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Pfizer (PFE) Announces XALKORI Approved by FDA for Treatment of Patients with ROS1-Positive Metastatic NSCLC Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for XALKORI® (crizotinib) to treat patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose ...
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FDA Okays Pfizer's Lung Cancer Drug Xalkori For Expanded Use The Food and Drug Administration has approved the expanded use of Pfizer's Xalkori for the treatment of a rare mutation of lung cancer.
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With early breast cancer, targeted radiation shows promise For women with early stage breast cancer, targeted doses of radiation therapy may be as effective as standard radiation treatment of the entire breast, a new British study suggests.
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Brazil Giving $2.8 Million for Zika Research RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's health minister said Thursday that the country's top biomedical research institute is getting $2.8 million to fund studies aimed at combatting the Zika virus.
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High 'good' cholesterol not always a good sign The University of Pennsylvania's Daniel J. Rader said a genetic mutation may interfere with "good" cholesterol's ability to rid the body of the bad stuff.
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Having a younger sibling may be good for your health That pesky kid brother or sister who broke your stuff and got you in trouble all the time may have actually done you a favor. A U.S.
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Birth of a Sibling Could Mean a Healthier Body Weight for the First-Born Younger siblings can be annoying, but a new study suggests they may be good for your health. In the longitudinal study that tracked nearly 700 children across the U.S.
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Gum disease link to Alzheimer's, research suggests Gum disease has been linked to a greater rate of cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer's disease, early stage research has suggested.
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Having a younger sibling can lower your kid's chance of becoming obese The birth of a sibling by the time a child reaches the first grade or when the child is between two and four years can help the kid maintain a healthier body mass index (BMI).
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Youngest Kids In Class At Higher Risk Of ADHD Diagnosis By the time they're in elementary school, some kids prove to be more troublesome than others. They can't sit still or they're not socializing or they can't focus enough to complete tasks that the other kids are handling well.
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Birth Date May Influence Child's Risk For ADHD Diagnosis Students with birth dates just before the school cutoff date are younger and less mature than their classmates. 03/11/2016 06:50 pm ET.
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That pesky kid brother (or sister) may be good for your health That pesky kid brother or sister who broke your stuff and got you in trouble all the time may have actually done you a favour. A US study suggests that younger siblings might be really good for your health.
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Birth of a sibling could mean healthier BMI for first-born (ABC News) - Younger siblings can be annoying, but a new study suggests they may be good for your health. In the longitudinal study that tracked nearly 700 children across the U.S.
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Nutrition watchdog sours on Splenda after study links sweetener to leukemia There's a new reason for people with a sweet tooth to be cautious about using artificial sweeteners. Sucralose, the artificial sweetener also known as Splenda that gives thousands of products their sugary taste, is generally considered safe.
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Reading from a tablet before bed may affect sleep quality (Reuters Health) - - People who read from an iPad for 30 minutes before going to sleep felt less sleepy and had different electrical activity in the brain during sleep than those who read from a physical book, a recent study found.
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Cornell Study Finds Raising The Vaping Age Actually Increases Teen Smoking Isaiah Atkinson smokes a cigarette in front of the San Francisco Centre on May 31, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Since 1987, the World Health Organization has celebrated 'World No Tobacco Day' to raise awareness to the health risks associated with ...
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CVS escalates war on tobacco With help from Jen Haberkorn, Erin Mershon and Brett Norman. CVS DECLARES WAR ON TOBACCO - AGAIN. The pharmacy chain this morning is announcing a $50 million, five-year commitment to fund new programming and pilots intended to reduce ...
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Pittsburgh left out of federal funding for drug tr... WASHINGTON - A day after a nearly unanimous U.S. Senate approved a package of measures addressing opioid abuse, the Obama administration on Friday released $94 million in funding for treatment centers nationwide, including $1.8 million for ...
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Uterus transplants are extremely risky. Doctors should keep doing them anyway. One day after Cleveland Clinic doctors hailed the first uterine transplant in the US a success, the prestigious medical center said the operation had, in fact, failed.
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Massachusetts Senate passes opioid bill, sends it to Gov. Charlie Baker BOSTON - A comprehensive bill addressing opioid addiction is on its way to Gov. Charlie Baker's desk for his signature, after the Senate passed it Thursday in a unanimous 37-0 vote.
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Obama health law missed 2015 enrollment target WASHINGTON - Last year's final enrollment numbers under President Barack Obama's health care law fell just short of a target the administration had set, the government reported Friday.
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To fight opiod crisis, these 3 health centers get $1.1 million FILE-- Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), who spent weeks promoting an anti-drug measure after seeing opioid-related crime and addiction soar in her state, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March, 16, 2015.
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Double mastectomies for breast cancer tripled in 10 years (CNN) The number of women who have a double mastectomy for breast cancer has tripled in 10 years, according to new research, even though this aggressive surgery has not been associated with a survival benefit.
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Study links Splenda to higher risk of leukemia Although mice in the study were fed much higher amounts of the artificial sweetener throughout their lives than most people consume, researchers say people shouldn't use it.
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A younger sibling may be good for your child's health ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Becoming a big brother or big sister before first grade may lower a child's risk of becoming obese, a new study led by the University of Michigan suggests.
