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Bariatric Surgery Before Pregnancy Drastically Reduces Risks
Researchers have found that obese women who undergo weight-loss surgery before becoming pregnant...
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Intel Releases Its First Home Medical Device
Intel has initiated pilot programs to examine a home health laptop, application, and database...
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Intel Launches Its Health-Monitoring Device, Health Guide PHS6000
Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in July this
year, Intel’s Health Guide...
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Study: Your Headphones Might Be Bad For Your Heart
If you have an implanted cardiac device, you might want to double-check where you drop your MP3...
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Contaminated Blood Thinner Heparin Seized
Federal agents announced Thursday they have seized some of an Ohio company's supplies of tainted...
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Tainted Blood Thinner Seized by US Marshals in Ohio
The scandal around tainted heparin is again in the
spotlight, as federal officials said...
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Experts Say the FDA Didn't Properly Assess BPA Health Risks
Concerns regarding chemical bisphenol A, known as BPA, just won’t come to an end. BPA is an organic...
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New Zealand Approves Pig Cell Transplants for Diabetes
Wellington - New Zealand has approved trials of pig cell transplants to patients with Type 1...
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J&J’s Anemia Drug Linked To High Rate Of Stroke Deaths
According to preliminary results from a new study, the intake of anti-anemia drugs may be...
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Drug-Coated Stents Safe for All Heart Attack Patients
Drug-coated stents are safe to use and
effective for all heart attack patients and they can cut...
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Drug-Coated Stents Are Official Life Savers
Taxus Express2 Atom Stent System and Taxus Express2 Stent System received approval from the U.S....
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BPA Affects Health
A study in the September 17 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed...
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BPA Is Harmful After All
According to a study in the September 17 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association...
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Plastic Chemical Linked to Heart Disease and Diabetes
British
researchers have revealed that, for the first time, a connection between a
chemical used...
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FDA Clears Test For Heart-Transplant Rejection
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a noninvasive test that allows physicians to...
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Sen. Clinton Appalled By The Bush Administration Abortion Plan
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Kids Head to Inactivity By Age 15, New Research Shows
As kids grow from pre-pubescence into teens, their rate of
physical activity starts declining...
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Intel Corp.’s Health Guide Gets FDA Clearance
The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday cleared
Intel Health Guide, a healthcare...
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Wireless Chips May Interfere with Medical Devices Posing Risks
A study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American
Medical Association reveals that wireless...
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Tomato-Tainting Salmonella Source May Remain Mystery
Quite a while has passed since the Salmonella outbreak linked to certain types of tomatoes has...
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Bush Administration Pumps Money in Food and Drug Safety
The Bush administration has apparently finally realized that more money are needed to ensure the...
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Kaiser to Use Microsoft's HealthVault
Kaiser Permanente, the biggest U.S. health maintenance organization (HMO), has announced that it...
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FDA’s New Sentinel System to Identify Dangers from Drugs
As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s drug safety
monitoring has been criticized as...
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Dennis Quaid Supports Patients’ Right to Sue Drugmakers
Actor Dennis Quaid testified again, this time before
Congress on Wednesday, about the nightmare he...
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FDA to Discuss Patient Satisfaction with Lasik Procedure
Following complaints of blurry vision and dry eyes and other
complications several patients...
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FDA: Heparin Deaths Triple to 62 from 19 Initially Reported
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that the
number of reported patients who died...
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Home Defibrillators Questioned
New research, designed to see whether automated external
defibrillators (AED) could extend the...
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Supreme Court Backs Medical-Device Manufacturers
The Supreme Court today ruled that patients could not sue
medical-device manufacturers in state...
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Pedometers Help People Improve Their Health
A recent study on people using pedometers showed that they
have a better physical condition, lose...
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