Archive: 01/10/2018

New drug approved for antibiotic-resistant lung disease

(HealthDay)—Arikayce has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat lung disease caused by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) bacteria among people who don't respond to conventional therapies, the FDA ...

Oct 1, 2018

New treatment approved for common skin cancer

(HealthDay)—Libtayo (cemiplimab-rwlc) injection has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat advanced squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC), the agency said in a news release.

Oct 1, 2018

Don't treat e-cigarettes like cigarettes

"Cigarette" might appear in the term "e-cigarette" but that is as far as their similarities extend, reports a new Northwestern Medicine report published Friday, Sept. 28, in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Assuming ...

Oct 1, 2018

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Three ways to tame food temptations

(HealthDay)—Losing weight often comes down to changing the patterns and habits that led to overeating. And that usually takes self-control, or the ability to resist temptation.

Oct 1, 2018

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Therapeutic vaccine shows promise against a range of cancers

(HealthDay)—A personalized vaccine held an aggressive group of cancers in check among more than half of patients who received it in a small, preliminary trial, researchers report.

Oct 1, 2018

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Death rates for young Americans drop, but still too high

(HealthDay)—While death rates among infants, teens and young adults in the United States have dropped in recent decades, they're still higher than in other developed countries, a new study finds.

Oct 1, 2018

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Scientists uncover why you can't decide what to order for lunch

If you've ever found yourself staring at a lengthy restaurant menu and been completely unable to decide what to order for lunch, you have experienced what psychologists call choice overload. The brain, faced with an overwhelming ...

Oct 1, 2018

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Medicaid expansion improved immigrants' access to health care, but disparities persist

Though Medicaid expansion has helped to improve insurance coverage for immigrant populations in the United States, uninsurance rates still remain high for those in the U.S. who are not yet citizens, according to a new study ...

Oct 1, 2018

Do price spikes on some generic drugs indicate problems in the market?

A new USC study reports that sudden price spikes for some generic drugs—such as the recently reported increases of a decades-old generic heart medication and an antibiotic—are becoming more common.

Oct 1, 2018

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Medicare upgrades its website ahead of sign-up season

Approaching annual sign-up season, Medicare is modernizing its website to make it more useful for beneficiaries already accustomed to searching online for insurers, hospitals and doctors, officials announced on Monday.

Oct 1, 2018

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Archive: 01/10/2018

New drug approved for antibiotic-resistant lung disease

New treatment approved for common skin cancer

Don't treat e-cigarettes like cigarettes

Three ways to tame food temptations

Therapeutic vaccine shows promise against a range of cancers

Death rates for young Americans drop, but still too high

Scientists uncover why you can't decide what to order for lunch

Medicaid expansion improved immigrants' access to health care, but disparities persist

Do price spikes on some generic drugs indicate problems in the market?

Medicare upgrades its website ahead of sign-up season

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