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FDA approves powerful opioid despite fears of more overdose deaths The Food and Drug Administration approved a powerful opioid Friday for use in health-care settings, rejecting criticism from some of its advisers that the drug would inevitably be diverted to illicit use and cause more overdose deaths.
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Drug With Pot-Derived Ingredient Goes on Sale By Dennis Thompson. HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, Nov.1, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- The first Food and Drug Administration-approved drug containing an ingredient derived from the marijuana plant went on sale Thursday in the United States.
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A woman went to a hospital for back surgery — and left without one of her kidneys Maureen Pacheco had expected to have a spinal procedure. It was April 2016, and she was told a surgeon would fuse together a couple of vertebrae in her lower back to help relieve pain believed to be from an injury she sustained in a car accident the ...
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Florida Doctor Ramon Vazquez Removes Woman's Kidney After Mistaking It For Tumor During Spinal Surgery A Florida doctor mistook a woman's healthy kidney as a cancerous tumor and decided to remove it during a routine spinal surgery.
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Blood Pressure Medication Recall: What Is In This That May Cause Cancer? Do you have an idea of what is in these blood pressure medications? Take away the "I" from an idea and you've got a NDEA.
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Llamas could play a role in finding a universal flu vaccine Along with soulful eyes, endearingly long necks and warm fuzzy coats, llamas have a far less appreciated feature: They make an array of immune system antibodies so tiny they can fit into crevices on the surface of an invading virus.
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College rower dies from rare infection 2 weeks after sore throat she thought was tonsillitis FORT MORGAN, Colo. -- A Kansas State University student who thought she had a sore throat died suddenly from a dangerous infection, according to KDVR.
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Measles Cases Now 4 In Ocean County 'Outbreak,' Officials Say Patrons of two restaurants were exposed; authorities are urging people to call providers instead of showing up at medical facilities.
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Why llama antibodies could open the door for a universal flu vaccine A nasal gene spray created from llama antibodies demonstrated nearly universal flu protection in mice trials, according to a study published Nov. 2 in Science.
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1 in 5 childhood scald burns caused by instant soup and ramen, research shows (CNN) Instant soup -- often sold as "ramen" in the United States -- is cheap, tasty and wildly popular among hungry college students.
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DHEC confirms 2 new cases of measles in SC The Department of Health and Environmental Control confirmed cases of a disease that hasn't been seen in more than 20 years in South Carolina.
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Llama blood clue to beating all flu Scientists in the US have recruited an unlikely ally in their efforts to develop a new flu treatment. Llamas have been used to produce a new antibody therapy that has the potential to work against all types of flu, including new pandemics.
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Mother fights to have son removed from chemotherapy after clean bill of health A mother on Long Island is fighting to have her son removed from chemotherapy treatment after he was given a clean bill of health by doctors.
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Here are some reasons why people don't get the flu shot — and why they're wrong Every year, health officials warn people to get their flu shots. Every year, people ignore those calls. Just 37 percent of U.S. adults were estimated to have been vaccinated last flu season, down 6 percentage points from the year before, according to ...
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2 new measles cases in South Carolina, DHEC says SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SC (WSPA) - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control officials said they have identified two new cases of measles in Spartanburg County.
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Health Officials: 3 cases of measles in SC are unvaccinated children COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is continuing its investigation of measles in Spartanburg County and now say there are three cases of the measles following its initial report of the first case ...
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Cellphone study shows risk of cancer in rats exposed to radio frequency radiation A government-funded study trying to understand the link between cellphones and cancer determined radiation from the devices causes cancer in male rats.
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1 in 5 childhood scald burns caused by instant soup and ramen, research shows WASHINGTON - Instant soup - often sold as "ramen" in the United States - is cheap, tasty and wildly popular among hungry college students.
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23andMe's genetic test for how you'll react to medication is ahead of its time On Wednesday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first consumer DNA test that promises to tell buyers which drugs might work best for them according to their genetic profile.
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Getting hairy could save millions of men by increasing men's health awareness As the fall chill sets in, you may see some men sporting scruffy faces. It could be laziness, it could be a fashion statement, or maybe it's a way for men to look out for each other.
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Immigrants arrive with flourishing gut microbes. Then America's diet trashes them. An empire of germs dwells inside you, trillions strong. About a half-pound of bacteria plus their genes make up our microbiome. Though each microbe is small, a healthy and diverse microbiome is mighty.
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Diabetes medications may reduce Alzheimer's disease severity People with Alzheimer's disease who were treated with diabetes drugs showed considerably fewer markers of the disease—including abnormal microvasculature and disregulated gene expressions—in their brains compared to Alzheimer's patients without ...
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Study finds there may be little benefit in screening women aged 55 with a negative HPV DNA test A single negative human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test—a newly introduced test which can detect cases of 14 high risk HPV strains to a high degree of accuracy—at the age of 55 suggests that women will be at low risk of cervical cancer, and there is ...
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Quit Cervical Ca Screening at 55 in HPV-Negative Women? Women who test negative for human papillomavirus (HPV) at or after age 55 can likely forego cervical cancer screening for the rest of their lives, a new modeling study suggests.
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Getting hairy could save millions of men (CNN) - As the fall chill sets in, you may see some men sporting scruffy faces. It could be laziness, it could be a fashion statement, or maybe it's a way for men to look out for each other.
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Prostate cancer surgery and radiation tied to antidepressant use (Reuters Health) - Men with prostate cancer who get surgery or radiation are also more likely start taking antidepressants than their counterparts who don't get aggressive treatment, a recent study suggests.
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KIM | Be Aware and Show You Care October quickly came and went, taking with it the spirit of Halloween and stress-inducing prelims. One prelim after the next, I was constantly sucked into a whirlpool of tasks and deadlines.
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Mental health diagnoses rising among US college students A range of common mental health conditions are being diagnosed more often in U.S. university students, according to a study that also finds students are more willing to seek help than in the past.
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Fermented Dairy Products May Lower Heart Disease Risk: How To Make Yogurt At Home Including more fermented dairy products in your diet could protect against heart disease, said a study published in the British Journal of Nutrition.
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Mental health diagnoses rising among US college students (Reuters Health) - A range of common mental health conditions are being diagnosed more often in U.S. university students, according to a study that also finds students are more willing to seek help than in the past.
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LUNGevity Spreads Awareness and Education through November WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- LUNGevity Foundation, the nation's leading lung cancer-focused nonprofit organization, provides more ways than ever to get involved for Lung Cancer Awareness Month this November.
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1230 lung cancer diagnoses expected in NH in 2018 PORTSMOUTH - Lung cancer is the nation's leading cause of cancer deaths for both women and men, with 1,230 new diagnosis in New Hampshire estimated in 2018 alone.
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Brazilian gene resulting in birth defects missing in Indian zika virus: ICMR The zika virus that has currently infected 163 persons in India lacks a particular gene that had led to serious birth disorders in new-born babies delivered by infected mothers in Brazil three years ago, scientists have said.
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To Curb Zika, Gujarat Govt Monitors Travellers From Rajasthan In 2017, Zika surfaced in India after three cases were reported in Ahmedabad. This year, a major Zika outbreak was reported in Rajasthan where, so far, 135 cases have been detected.
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