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Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Tied to PML Deaths
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said Genentech’s psoriasis drug Raptiva has...
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Despite Economic Distress, Bill Gates Donates Money For A Good Cause: Polio
In a time of economic distress, Bill Gates has donated through its foundation $255 million for...
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A Scrutinizing Look at Holiday Myths
Ah the holidays! Whether you celebrate Christmas or Chanukah, or Capitalism, one and all,...
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Heavy Snorers Burn More Calories at Rest than Non-snorers
People who snore heavily burn more calories
than those who snore lightly, a new research shows....
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FDA Planning to Change Consumer Advice on Fish Consumption for Pregnant Women, Kids
Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration has been planning to review the recommendations...
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FDA Encourages Fish Consumption in Pregnant Women, Kids
Federal regulators seek to change guidelines on fish consumption for pregnant women and young...
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Food Doesn’t Satisfy Obese People
Individuals whose brains don’t produce pleasure while eating will overeat in order to obtain it,...
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Vitamin D Deficiency Could Result in Parkinson’s Disease
Vitamin D deficiency might be linked, among other diseases,
to an increased risk of Parkinson’s...
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Gardasil Vaccination Rate Tops 25 Percent despite Initial Doubts
More girls in the United States are vaccinated with
Gardasil, the vaccine designed to prevent...
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High Blood Pressure Conference: Learn To Deal With Your Blood Pressure
The American Heart Association’s Conference of the Council
for High Blood Pressure Research held...
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Jerry Lewis Raises More Than Expected In This Year’s Telethon
Artiste Jerry Lewis helped raise a record $65 million for
the Muscular Dystrophy Association in...
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Health Officials Advise People To Avoid Amoeba After California Boy’s Death
Owing to a recent death, Riverside County health officials issued a warning advising residents to...
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Squash That Mosquito! Its Bite Could Be Deadly
Who would have thought that such a little insect, the
mosquito, could turn into the most dangerous...
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FDA to Investigate Possible Risks of Mercury Dental Fillings
Following a lawsuit filed by a number of consumer advocacy groups looking to eliminate the use of...
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Las Lomas Residents Exposed To Mercury-Tainted Water
The Monterey County Sherriff’s
Office advised residents in Las Lomas to stop drinking water due to...
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FDA: Transplant Drugs CellCept and Myfortic Carry Fetal Risks
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a statement
on Friday warning that certain...
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Diabetics at a higher risk of kidney and nerve damage
Hamburg (dpa) - Diabetics are not only at higher risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke, they...
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Many Americans Lack Vitamin D, Study Shows
Vitamin D levels have dramatically decreased among Americans over the last two decades, according...
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New Drug May Improve Walking in MS Patients
According to a study in The Lancet medical journal, a drug developed by Acorda Therapeutics Inc....
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Lack of Sunshine Vitamin May Trigger Colds
Lack of sunshine vitamin may trigger colds, according to a study published this week in the...
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Fatal Psoriasis Drug Banned
The FDA issued a public health advisory February 19th regarding reports of a rare brain infection...
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Obesity in Pregnancy May Result in Birth Defects
Obese pregnant women are at great risk of having babies with a wide range of birth defects,...
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The Teething Medicine in Nigeria Kills 84 Children
Health officials announced on Friday that at least 84 children from Nigeria have been killed by a...
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Teething Pain Medicine Kills 84 Kids in Nigeria
The number of children who died from a contaminated baby medicine sold in Nigeria has increased...
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Stem Cell Transplant Helps Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
According to a new study carried out by researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago, stem...
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$635 Million Donated Toward Eradicating Polio
The government of Germany and the United Kingdom and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation...
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Pregnant Women with Vitamin D Deficit at Risk for C-Section
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Centre report in the...
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Eight People Hospitalized in Redwood City with Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Eight people at a Redwood City home have been hospitalized in what authorities have called...
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The Heavier You Snore, the More Calories You Burn - But It's Still an Unhealthy Habit
People who snore heavily are likely to burn far more
calories than those who snore lightly, even...
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People with Heavy Snoring Problems Burn More Calories
A new U.S. study found that people with the worst sleep
apnoea symptoms burned 373 more calories...
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FDA Is Trying to Reconsider Advice on Fish Consumption
The Food and Drug Administration has been reviewing the information according to witch pregnant...
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Bone Formation Linked to Serotonin in Gut, Research Brings Hope for Osteoporosis Sufferers
Bone formation appears to be controlled by
serotonin, a chemical in the brain that also influences...
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The Incidence of New Cancers in the U.S. Drops for the First Time
The overall incidence of new cancer cases
and death due to cancer dropped for the first time in...
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Trial Shows Antigenics’ Oncophage Extends Survival in Cancer Patients
A small study of patients with brain cancer showed that Antigenics
Inc’s Oncophage vaccine helped...
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Banzel Approved by the FDA to Treat Severe Epilepsy
A new drug called Banzel (rufinamide) has
been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
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Mind power can help keep pain in check
Boppard, Germany - Hardly anyone lies voluntarily on a bed of nails or runs 40 kilometres without...
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Doctors Recommend An Earlier Start In Treating HIV
AIDS is one of the most disastrous diseases of our current and last centuries, and HIV is the virus...
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Leukemia Drug Shows Promise in Reversing Multiple Slerosis
Leukemia drug alemtuzumab appears to reduce or even reverse many of the disabilities caused by...
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Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
A study
published in the October issue of the Archives of Neurology has revealed
that Parkinson’s...
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Parkinson’s Disease Linked to Vitamin D Insufficiency
A new study by US researchers has found
that Parkinson’s sufferers have insufficient levels of...
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West Nile Virus Makes Year’s First Victim In Western Iowa
The Iowa Department of Public Health announced the death of
a unidentified elderly man who died on...
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Lower Vitamin B12 Levels Linked to Brain Atrophy
University
of Oxford researchers
discovered that vitamin B12 found in meat, fish, fortified...
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Maple Leaf Crisis after Listeria Outbreak Continues, Lawsuits Filed
Maple Leaf Chief Executive Michael McCain has
called the nationwide outbreak linked to the...
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Scientists Discover Gene Behind Childhood Cancer Neuroblastoma
Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the National Institute for Cancer...
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Massive Canadian Food Recall Caused By The Listeria Bacterium
Health authorities announced a massive recall of meat
contaminated with the listeria bacterium....
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Good News About The West Nile Virus
In an effort to bring people some positive news about the
West Nile virus, MD Mark Loeb, of...
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