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COVID-19 no longer means five days in isolation, CDC says

Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday.

Mar 1, 2024

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FDA issues another warning on tianeptine products, which can cause seizures and death

Reiterating a warning first issued in November, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging Americans to stay away from supplements containing tianeptine, known on the street as "gas station heroin."

Jan 25, 2024

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Deaths tied to 'fake Xanax' street drug are increasing

Three twenty-somethings in Chicago took a street drug they thought was a harmless form of Xanax. All three were found collapsed and unresponsive eight hours later by one of their mothers, who had them rushed to the hospital. ...

Jan 4, 2024

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Colorado reports first measles case in four years in Denver airport traveler

Colorado has its first confirmed case of measles in four years, and unvaccinated people who visited Denver International Airport or the Aurora campus of Children's Hospital Colorado may need to look out for symptoms.

Dec 21, 2023

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Study shows link between institutionalization, hip fractures and death

A team of anthropologists has found that the skeletal remains of people who lived and died in American public care institutions in the last century have much to tell us about the connection between patient neglect and hip ...

Aug 31, 2023

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Alarm as FDA fast-tracks first antipsychotic drug for agitation in dementia

In trials, the antipsychotic drug brexpiprazole (Rexulti) failed to provide a clinically meaningful benefit and increased the risk of death. Yet the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fast tracked its approval, making ...

Aug 17, 2023

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Magnesium before premature birth at 30 to 34 weeks has limited benefit: Study

Intravenous magnesium sulfate before preterm birth at 30 to 34 weeks of gestation does not improve child survival free of cerebral palsy, according to a study published in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of the American ...

Aug 17, 2023

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Study finds disparities in functional improvement of home health care patients based on race, ethnicity and income

Reliance on home health care services is increasing in the U.S. A new study from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) quantifies the degree to which home health care patients' race, ethnicity and income ...

Aug 16, 2023

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Researchers identify proteins associated with deadly burns

Although many people still die from severe burns, the underlying physiology behind burns is not well understood. In an article published in iScience, researchers from Osaka University identified key proteins associated with ...

Jul 18, 2023

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