Valley fever hits 28 at Calif. solar plant sites
(AP)—Authorities are investigating a valley fever outbreak that sickened 28 workers at solar power plants under construction in Central California.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 01, 2013 |
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Recreational use of HIV antiretroviral drug linked to its psychoactivity
More than 1 in 270 people in the US are living with HIV and every 9.5 minutes someone is else is infected. The economic cost estimates associated with HIV/AIDS exceed 36 billion dollars a year. The development of effective ...
HIV & AIDS
Apr 21, 2013 |
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US says preemie study didn't fully disclose risks
(AP)—Federal health officials say the parents of premature babies enrolled in a treatment study several years ago weren't properly informed of potential risks.
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Apr 10, 2013 |
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Warning issued on doctors' stakes in device firms
(AP)—Federal health officials have issued a rare warning about doctors' ownership of shares in medical device companies that allow them to profit from performing surgeries with those products.
Health
Mar 26, 2013 |
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High court weighs drug companies' generics policy
(AP)—The Supreme Court is struggling with whether it should stop pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs.
Medications
Mar 25, 2013 |
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Millions on verge of diabetes don't know it, CDC reports
(HealthDay)—Only 11 percent of the estimated 79 million Americans who are at risk for diabetes know they are at risk, federal health officials reported Thursday.
Diabetes
Mar 21, 2013 |
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Court: Can generic drug maker be sued over design?
The Supreme Court will soon decide whether generic drug manufacturers can be sued in state court for a drug's design defects after federal officials approved the brand-name version.
Medications
Mar 19, 2013 |
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Researchers invent real time secondhand smoke sensor
Making headway against a major public health threat, Dartmouth College researchers have invented the first ever secondhand tobacco smoke sensor that records data in real time, a new study in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Re ...
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Mar 19, 2013 |
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NJ drugmaker faces civil, criminal fines over drug
(AP)—A New Jersey-based generic drug maker has agreed to pay $45 million to resolve criminal and civil liability charges for improperly marketing its weight-gain drug to frail seniors.
Medications
Mar 05, 2013 |
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Man who got smallpox vaccine passes milder infection to sex partner
(HealthDay)—A man recently vaccinated for smallpox under a U.S. Defense Department program passed a milder, related form of the disease on to a man he had sex with, and that man then passed it on to yet ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 28, 2013 |
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Cancer rates vary widely by state, race, CDC reports
(HealthDay)—The latest U.S. cancer statistics find that 1.5 million new cases of invasive cancer were diagnosed among Americans in 2009, with more men than women developing malignancies and blacks at higher ...
Cancer
Feb 21, 2013 |
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Fast food makes up 11 percent of calories in US diet, CDC reports
(HealthDay)—Fast food fare from restaurants such as McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and Pizza Hut accounted for more than 11 percent of the calories in American adults' daily diets in recent years, federal ...
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Feb 21, 2013 |
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Flu levels starting to fall, CDC says
(HealthDay)—The flu seems to be easing its grip on the United States, federal health officials reported Friday.
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Feb 09, 2013 |
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Flu still widespread but easing in some states, CDC says
(HealthDay)—Continuing a trend that emerged late last month, flu activity remains high across the United States but there are reports that the number of infections may be leveling off in some regions of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Obama administration revises controversial contraception mandate
(HealthDay)—Religious organizations that object to providing birth control coverage under the Affordable Care Act would be allowed to hand that responsibility off to a third party under new rules proposed ...
Health
Feb 01, 2013 |
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