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FDA Calls for New Warnings for OTC Painkillers
Over-the counter painkiller will get new labels warning consumers of the potential risks of liver...
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Malaria Vaccine Moves to Trials
A new vaccine made by Rockville-based pharmaceutical company Sanaria Inc. received clearance from...
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Nearly 3,000 Urged to Get Tested for Hepatitis B in New Jersey
New Jersey officials are advising nearly 3,000 people to get blood tests after an outbreak of...
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Novartis’ Afinitor Gets FDA Clearance for Advanced Kidney Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Novartis AG’s Afinitor for advanced...
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Eat Less Red or Processed Meat! Live Longer!
Eating too much red meat might put you at risk of dying early from cancer, heart disease and...
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FDA Panel Backs J&J, Bayer Anticlotting Drug
A panel of cardiology experts of the Food and Drug Administration voted 15 to 2 on Thursday in...
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Lose Weight! Live Longer!
We know for a fact that obese people have a high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and...
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Alcohol and Cancer Risk
A new study in the current edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute changes...
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Alcohol Consumption Tied to Cancer Risk in Women
Even moderate alcohol consumption appears to increase a woman’s risk of developing cancer,...
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Women Should Drink Milk, Not Alcohol
Women who have just one alcoholic drink each day increase their risk of cancer, according to a new...
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Justice Ginsburg to Recover at Home after Cancer Surgery
The US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg left hospital Friday, a week after she underwent...
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Fake Doctor Sought In Buttocks Lift Case Turns Herself In
The fake doctor who performed cosmetic procedures on two women’s buttocks causing them...
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Control Your Cardiovascular Risk Factors for a Healthy Heart!
Protecting your heart is easier than you might think! High blood pressure, high cholesterol...
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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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Justice Ginsburg Has Surgery To Remove Pancreatic Tumor
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery Thursday at the Memorial...
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Kids and Vitamins: Do They Really Need Them?
According to a recent study carried out by researchers at the University of California,...
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Common Chemicals May Cause Infertility
Common chemicals found in food packaging, pesticides, clothing, upholstery, carpets and cosmetics...
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Bisphenol A Remains In Our Body Long After Intake
There has been a long debate on whether bisphenol A, an organic compound used in many food and...
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Newer Antipsychotics Pose Heart Risk
The findings of a new study add to the growing number of studies criticizing the class of newer...
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The FDA Sets New Rules For The Genetically Engineered Animals
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration presented yesterday the final regulations referring to the...
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New Malaria Treatment to Be Approved by the FDA
The US Food and Drug Administration is one step closer to approving a new malaria drug with...
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Two Existing Drugs May Help Obese People Lose Weight
Two drugs already approved by the Food and Drug Administration together with hormone leptin may...
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How To Avoid Hangovers On New Year’s Party
We’re just a few days away from the New Year’s Party and all the good things coming...
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Scientists Discover Mechanism Responsible For Cell Flexibility
Embryonic cells have been for a long time the subject for heated debates concerning ethics, and...
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Research Panel Calls for EPA Assessment of Phthalates
A panel from the independent National Research Council urged the U.S. Environmental Protection...
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National Research Council asks EPA to Assess Phthalates
A panel from the independent National Research Council urged the U.S. Environmental...
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Six Myths Debunked By Researchers
A recent report released by researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine,...
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First Face Transplant in the United States, Successful
Heart transplants, kidney transplants, liver transplants are all considered quite common...
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FDA Criticized By Its Scientific Advisers In BPA Case
The Food and Drug Administration was recently
criticized by its own scientific advisers, and...
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Science
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Holiday Myths Scrutinized By Researchers
Ah the holidays! Whether you celebrate Christmas or Chanukah, or Capitalism, one and all,...
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Conjoined Twin Dies After Separation
The twins, Hope and Faith Williams, who were separated at
Great Ormond Street Hospital in London,...
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Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim
Faced with strict German laws banning the use of human embryos, a team of German scientists came up...
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Alcohol Abuse Reduces Brain Volume, But Not The Brain’s Function
Alcoholism can severely damage your body and its functions, the most common and destructive...
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European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells
European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research
by converting cells from human...
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PVC Shower Curtains Hazardous to Your Health
A U.S.
environmental non-profit organization warned last week that polyvinyl chloride
(PVC)...
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Get Rid of Extra Pounds! They Shorten Your Life!
British researchers at the University of Oxford, through a new study, have warned once again...
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“Guys and Dolls” Revival Lacks High-spirited Energy
Some of us remember multihued and vivid characters such as Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Harry the...
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Even Moderate Drinking May Lead to Cancer in Women
Many studies have shown that alcohol consumed in moderate amounts prevents diseases. One glass of...
