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Actelion says selexipag to enter U.S. market in January A general view shows Swiss biotech group Actelion Headquarters in Allschwil near Basel February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann. ZURICH (Reuters) - Actelion Ltd, Europe's biggest biotech firm, has won approval from the U.S.
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Spreading Virus Adds to Brazil's Woes SÃO PAULO—Brazil is in the grips of yet another crisis: a fast-spreading virus some health officials are linking to thousands of cases of infant brain damage and 40 related deaths this year.
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Americans are drinking themselves to death at record rates Alcohol is killing Americans at a rate not seen in at least 35 years, according to new federal data. Last year, more than 30,700 Americans died from alcohol-induced causes, including alcohol poisoning and cirrhosis, which is primarily caused by alcohol ...
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Skin-to-Skin 'Kangaroo-Style' Care May Benefit Newborns' Health Babies born with a low birth weight who are regularly held by their mothers skin-to-skin - or "kangaroo style" - may have a lower risk of dying prematurely, according to a new analysis of previous research.
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Trial: Immunotherapy more effective than chemo for lung cancer Former United States President Jimmy Carter cancer is in complete remission after being treated with Keytruda, which a new study showed is more effective against lung cancer than chemotherapy.
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Keytruda May Help Fight Tough-to-Treat Lung Cancer SATURDAY, Dec. 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The immune therapy drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab) may extend the lives of people with advanced lung cancer, a new study finds.
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Patients Fear Spike in Price of Old Drugs Fred Kellerman, a retired car salesman from Los Angeles, was bedridden with a rare neuromuscular disease when he started taking a drug in the 1990s at Duke University in North Carolina.
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Windsor doctor will use lottery to decide who gets free fertility treatments A Windsor fertility specialist says he'll run a lottery to choose the four women who get free government-funded in vitro fertilization at his clinic each month, because desperate demand will massively outstrip the available spots.
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Skin-to-skin 'kangaroo' infant care tied to better survival Premature and underweight newborns may have better survival odds if they pass their days with their bare chests nestled directly against their mothers' breasts, a research review suggests.
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911 Dispatcher Helps Deliver Baby Over the Phone Just 2 Weeks Into Job A new 911 dispatcher in Utah faced a surprising test when he had to help birth a baby via the telephone. William Kalaher had started as a 911 dispatcher only two weeks before taking a call from Kristin Allred and her husband, Shay, who called as Allred ...
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Being 'Fat But Fit' Won't Cut Your Risk of Premature Death MONDAY, Dec. 21, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- New research seems to contradict the idea that people might escape the health hazards associated with obesity if they're "fat but fit.
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Rookie 911 Dispatcher Helps Baby Born on the Way to the Hospital and Who Was ... The baby delivered on the side of the highway in Utah. Mom and dad on the way to the hospital running out of time. A 911 operator on the job for only two weeks walking them through the steps that it would turn out a shoe lace which saved the day.
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Government panel backs preventive statin use by adults 40 and over (Reuters Health) - Aligning with heart health groups and other experts, a U.S. government-backed panel now suggests that adults as young as 40 without a previous heart attack or stroke may need to start on a low or moderate dose of cholesterol-lowering ...
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USPSTF To Shore Up Statin Recs for Primary Prevention savesaved. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. author name. by Crystal Phend Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today.
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Bariatric Surgery Cuts The Risk Of Developing Serious Health Problems Bariatric surgery can help reduce the risk of some serious health problems, according to a recent study. (Photo : Flickr.com/Malingering).
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Zealand announces that Sanofi has submitted LixiLan for regulatory review in ... COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 23, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zealand announced that today, Sanofi confirmed that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) for LixiLan to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Chipotle Shares Will Continue To Track Lower, But Not By Much Disclosure: I am/we are short CMG. (More...)I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha).
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California Details Paralysis Cases savesaved. author name. by Kristina Fiore Staff Writer, MedPage Today. The causes behind a distinct type of paralysis are still unclear, according to an analysis of surveillance data from the California Department of Public Health.
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Clinton announces $2 billion effort to cure Alzheimer's WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday a $2 billion annual effort to cure Alzheimer's disease by 2025, calling for doubling federal spending to combat the illness.
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Newt Gingrich backs Hillary Clinton's Alzheimer's initiative Washington (CNN) Newt Gingrich and Hillary Clinton may have a long relationship as political rivals, but the former Republican House speaker is backing one part of the Democratic front-runner's presidential platform.
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Call for NHS bosses to adopt innovation more quickly In the cardiac area at St George's Hospital in south-west London, a woman is being given an anaesthetic. She is having a damaged aortic valve replaced in an intricate procedure which helps people who are too high-risk for open heart surgery.
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Skinny models must prove they are healthy to work in France France has passed a law obliging the skinniest models to provide a doctor's certificate confirming that they are healthy. The bill stipulates models must obtain medical proof that their health, "assessed in particular in terms of body mass index, is ...
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Colombia's president legalizes medical marijuana BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos signed a decree on Tuesday legalizing the growing and sale of marijuana for medical purposes, a dramatic shift in a country long identified with US-backed policies to stamp out drug crops.
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FDA: Blood Supply Untainted By Gay, Bisexual Men For 30 years gay and bi-sexual men never had a chance to donate blood to area blood banks, but a breakthrough in medical research has now changed that.
