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FDA panel recommends approval for gene-altering leukemia treatment NEW YORK - A Food and Drug Administration panel opened a new era in medicine on Wednesday, unanimously recommending that the agency approve the first treatment that genetically alters a patient's own cells to fight leukemia, transforming them into ...
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The numbers behind Medicaid (CNN) - Your tax dollars provide health care benefits for millions of people. Currently, 74 million people receive health coverage under Medicaid, a government program for low-income people, including adults with disabilities and children.
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Charlie Gard has 10% improvement chance, says US doctor An American doctor offering to treat terminally ill Charlie Gard has told the High Court there is a 10% chance he could improve the baby's condition.
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UK Court Weighs Last-Ditch Plea by Parents of Terminally Ill Baby Charlie Gard's parents, Connie Yates, center, and Chris Gard, right, outside the High Court in London on Monday. Credit Carl Court/Getty Images.
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Tufts Medical nurses strike: 18 months of failed contract negotiations reaches tipping point The strike at Tufts Medical Center on Wednesday marks the first nurses strike in Boston in more than 30 years. How did 18 months of failed negotiations reach this boiling point?
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Tufts Medical Center Nurses Go On Strike Nursing strike supporters on Washington Street wave at people inside Tufts Medical Center on Wednesday morning. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR).
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What's In Your Mac And Cheese Besides Macaroni And Cheese Oh, Mac and Cheese, what's happened to you? You were the most comfortable of comfort foods. So reliable. So innocent. So simple with not too many ingredients.
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US doctor: Treatment 'worth trying' in UK sick baby case LONDON - An American doctor testifying in the case of a British couple seeking the right to take their critically ill infant to the United States for treatment said Thursday it was worth trying an experimental therapy that has only recently emerged ...
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What the struggle for a baby's life reveals Millions across the world are fighting, praying, and hoping for 11-month-old Charlie Gard's chance to pursue living. Here, across the pond in the United States, we have leading doctors and physicians offering treatment, nonprofit organizations ...
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Daily step counts: Which countries are most active - and which are least? Working diligently towards that 10,000 steps a day goal? That puts you at double the steps of the average person, who clocks in 4,961 steps per day, according to a new study that crunches smartphone data to paint a picture of physical activity around ...
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US charges 412 people with healthcare fraud, opioid-related schemes (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against 412 people for taking part in healthcare frauds and opioid-related crimes that cost taxpayers about $1.3 billion.
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'We want to work': Nurses locked out at Tufts Medical Center The first nurses' strike to hit a Boston hospital in 31 years became a lockout Thursday when Tufts Medical Center refused to let the 1,200 members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association return to work until Monday.
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Researchers 3D print a soft artificial heart that works a lot like a real one The science of prosthetics has been advancing by leaps and bounds over the last few years, and research into soft robotics has been especially complementary.
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New CRISPR technology takes cells to the movies Researchers use expensive machinery to develop ways to harness DNA as a synthetic raw material to store large amounts of digital information outside of living cells.
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New report presents national strategy to reduce opioid epidemic Years of sustained and coordinated efforts will be required to contain and reverse the harmful societal effects of the prescription and illicit opioid epidemics, which are intertwined and getting worse, says a new report from the National Academies of ...
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The Best Method For Fighting Climate Change Is A Bummer For Millennials Who Want A Lot Of Kids Ladies and gentlemen, I hate to break it to you, but the Earth isn't terribly happy with its residents at the moment. Forests are disappearing, sea levels are rising, and the polar bear population is so unhappy that they don't even hand each other ...
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The US should rethink its entire approach to painkillers and the people addicted to them, panel urges To reverse a still-spiraling American crisis fueled by prescription narcotic drugs, a panel of experts advising the federal government has recommended sweeping changes in the ways that physicians treat pain, their patients cope with pain, and ...
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Physical activity inequality can explain obesity differences On average, people in the US take around the same number of steps daily as people in Mexico—about 4,700. But the US has a much higher obesity rate than Mexico—27.7 percent compared to 18.1 percent.
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Movie encoded in DNA in first step to 'molecular recorders,' scientists say Scientists at Harvard University announced Wednesday they have successfully encoded a movie using DNA in living cells, a major step toward a "molecular recorder" that would help reveal more about human brain development.
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How Scientists Stored a Movie Inside DNA A still image from a movie that was stored in bacterial DNA. The image on the left is the original, and the image on the right is reconstructed from the data stored in DNA.
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Is it still taboo to take a mental health sick day? Madalyn Parker, a US web developer, sparked a debate about workplace attitudes to mind problems after tweeting an email from her boss.
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Scientists just added a photo and a GIF to living DNA, and here's why you should care E. coli may soon be where you store all your digital photos. (Not really.) (But maybe.) (Photo: CA-SSIS/Shutterstock). As if you aren't seeing GIFs everywhere already, now scientists are adding them to the DNA of bacteria, too.
