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Combo Tx Offers 'Salvage' in Tough-to-Treat HCV BARCELONA -- An investigational drug combination offers renewed hope of a cure for chronic hepatitis C (HCV) patients who have tried and failed therapy with the new direct-acting antiviral agents, a researcher said here.
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Why I'm Hooked on 'Doctor-Hailing' Apps Feeling sick? Just fire up an app on your phone, talk to a nurse or doctor and have your drugs sent to the nearest pharmacy within the hour.
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Diabetes Drug Metformin May Cut Cancer Death Risk Metformin may help reduce cancer death risk, a new study has found. The old diabetes drug may then have the potential to be a valuable drug for patients with both cancer and diabetes.
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Widely Used Type 2 Diabetes Drug May Reduce Cancer Death Risk FRIDAY, April 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes drug, may reduce the risk of dying from some cancers for postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.
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Widely used type 2 diabetes drug may reduce cancer death risk FRIDAY, April 15, 2016 -- Metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes drug, may reduce the risk of dying from some cancers for postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.
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How Contagious Is Zika? Zika's arrival in the U.S. this summer seems almost inevitable, health officials keep saying. The virus has already touched down in northern Mexico and Puerto Rico.
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UK Doctors Webcast Live Surgery to Help Medical Students Worldwide: Report In a step that could go a long way in reducing the expenses of medical student training worldwide, doctors in the UK were able to live-stream a cancer surgery for worldwide audience through a specially designed website, named Medical Realities.
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AbbVie (ABBV) Issues Positive Update on ABT-493 and ABT-530 w/ RBV in HCV GT1 (ENTA) AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) announced that 91 percent (n=20/22) of genotype 1 (GT1) chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients who failed previous therapy with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) achieved SVR12 with 12 weeks of ABT-493 and ABT-530 with ...
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New CMS model incentivizes providers toward value-based care CMS has introduced a new model that takes another step in moving away from the traditional fee-for-service model in primary care. The Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) program for Medicare beneficiaries announced by CMS, is a regionally-based, ...
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Ukraine to mark 30 years since Chernobyl shook the world Ukraine is preparing to mark 30 years since the Chernobyl disaster, the world's worst nuclear accident whose death toll remains a mystery and which continues to jeopardise the local population's health.
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This tattoo-like display is made possible by a new ultra-thin protective 'E-skin' It sounds like something out of Star Trek: a patch thinner than a band-aid that you slap on your arm and, within moments, it lights up with heart rate, blood sugar, and so on - then peels off a few days later.
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Rural Parenting: Help nurture the garden by understanding autism Someone once said "every child is a different kind of flower, and all together, they make this world a beautiful garden." This lovely quote is something that comes to mind when I think of children with special needs, and particularly, children who are ...
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New Ultrathin E-Skin Turns Your Body into a Walking Display Ever imagined laminating electronics on your skin? If yes, then this may be a device for you. Japanese researchers have created an ultrathin, flexible e-skin that can be affixed to an arm, face or any other part of body and connects your body to ...
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Stronger, potentially lethal heroin shows up in rural Virginia Authorities in Culpeper County, Va., recorded 11 heroin overdoses in the first 12 days of the month. Then, on Wednesday, three happened in the span of a day.
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Electronic Skin Can Track Your Health And Fitness Light from red & green PLEDs is directed into the finger. Photodetectors catch the reflected light from inside the finger and provide a measure of blood oxygen.
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Woman in Florida remains Mostly Homebound due to Rare Skin Condition Julie Reid, a 28-year-old woman from Florida, revealed her rare skin condition, which has forced her to stay at home during day time.
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Immunological condition has turned Florida woman allergic to her own sweat and tears A Florida woman suffers from such an immunological condition that has made her allergic to her own sweat and tears. Whenever anything of such sort happens, the condition makes her break out in hives.
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Senior-most LDS missionary injured in Brussels blast returns to Utah Elder Richard Norby, Sister Haylie VanDenBerghe, Sister Fanny Clain and Sister Pam Norby pose for a photograph together after a recent meeting prior to the Brussels attacks.
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Fentanyl disguised as other drugs alarms authorities U.S. customs officers at the Otay Mesa border crossing found the tablets hidden in the man's underwear. There were more than 1,000 pills labeled as oxycodone, but a Drug Enforcement Administration lab later discovered that the tablets contained a far ...
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Why breast cancer survivors should avoid late night eating A new study found that fasting less than 13 hours between dinner and breakfast was associated with an increased risk of a breast cancer recurrence in women with an early stage of the disease.
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Bad News: The Dyson Airblade is Basically a Virus Catapult Jet-drying technology spreads infectious agents much further than paper towels, says a new study. Using an air dryer might feel more sanitary than paper towels, because you don't have to actually touch anything.
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Jet hand dryers have more germs than paper towels What have the most germ? The prize goes to the Dyson Airblade jet hand dryers, where new studies indicate that Dyson Airblade spread about 60 times more germs than regular jet hand dryers but also have 1,300 times more germs than toilet paper, ...
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The importance of advance care planning "It was really a difficult decision and I think part of it was, even though we had time to prepare, we had two years. We had two years to prepare for this moment and we didn't.
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Can Generics Open HCV Therapy Bottleneck? BARCELONA -- Many people with hepatitis C (HCV) might be able to make an end run around the high prices for the new direct-acting medications by turning to low-cost generics, a physician said here.
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State Economy Gains By Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness, Study Says A statewide social marketing campaign to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness has brought economic benefit to California's economy, a new study says.
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Public health concern as data reveals high prevalence of hepatitis B among refugees in Germany April 16, 2016, Barcelona, Spain: A new study presented today demonstrates the potential challenge posed to public health systems across Europe as a result of the prevalence of Hepatitis B among new refugee populations.
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Here's Why We Absolutely Need to Stop Using the Term "On the Spectrum" This is the Urban Dictionary example sentence for "on the spectrum," which is defined as "a phrase used to describe a person with social tics and/or awkwardness usually associated with autism or Asperger's Syndrome.
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Despite Autism Awareness Growing, Few Diagnosed With Disorder Can Find Jobs 468361304 People mark World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, 2015, in Surakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Solo Imaji/Barcroft Media via Getty Images; RTR3JESU A girl smiles as she poses for a photograph next to a wax figure of U.S.
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Teenage Boy Blinded In Left Eye After E-cigarette Explodes In His Face A teenager was blinded by an e-cigarette that exploded in his hand and face. Faulty lithium-ion batteries that overheat are thought to be the cause of exploding e-cigarettes.
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A thyroid tumor reclassified: It?s not cancer A noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features, or Niftp, is a type of tumor that was previously considered a kind of cancer, but has been downgraded by a panel of doctors.
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A particular thyroid tumor is no longer classified as cancer In an effort to reduce overdiagnosis, the encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (EFVPTC) is no longer classified as cancer, as it is not dangerous and does not require the same type of therapy as other types of cancer.
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Researchers have found a new protein that could lead to the cure for diabetes disease type 1 A team of researchers at the Salk Institute in California discovered the main ingredient they were looking for to generate insulin-producing cells that could lead to the cure of diabetes type 1 and other diseases.
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Fast food consumption linked to high levels of potentially harmful chemical Washington D.C. - People who consume more fast food are at a higher risk of exposure to phthalates, hormone-disrupting chemicals found in fast foods mostly based on grain and meat.
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