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Sacklers Directed Efforts to Mislead Public About OxyContin, New Documents Indicate Members of the Sackler family, which owns the company that makes OxyContin, directed years of efforts to mislead doctors and patients about the dangers of the powerful opioid painkiller, a court filing citing previously undisclosed documents contends.
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Massachusetts AG alleges Purdue Pharma tried to shift blame for opioid addiction As parents wrote to Purdue Pharma about their children who had died of OxyContin overdoses, and as federal prosecutors reported increases in deaths connected to the powerful opioid painkiller, Richard Sackler, a member of the family that founded the ...
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Even a little marijuana may change teen brain, study finds (NBC)- Low levels of marijuana use - as few as one or two times - may change the teen brain, according to a new study. The study, which looked at the brains of 46 14-year-old girls and boys from Ireland, England, France and Germany, found that ...
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You're more likely to die from opioid overdose than a car crash, study says While car crashes are one of the leading cause of deaths, opioid overdoses are more likely to kill you, according to a new report.
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Fighting Ebola is hard. In Congo, fake news makes it harder The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is providing a natural experiment in fighting fake news. Occurring in a conflict zone, amid a controversial presidential election, the epidemic has proved to be fertile ground for ...
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Myths vs. facts about flu season The holidays might be drawing to a close, but another season is just around the corner: flu season. Aches and pains, chills, and a fever aren't on anyone's wish list, but you're at the highest risk for catching the flu between December and February ...
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Baby gets first hearing aids, giggles uncontrollably at sound of big sister's voice Eleven-month-old Scarlet Benjamin received her first hearing aids last week - and her reaction has melted hearts across the country.
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To save lives in the next flu pandemic, tweak vaccine supplies Health experts should only replenish flu vaccines in areas that need them, researchers argue in a new paper. More than 50 million people died in the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19.
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Do You Have A Cold Or The Flu? By Dr. Dave Hnida. (CBS4) -The Centers for Disease Control has issued a new report on this year's flu season. It's kind of a good news, bad news report— in that this year's season is, to this point, milder than what we saw last year.
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Clark County outbreak: 2 unvaccinated kids have measles, 11 others suspected to have it FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, file photo, a health worker prepares a syringe with a vaccine against measles in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Erectile dysfunction drug overdose caused man's 'debilitating' vision problems, study says A man who reportedly drank an entire 30-milliliter bottle liquid sildenafil, which is used to treat erectile dysfunction, experienced vision issues that included "debilitating night blindness," according to a medical case study recently published in ...
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Stem Cell Transplant May Help Some Aggressive MS By Amy Norton. HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, Jan. 15, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A stem cell transplant may help some people with multiple sclerosis (MS) when standard drugs fail, a new clinical trial finds.
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Rock Falls boy confirmed with rare case of AFM ROCK FALLS, Illinois (KWQC) - Danielle Finkle's son, Hudsyn, lost function in his left arm and had trouble walking after what started out as a common cold just a few months ago.
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Sleeping less than six hours a night may boost risk of cardiovascular disease, says study Sleeping less than six hours every night could increase your risk of cardiovascular disease, said a study. The study focused on 4,000 people with no known history of heart disease.
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Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads as confirmed cases top 600 The Ebola virus has now infected more than 600 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, making it the second-worst outbreak in history as the epicenter spreads south to a hard-hit city near the border with Uganda.
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Americans are now more likely to die from an opioid overdose than a car accident For the first time on record the odds of accidentally dying from an opioid overdose in the United States are now greater than those of dying in an automobile accident.
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New skin patch provides long-acting contraceptive protection Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new skin patch that uses microneedle technology to deliver a long-acting contraceptive hormone and can be self-administered.
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Just one or two experiences with marijuana may alter teen brains (Reuters Health) - Teens who use pot just one or two times may end up with changes to their brains, a new study finds. There were clear differences on brain scans between teens who said they had tried cannabis a couple of times and those who completely ...
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San Diego seeing record number of opioid overdose deaths Click here to view on YouTube. SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) - The risk of dying from an opioid overdose is now greater than dying in a car crash.
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Experimental patch could offer once-a-month contraceptive option Most currently available contraceptive methods are far from perfect. Women have to remember to take birth control pills around the same time every day to be the most effective, while condoms must be used perfectly every single time you have sex for the ...
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Want to Live Longer? For Just 30 Minutes a Day, Do Anything Else But Sit You don't need an expensive gym membership or marathon workouts to be healthy, a new study says: Just get up and move for at least half an hour a day.
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Dogs sniff out the danger for diabetics who are on insulin The pet dogs of type 1 diabetics can be trained to sniff out dangerous episodes of low blood sugar, the biggest study conducted so far has shown.
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Medical detection dogs help diabetes patients regulate insulin levels New research by the University of Bristol in collaboration with Medical Detection Dogs has found that the best trained alert dogs have the potential to vastly improve the quality of life of people living with Type 1 diabetes.
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Ebola Has Gotten So Bad, It's Normal Nearly 600 people have contracted Ebola since last August in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, making the ongoing outbreak the second largest in the 43-year history of humanity's battle with the deadly virus.
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Poor Sleep? Arteries May Suffer Sleep disruption and deprivation may lead to an increase in cardiovascular risk, an observational study affirmed. When compared with people who slept 7 to 8 hours each night, those who slept less than 6 hours each night were 27% more likely to have ...
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Researchers develop comprehensive new way to predict breast cancer risk Scientists have created the most comprehensive method yet to predict a woman's risk of breast cancer, according to a study by Cancer Research UK published in Genetics in Medicine.
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Microneedle patch could offer long-term birth control A new long-acting contraceptive patch that women administer themselves could eventually provide a new family planning option, particularly in developing nations with limited access to health care.
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Dogs sniff out diabetic danger signs faster than medical test Dogs can be trained to alert people with type 1 diabetes when their blood sugar falls dangerously low, scientists have shown in a large trial.
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World's 2nd-deadliest Ebola outbreak reaches 600 confirmed cases The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has reached 600 confirmed cases in five months, health officials said.
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Heart health guidelines may also reduce diabetes risk: Study According to a new study published in Diabetologia, a journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, researchers from The Ohio State University College of Medicine say that lifestyle and health factors that are good for the heart can ...
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5 Superfood Carbs You're Probably Missing on the Keto Diet We may have started a new year, but the keto craze continues. With a staggering 3.9 million posts under the hashtag #keto on Instagram, the ultra popular diet shows zero signs of losing speed.
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Leaky blood-brain barrier identified as potential early-warning sign for Alzheimer's New research published in the journal Nature Medicine has described the results of a five-year study into the association between a breakdown of the blood-brain barrier and the onset of cognitive impairment.
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Mum with terminal cancer told to 'stop begging for money' in heartless card A mother-of-five battling terminal cancer received a card through her letterbox telling her to 'stop begging for money'. Karen Land, 40, was told that she had two aggressive brain tumours in August last year, just weeks after being given the all clear ...
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