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Missouri woman dies of rare tick-borne illness called 'Bourbon virus' A Missouri woman died June 23 after contracting a rare tick-borne illness called Bourbon virus. Tamela Wilson, 58, was the first person to test positive for the virus in Missouri, and is only the fifth confirmed case since it was identified in 2014 ...
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This Viral Tweet Sparked A Crucial Conversation About Mental Health At Work When Olark's CEO applauded a staffer's decision to take a day off for mental health, it set off much-needed discussion about an issue that remains taboo.
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Mother-of-one dies of untreatable tick-borne virus that has only affected 5 people in the US A mother-of-one has died of a tick-borne illness that has only affected five people in the United States. Tamela Wilson, 58, was at work in Missouri's Meramec State Park in May when she noticed two ticks lodged in her body.
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Nevada adopts emergency rules to combat pot bottleneck CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada moved Thursday to reduce supply problems at recreational marijuana stores that have faced overwhelming demand for newly legal pot and the possibility of their shelves going empty.
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Nevada adopts emergency rules to combat pot bottleneck (AP Photo/John Locher, File). FILE- In this Saturday, July 1, 2017, file photo, people line up at the NuLeaf marijuana dispensary in Las Vegas.
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Saratoga County resident with Powassan virus dies EDS NOTE: extreme blow-up: A deer tick on display during a Lyme Disease Awareness event at the Vischer Ferry Preserve in Clifton Park, Thursday, May 20, 2010.
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Tufts Medical CEO stands tough, says union hurting Tufts More than once this week, Dr. Michael Wagner has delivered a tough message: We will not be held hostage. His tone was typically calm and measured but his meaning unmistakable.
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Room with a view: 2 ex- Vatican hospital officials charged The scandal was remarkable even by Vatican standards: The president of the "pope's hospital" for sick children had taken nearly a half-million dollars in hospital donations and used them to spruce up the penthouse apartment of the Vatican cardinal who ...
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Human Rights Watch says Brazil is risking new Zika surge SAO PAULO - Poor sanitation and water conditions that contributed to an outbreak of Zika persist in Brazil and leave the country vulnerable to a resurgence of the virus, a rights group said Thursday.
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Vatican sets trial for 2 ex-administrators of hospital FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, then Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone arrives at the Italian Embassy to the Holy See on the occasion of the 1929 Lateran Agreements, "Patti Lateranensi", anniversary, in Rome.
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Tall men at greater risk of prostate cancer, study says Taller men have a higher risk of dying from prostate cancer than shorter men do, a study released on Thursday claims. The study, from BMC Medicine, said taller men have a greater risk of getting an aggressive form of the disease because they have more ...
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Vatican indicts two ex-officials of children's hospital for financial crimes Giuseppe Profiti, former president of a foundation overseeing the papally-sponsored pediatric hospital Bambino Gesu. (Credit: Stock image.
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Long working hours increase the risk of developing atrial fibrillation A 12 lead ECG showing atrial fibrillation at approximately 150 beats per minute. Credit: James Heilman, MD/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Science Says: Not All Cancers Need Treatment Right Away The biopsy shows cancer, so you have to act fast, right? Not necessarily, if it's a prostate tumor. Men increasingly have choices if their cancer is found at an early stage, as most cases in the U.S.
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FDA to require expanded training on opioids (CNN) - To help curb the nation's opioid overdose epidemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will expand its requirements for prescription opioid manufacturers to provide prescriber training to clinicians, including nurses and pharmacists as well ...
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Beaumont trumpets, defends new pricey proton beam cancer center Beaumont Health officials showed off their new $40-million cancer-fighting machine on Thursday - the first of its kind in Michigan and purportedly more advanced and less costly to operate than earlier models of the sometimes controversial technology.
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Leaders working to prevent additional cases of West Nile virus There have been two cases in Georgia this year and one involves a 72-year-old man. Related Headlines. West Nile virus reported in DeKalb County.
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Doctors, nurses among hundreds charged with defrauding US health programs WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 400 people, including doctors and nurses, have been charged with defrauding Medicare and other federal healthcare programs of $1.3 billion, with many accused of illegally distributing opioids and other narcotics, the ...
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Australian man has big toe replace thumb after bull accident An Australian man whose thumb was severed off by a bull had his big toe surgically removed to replace the missing body part, reports said.
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Health effects of coffee: Where do we stand? (CNN) -- It's one of the age-old medical flip-flops: First coffee's good for you, then it's not, then it is -- you get the picture.
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Mayo launches new $1.5 billion records system A flip of a switch at 6:13 a.m. on Saturday marked "a huge milestone" in Mayo Clinic's $1.5 billion project to combine all of its electronic health records into a single upgraded computer system.
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Province Asks for Public Feedback on Federal Plan to Legalize Marijuana With the Canadian government set to legalize marijuana next year, Ontario is seeking public input on the Trudeau Liberals' plan.
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