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Study: Women Should Drink Milk, Not Alcohol
Women who have just one alcoholic drink each day increase their risk of cancer, according to a new...
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Conjoined Twins Separated in Pittsburgh
A team of doctors in Pittsburgh managed to separate 2-year-old conjoined twin girls from...
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New Gout Drug Uloric Gets FDA Clearance
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. won US approval to sell the first new treatment option for chronic...
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The Annual Dog Show
A total of 2,486 dogs in 170 breeds and varieties are ready to walk down the green carpet at...
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Kids Who Need Vitamins Less Likely To Get Them
A study appearing in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine reveals that children and...
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FDA Approves Gelnique, the First Gel to Treat Overactive Bladder
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Gelnique, the first topical gel used to treat an...
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Conjoined Twins Regain Self After Surgery at Oklahoma Hospital
A long surgery performed on Monday at the Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center gave a...
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Jobs Needs His Privacy, But The Media Is Watching…
While half the globe is digging for clues on what the serious health problem forcing Steve Jobs...
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Taiwan Bans Indoor Smoking
Taiwan on Sunday announced the decision to ban indoor smoking, becoming the 17th state in the...
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Patrick Swayze May Live 2 Years Tops
Patrick Swayze admitted the fact that his pancreatic cancer will kill him in two years tops.
In...
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The Bruce Ivins Case Closed
Bruce Ivins was a government scientist, accused of the notorious anthrax attacks that followed the...
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Avoid Hangovers on New Year’s Party!
We’re just a few days away from the New Year’s Party and all the good things coming...
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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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Low-Carb Diet Can Cause Memory Loss
A low-carb diet may be an inspired choice
when it comes to losing weight, but it could also...
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Experimental Malaria Vaccine May Protect Infants, Children
Results from a malaria vaccine trial have so far shown promise that it may open new pathways for...
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Faith Williams Still in Serious Condition after Separation Surgery
Faith Williams, the baby girl that survived an emergency
surgery of separation from her baby...
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African-Americans No Longer Underprivileged When It Comes To Liver Transplants
Thanks to a new scoring system, patients with the greatest
need will be the ones to most benefit...
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Racial Disparity Reduced, Sex Disparity Still Exist In Liver Transplant
A new system adopted in 2002 for allocating livers for transplantation seems to be working for...
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The Great American Smokeout Is Your Chance to Start a Healthy Life
November 20 marks the American Cancer Society’s 33rd Great
American Smokeout, a day encouraging...
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Take Your Statins To Prevent Heart Attack!
Half of heart attacks and strokes happen
among apparently healthy men and women with normal or low...
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Higher Alcohol Taxes Found to Lower Alcohol-Related Deaths
A study funded by the Substance Abuse University of Florida College of Medicine found that raising...
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Crestor Can Detect Risks Of Heart Attack
A cholesterol-lowering statin drug administered to people who have normal cholesterol can cut their...
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Avandia Risks Ban over Liver Toxicity
GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s diabetes drug faces harsh criticism as
the Washington, D.C.-based group...
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Toviaz Gets FDA Clearance For Overactive Bladder
US regulators on Friday approved Toviaz (fesoterodine fumarate) for patients suffering from...
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European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells: Human Testes
European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research
by converting cells from human...
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The Hypothalamus Plays a Role In Obesity
Scientists conducting experiments on mice have noticed that
overfeeding the rodents triggers a...
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FDA Says Plastic Chemical Is Safe, Studies Claim It Poses Health Risks
A preliminary report by the FDA declared
the levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and other...
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World
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Former NYPD Veteran, Vietnam Hero Arrested as “Bling Bandit”
A veteran NYPD detective who was awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in action and the Purple Heart...
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Vietnam, Broken Marriage and Cancer Turn Good Cop into Bling Bandit
Ex-cop and Vietnam veteran Athelston Kelson, 59, turned to
the other side of the long arm of the...
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Fritzl’s Daughter Gets to Know Her Family
Kerstin Fritzl, the 19- year-old girl of the Austrian Josef
Fritzl has recovered from her coma and...
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Foie Gras Legal Again in Chicago
After a two-year-old ban against foie gras, a dish made of
duck and goose liver, the Chicago...
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Former RI Priest Accused of Sexual Abuse Is HIV-Positive
A former priest accused of sexually abusing at least five
minors in two states is HIV positive,...
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Greek Archbishop Christodoulos Passes Away at 69
Greece’s Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos died Monday at his home after months of...
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Veteran Republican Henry Hyde Dies at 83
Henry Hyde, former U.S. Representative, died according to the Associated Press which cited the...
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Tony Snow is Leaving the White House
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow is expected to hand in his resignation on Friday after more...
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Tony Snow to Leave White House
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow intends to leave his office by the end of 2007, according to...
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