FDA Scrutiny Theranos, a closely watched start-up that vowed to revolutionize medical testing, said on Friday that because of questions raised by the Food and Drug Administration, it had temporarily halted its trademark practice of collecting tiny blood samples ...
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More People Could Die After Surgery, Chemotherapy Due To Weakening Antibiotics Performing surgery and chemotherapy may become more challenging due to the growing threat of antibiotic resistance and weakening antibiotics.
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Steelers' DeAngelo Williams Pays for 53 Mammograms After NFL Denies Request to ... Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams arrives for an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Oct. 1, 2015, in Pittsburgh.
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A comprehensive guide to Theranos' troubles and what it means for you A deeply reported story by the Wall Street Journal has pulled the curtain back on Theranos, the hot and intensely secretive Palo Alto, Calif.
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Are the Wall Street Journal's allegations about Theranos true? The company's general counsel answers our legal analyst's questions. Speaking as someone who, in a June 2014 cover story, helped bring the blood diagnostic company Theranos and its 31-year-old founder Elizabeth Holmes to prominence, I found this ...
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Half of Bugs That Cause Infections After Surgery are Antibiotic Resistant We've been hearing the warnings for a while now: bacteria are cleverly evading the best antibiotics that we can throw at them, and that means trouble.
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Local businesses spread breast cancer awareness, honor survivors Local hospitals, businesses and organizations are spreading awareness and honoring survivors through fellowship and fundraising as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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As first female libido drug hits the market, more options in pipeline WASHINGTON -- Most women with low sexual desire won't rush to get the first prescription drug to boost female libido when it becomes available on Saturday.
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The World's First Female Sex Drug Could Spur Similar Meds Most women with low sexual desire won't rush to get the first prescription drug to boost female libido when it becomes available on Saturday.
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Rest not best for concussion recovery, experts conclude during UPMC Concussion ... From, left to right, Michael "Micky" Collins, Ph.D., executive director, UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program and nationally renowned clinician/expert, Pittsburgh, PA, Javier Cardenas, M.D.
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Our Love of Getting Trashed Is Costing the US $250 Billion Every Year A rough night out has a lot of personal costs. Your wallet might be missing, some potentially libelous photos are now floating around and the loss of dignity can be hard to swallow.
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What Scares Americans: Going Broke, Terrorism and Sometimes Zombies Is the thought of going broke keeping you up at night? Or maybe it's a fear of robots taking over your job? Or a zombie apocalypse?
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The 'pinking' of America: part activism, part fraud Breast cancer is big business in America today, and high season for the industry is October. Personally (and it is personal), I feel exploited by the "pinking" of the world around me, from pink pancakes to pink coffee mugs, from $8 pink wristbands to ...
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The World's First Female Sex Drug Could Spur Similar Meds WASHINGTON - Most women with low sexual desire won't rush to get the first prescription drug to boost female libido when it becomes available on Saturday.
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Breast cancer deaths are on the decline Breast cancer deaths have dropped dramatically in the past two decades - the result of better treatment, greater awareness and more women getting mammograms.
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Alcohol-Involved First Sexual Experiences May Put Women At Risk alcohol (Photo : Flickr/CC) Alcohol and first sexual experiences should not mix, according to a recent study. New research suggests that alcohol and first sexual experiences should not mix.
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UPDATE 2-US FDA approves Boehringer's blood thinner reversal agent (Adds details on rival drugs, backgroun, byline). By Ransdell Pierson. Oct 16 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Friday approved Praxbind, a reversal agent made by Germany's privately held Boehringer Ingelheim, for use in emergency situations by ...
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FDA Oks Boehringer's Drug For Reversing Blood-Thinning Effects Of Pradaxa The FDA approved the use of the neutralizer Praxbind which can be injected to reverse the blood-thinning effects of Pradaxa. Health officials advise patients to be cautious in taking the pill.
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US flu levels low as new season's reporting starts In its first surveillance report for the new US flu season, overall activity is low, with H3N2 as the dominant strain, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
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Breast Cancer Mortality After Diagnosis of DCIS Hello. I am Andrew Kaunitz, professor and associate chairman in the OB/GYN Department at the University of Florida, Jacksonville. Today, I would like to discuss a landmark study of women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) that clarifies ...
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Student creates app for vets to prevent night terrors SAINT PAUL, Minn. - A college student, inspired by his Iraq War vet father's struggles with night terrors, is being recognized for an invention to help those suffering from the condition.
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Student Whose Army Dad Has PTSD Creates App to Help Vets Sleep A college student whose soldier dad was having trouble sleeping after experiencing combat and his friends are helping veterans with a new app that tracks their sleep.
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Homeless and mental illness CARBONDALE - As far as Hanna Wichmann knows, there is no one in the greater Carbondale area actively seeking to offer mental health services to the homeless.
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Stress on the Job Can Give You a Stroke "I think that everyone intuitively knows that stress increases illness in general, and this shows work stress increases stroke risk", said Dr.
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Acetaminophen tablets recalled KUSA - Medline Industries has issued a nationwide recall of acetaminophen tablets due to mislabeling. The affected products include Medline.
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The lessons I learned after losing a baby, and finding hope It seems fitting that Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day falls in October. This is the month of our greatest loss and eventually, against all odds, our greatest joy.
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Americans Are More Afraid of Robots Than Death When the personal computer first became ubiquitous in the 1980s, as Adrienne LaFrance wrote in The Atlantic earlier this year, some people found it so terrifying that the term "computerphobia" was coined.
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Medicaid Costs Rise, but Some States Are Spared WASHINGTON - Spending on Medicaid rose nearly 14 percent on average in the last fiscal year, a report has found, largely because of a tide of newly eligible enrollees in the 29 states that had expanded the program by then to cover millions more ...
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Mental Health Awareness Week Kicks Off, Aims to Stomp Out Stigma Today marks the start of the first Mental Health Awareness Week, which lasts until Oct. 23 and will feature events around campus designed to promote the awareness and understanding of mental health issues.
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Medicaid spending soars, mostly in expansion states People in Los Angeles wait to enter an Affordable Care Act enrollment event sponsored in 2014 by the Service Employees International Union.
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