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Double mastectomies for breast cancer tripled in 10 years The number of women who have a double mastectomy for breast cancer has tripled in the last 10 years, according to new research, even though this aggressive surgery has not been associated with a survival benefit.
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CARA Passage Encouraging But We Can't Stop Now Mehmet Oz, M.D. Cardiac Surgeon and Host of the Emmy-Award Winning 'The Dr. Oz Show'. The United States Senate passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act yesterday 94 to 1. Let that sink in for a moment... few votes are that ...
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Breast cancer breakthrough: Tumours wiped out in 11 days Eighty-seven per cent of participants in the trial responded to the treatment, with tests showing the cancer had stopped producing more cells.
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Parker Hannifin's Robotic Exoskeleton Gets FDA OK for Personal Use Industrial conglomerate Parker Hannifin Corp. has received U.S. regulatory approval to sell its motorized leg braces to people unable to walk but faces years of work to convince the insurance industry that the health benefit of the devices—at a cost ...
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Flu arrives late across US The annual influenza season, which typically peaks between December and February, has picked up strength across the U.S. and is widespread now in 37 states, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.
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Kaiser Permanente medical school will be in Pasadena LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kaiser Permanente has picked Pasadena as the home of its new medical school planned for 2019. The Oakland-based healthcare giant said Thursday that the city 10 miles north of Los Angeles was chosen because of its proximity to ...
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Lack of IT funding from state presents challenges for Albany's 2 health care partnerships The state didn't provide any IT funding for Albany's health care systems to meet ambitious goals to transform the Medicaid program.
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Test of Zika-Fighting Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Gets Tentative FDA Approval The federal government on Friday moved to clear the way for the release of genetically engineered mosquitoes into the wild for the first time in the United States, tentatively approving a field test that might help slow the spread of the Zika virus.
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Why so many Americans are feeling more stressed out 2015 was a stressful year for many Americans. According to a new survey from the American Psychological Association, average stress levels in the U.S.
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More Breast Cancer Patients Choosing Preventive Mastectomy, Despite Low Rates of Cancer Recurrence survivor Many more breast cancer patients are opting to remove their healthy breast, despite the fact that a double mastectomy doesn't increase survival rates.
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Elizabethkingia Bacterial Infection Threatens Wisconsin Wisconsin state is facing threat from a rare and antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection of the bloodstream known as Elizabethkingia.
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Splenda ingredient, sucralose, linked to leukemia (FOX 13) - New research shows the main ingredient in the artificial sweetener Splenda, called sucralose, has been linked to leukemia.
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Sleep is serious: Catch your Zzzs 3/11/2016 - WASHINGTON -- "Beep. Beep. Beep," the alarm blares. Time to get up. Do you hit snooze? On average, we spend 33 percent of our lives asleep.
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4-year-old suffers brain damage after dentist visit HOUSTON - A Houston family is considering a lawsuit against a dentist after their child suffered brain damage from multiple seizures during the visit.
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The Touching Moment an Ailing Teen Learns He's Getting a Life-Saving Heart Transplant After 99 days of lying in a hospital bed, fighting every day to survive, a 13-year-old Burlington, North Carolina, boy got a life-saving heart transplant.
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FDA Approves Clinical, Personal Use Of Indego Exoskeleton Indego exoskeleton receives approval from FDA for clinical and personal use in the U.S. People who are paralyzed below the waist can stand up and walk using the Indego exoskeleton.
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After waiting 100 days, teen gets life-saving heart transplant Albert Jeffries, IV, or "Alj" as he prefers to be called, has been in and out of UNC Children's Hospital ever since he was born 13 years ago, but that will hopefully soon change.
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Burlington 13-Year-Old Surprised With New Heart 13-year-old Albert Jeffries tells mom he feels like a new person after waking from heart transplant surgery. Hope Ford, WKYC 3:54 PM.
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Burlington 13-Year-Old Surprised With New Heart 13-year-old Albert Jeffries tells mom he feels like a new person after waking from heart transplant surgery. Hope Ford, WUSA 3:54 PM.
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One-Legged Gymnast Competes With Two-Legged Peers, Inspires Others Kate Foster lost her leg to a leukemia-related infection when she was 12, but she didn't let that stop her from becoming a competitive gymnast.
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Drug overdose deaths skyrocket in Pennsylvania The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy has established the Pennsylvania Heroin Overdose Prevention Technical Assistance Center.
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MSU vets credited with saving furry federal agent LANSING - Jeff Perryman, a federal agent who lives in DeWitt, stayed by his law enforcement partner's side for five days after major surgery.
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Regeneron: Sarilumab Shows Stronger Efficacy Than Adalimumab In Phase 3 Study Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (REGN) and Sanofi (SNYNF,SNY) announced that a Phase 3 monotherapy study met its primary endpoint demonstrating that sarilumab was superior to adalimumab (marketed by AbbVie as HUMIRA) in improving signs and ...
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Majority of California adults have pre-diabetes or diabetes Nearly half of California adults -- including 1 of every 3 young adults -- are estimated to have undiagnosed diabetes or prediabetes, a precursor to life-threatening Type 2 diabetes, according to a UCLA study released Thursday.
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