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Colombia's President Signs a Decree Legalizing Medical Weed Colombia's president has legalized the production and sale of medical marijuana, putting the country firmly within a wave of more liberal attitudes to weed that is currently sweeping Latin America.
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Clarification: Blood Donations-Gay Men story WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story Dec. 21, The Associated Press reported that the FDA considered eliminating all restrictions for blood donations from gay and bisexual men.
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Clarification: Blood Donations-Gay Men story In a story Dec. 21, The Associated Press reported that the FDA considered eliminating all restrictions for blood donations from gay and bisexual men.
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Ebola Mystery: Did A Mom Who Tested Negative Infect Her Family? It is a medical mystery. How did a father and two of his children become infected with Ebola virus in mid-November - more than two months after Liberia had been declared Ebola-free?
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Drug overdose deaths on the rise The CDC reported heroin and opioid deaths are up 14 percent nationally, but there are things you can do to help a loved one who is at risk.
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$0.68 Earnings Per Share Expected for Sanofi SA (NYSE:SNY) This Quarter Sanofi SA logo Equities analysts expect that Sanofi SA (NYSE:SNY) will announce earnings per share (EPS) of $0.68 for the current quarter, Zacks reports.
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Father brings gun to hospital to buy time for his 'brain dead' son HOUSTON - A Texas father has been released from jail after police say he brought a gun to a hospital to stop the staff from taking his son off of life support.
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Obama Administration Releases National Action Plan for Combating Multidrug ... Washington, DC - Today, the White House released a comprehensive plan that identifies critical actions to be taken by key Federal departments and agencies to combat the global rise of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
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Pre-Open Stock Movers 12/22: (PSDV) (ALXA) (SAVE) Higher; (SCS) (NTAP) (CMG ... Get an inside look at Wall Street with StreetInsider Premium. Get your 2-week free trial here. pSivida Corp. (NASDAQ: PSDV) 49.2% HIGHER; announced positive topline results from its first Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of ...
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U.K. Study Supports Efficacy of Extended IVF savesaved. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. by Molly Walker Contributing Writer.
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18 Connecticut Hospitals Penalized For High Infection Rates Eighteen Connecticut hospitals will lose 1 percent of their Medicare payments in 2016 as a penalty for comparatively high rates of avoidable infections and other complications, such as pressure sores and post-operative blood clots, according to new ...
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Northland Securities Reiterates Buy Rating for pSivida Corp. (PSDV) pSivida Corp. logo Northland Securities reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of pSivida Corp. (NASDAQ:PSDV) in a report published on Thursday morning, ARN reports.
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Ebola Survivors Face Complications Months After Treatment, Study Finds TUESDAY, Dec. 22, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Some Ebola survivors develop vision and hearing problems as well as joint pain months after treatment, suggesting the virus lingers in some body fluids, new research shows.
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Pitt team finds circadian rhythm of genes in brain changes with aging ... PITTSBURGH, Dec. 21, 2015 - Examination of thousands of genes from nearly 150 human brains shows the circadian rhythm of gene activity changes with aging, according to a first-of-its-kind study conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh ...
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High On The Highway: Scientists Try To Build A Marijuana Breath Test A quartet of Western states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana, and voters in a half-dozen more states may vote on pot legalization in 2016.
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Dad 'overwhelmed' by breast milk donations for baby son who lost mother Alex Green with son Brody. Brody's mother, Catherine Twete, died when he was 3 months old, but Green is honoring her wish that Brody get breast milk for his first year.
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Humans, Not Hangers: Why It's Time to Regulate the U.S. Fashion Industry The industry defines, transmits and reinforces cruelly unrealistic standards of thinness, and increases the risk of eating disorders.
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Study: Night shift workers more likely to doze at the wheel Those who commute by car often face another danger: drowsy drivers. A report out Monday found drivers getting off the night shift could be an accident waiting to happen.
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Better surveillance should bring better flu vaccine Flu season is here again and University of Florida researchers say better surveillance of the flu viruses may make for a better flu vaccine.
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Degrading photos on social media pose rising threat to nursing home patients Nursing home workers across the country are posting embarrassing and dehumanizing photos of elderly residents on social media networks such as Snapchat, shown here, violating their privacy, dignity and, sometimes, the law.
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Opioid Overdose Deaths Hit Record High More people died from drug overdoses in the United States in 2014 than during any previous year on record, with increases in opioid overdose deaths the driving factor, according to new statistics released today by the US Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Sierra Leone launches Ebola virus 'Lessons Learnt' booklet Change will be difficult if not impossible without the involvement of local communities, Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma's said on Monday during the launch of a booklet detailing the lessons the country has learnt with the fight against the ...
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Brown: Teenage transplant recipient finds donor on Facebook Anthony Parello, 14, of Lombard (left) talks about his life-saving liver transplant with his mother Kimberly and Kendra Perpich (right), who served as Anthony's living donor after reconnecting with Kimberly over Facebook.
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OUR VIEW: Federal overreach on indoor tanning From the "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here" department (stealing Capt. Renault's line from the film "Casablanca"), the federal government is about to overreach.
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December 21, 2015 - Mental Health in Benton County Statewide, systematic changes in the mental health service industry are in full swing. Our once stigma-steeped culture of cornering mental health as segregated psychiatric services has shifted to team-based care models.
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