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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy May Be Key To Treating Seasonal Affective ... Seasonal affective disorder makes people want to hibernate all season long, but a therapist could stop it from coming back this winter.
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Transplant tourism can increase risk for organ recipients When people languish on a wait-list for a kidney transplant, they may start to consider a desperate measure: Traveling to a country where they can buy a donor kidney on the black market.
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Early warning found for chronic kidney disease Make room, cholesterol. A new disease marker is entering the medical lexicon: suPAR, or soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor.
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Gileads (GILD) Cocktail HIV Drug Genvoya Gets FDA Nod Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s (GILD - Analyst Report) announced that the first tenofoviralafenamide (TAF)-based HIV drug, Genvoya, has been approved by the FDA.
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FDA Panel Seeks Tougher Antibiotic Labels SILVER SPRING, Md.—A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel overwhelmingly called for heightened label warnings on widely prescribed antibiotics called fluoroquinolones because of unusual but sometimes devastating side effects.
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Sunday GP appointments 'not in demand', research says Four out of five people are happy with their GP surgery's opening hours, and Sunday appointments are not in demand, suggests research in the British Journal of General Practice.
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First-of-its-Kind Alzheimer's Disease Study in Orlando & The Villages Seeks ... ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 5 million Americans—including 500,000 Floridians—are currently suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and scientists expect this number to nearly triple by 2050.
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Alzheimer's is a young(er) person's disease -- so get to work (CNN) While he couldn't possibly have known, Sandy Halperin was likely around 35 years old when his brain began slowly accumulating the plaques and tangles of Alzheimer's disease.
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Alzheimer's can be in tissue years before memory lapses (CNN) —While he couldn't possibly have known, Sandy Halperin was likely around 35 years old when his brain began slowly accumulating the plaques and tangles of Alzheimer's disease.
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Genes and Food Cues Both Matter in Obesity savesaved. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. by Parker Brown Staff Writer, MedPage Today.
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Massachusetts Woman Gives Birth, Didn't Realize She Was Pregnant A woman in Massachusetts gave birth to an 8-lb. baby girl Wednesday after going to the hospital for abdominal pain. Judy Brown had no idea she was in labor when she arrived at the hospital.
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New HIV Pill Delivers Four Drugs in One Dose The Food and Drug Administration says it's approved a new once-a-day pill that delivers four HIV drugs in a single dose to keep the virus under control.
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FDA approves new treatment for HIV The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Genvoya (a fixed-dose combination tablet containing elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide) as a complete regimen for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults and ...
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California reports first infant flu death of the season Two days after announcing that the death of an adult Santa Clara County resident from flu was the first reported flu death of the season, California Department of Public Health officials on Friday said an infant also has succumbed to the highly ...
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Study: Bariatric surgery for teens produces pronounced health benefits Enlarge Image Request to buy this photo Chris Russell | Dispatch photo Megan Griffith had weight-loss surgery when she was 16 and weighed more than 300 pounds.
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Once Again, Conservatives Say Obamacare Is Dying. Once Again, They're Wrong. 151104_MB_GettyImages-484931475 A patient newly insured under an insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act receives a checkup from a doctor at the South Broward Community Health Services clinic on April 15, 2014 in Hollywood, Florida.
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Junk Food Isn't To Blame for America's Obesity Epidemic According to a study by Cornell. Soda and sweets aren't making Americans fat. In fact, underweight Americans consume more junk food than those who are morbidly obese.
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Junk Food: Obesity Not Caused By Junk Food, Researchers Say The results of the study surprisingly showed that eating junk food was not responsible for the study participants' weight gain.
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Unsurprising study: Childhood obesity linked to soda, potato chips All around the world, child obesity rates are rising. In the Americas, 31 percent of children are now overweight or obese. In Europe, that number is closer to 40 percent.
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Here's Why The Acting DEA Chief Is Wrong On Medical Marijuana The acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration claimed that smoking marijuana has "never been shown to be safe or effective as a medicine.
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Federal Officials Warn States on Hepatitis C Drug Restrictions In a sign of growing government interest in rising prescription-drug costs, federal officials on Thursday said state Medicaid programs may be violating federal law by denying patients expensive hepatitis C medications.
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Infant Goes Into Remission Thanks to Cancer Treatment Breakthrough With ... A breakthrough technology has given hope to a family who thought their baby daughter may not survive to her second birthday. Layla Richards was diagnosed with leukemia last year at 14 weeks old, according to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
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FDA approves single-pill HIV treatment The all-in-one drug includes a new formulation of the drug tenofovir that was shown to reduce side effects from similar HIV treatments.
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Most Allergy Sufferers Not Getting Relief from Over-the-Counter Meds Many hay fever sufferers are turning to over-the-counter allergy medications to relieve their symptoms, but they may not be happy with the results they are getting from these medicines, a new study reveals.
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University returning $1M Coke contribution for health group NEW YORK (AP) - The University of Colorado School of Medicine is returning a $1 million contribution from Coca-Cola to start a group that says it's dedicated to ending obesity.
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FDA panel backs Merck & Co drug to reverse muscle relaxant effect Merck & Co's drug to reverse the effects of muscle relaxants used in surgery is safe and effective enough to warrant approval, an independent panel to the U.S.
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San Jose Restaurant Cleared To Open After Shigella Outbreak SAN JOSE (CBS SF) - A San Jose restaurant linked to an outbreak of an infectious bacterial disease that sickened nearly 200 people has been cleared to reopen, Santa Clara County health officials said Thursday.
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Rates of immediate breast reconstruction in US vary by age, race Younger white women are most likely to get immediate breast reconstruction when they have a mastectomy for breast cancer, while rates are lower for those over age 45 and those who are not white, according to a new study.
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Walgreens-Rite Aid deal could lead to elimination of 3000 stores There is too much overlap between each chain's locations, analyst says. If Walgreens buys smaller rival Rite Aid RAD -1.14% , the combined company may end up with far fewer stores than it bargained for, according to an analysis by real estate services ...
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How One Woman Changed The Way People Die In Mongolia "My father died of lung cancer, my mother died, my mother-in-law died because of liver cancer," she says. "Even though I was a doctor, I could do nothing.
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Out for Blood: Will Theranos Revolutionize Medical Testing? Move over, LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics, there's a new biotech powerhouse hogging the headlines: Theranos, a biotech startup currently valued at over 9 billion dollars, aims to revolutionize blood diagnostics.
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5 ways to make the most out of 'No Shave November' It's going to get hairy this month as men - and women - participate in "No Shave November," also known as "Movember.
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Babies and toddlers exposed to dogs may be less likely to develop dementia It is good to have dogs around if there is a small child in house. A new research paper has found that if babies and toddlers are exposed to dogs then they have 15% reduced risk of having dementia by the age of 6. Even if they are exposed to farm ...
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