A new classification for diagnosing fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) has shown to be as accurate as currently used algorithms, but required no further liver biopsy. The study appearing in the January ...
Jan 10, 2012
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(AP) -- After years of decline, measles is on the rise in Europe, according to a new report released Thursday.
Dec 1, 2011
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As part of preparations for a possible large-scale anthrax attack, public health officials on the state and local levels should determine where and how anthrax-preventing antibiotics should be stored in their communities, ...
Sep 30, 2011
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(HealthDay)—Flu remains at epidemic proportions across the United States, but flu activity decreased in some areas during the second week of January, according to FluView, a weekly influenza surveillance report prepared ...
Jan 19, 2013
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Following a doubling of the incidence and prevalence of diabetes in the U.S. from 1990-2008, new data suggest a plateauing of the rate between 2008 and 2012 for adults, however the incidence continued to increase in Hispanic ...
Sep 23, 2014
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New research shows that the number of people with Parkinson's disease will soon grow to pandemic proportions. In a commentary appearing today in the journal JAMA Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center neurologist ...
Nov 13, 2017
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The Fierro family of Yuma, Arizona, had a string of bad medical luck that started in December 2020.
May 4, 2022
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As Thailand transitions to a high-middle-income country, noncommunicable chronic diseases such as diabetes are on the rise.
Jan 15, 2020
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(AP) -- Health officials say as many as 16 people have died from possible listeria illnesses traced to Colorado cantaloupes, the deadliest food outbreak in more than a decade.
Sep 28, 2011
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(Medical Xpress) -- Vaccinating infants against rotavirus has resulted in dramatic decreases in health care use and treatment costs for diarrhea-related illness in U.S. infants and young children, according to a new study ...
Sep 22, 2011
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