Health
US report: Trend of rising health care spending back to stay
Government experts say the nation's problem with rising health care spending is back and here to stay.
Feb 15, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
South Korea sees end of MERS threat after outbreak killed 36
South Korea said Tuesday it is now virtually free of the deadly MERS virus that killed 36 people and sickened nearly 200 since an outbreak was declared in May.
Jul 28, 2015
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Medications
FDA schedules meeting on twice-rejected female libido drug
The Food and Drug Administration will ask a group of outside medical experts next month to evaluate a much-debated experimental drug designed to boost sexual desire in women.
May 7, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sierra Leone plans another shutdown to stop Ebola's spread
Sierra Leone is planning another three-day, countrywide shutdown later this month to ferret out Ebola cases, remind people how to protect themselves from the disease and control its transmission.
Mar 18, 2015
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Health
US marks four straight years of slowing health costs
President Barack Obama's health care law has divided the nation, but government experts are saying his first term produced historically low growth in health costs.
Jan 6, 2014
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Medications
US panel backs Gilead Sciences' hepatitis C drug (Update)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers on Friday unanimously voted in favor of a highly anticipated hepatitis C drug from Gilead Sciences that holds promise for millions infected with the liver-destroying virus.
Oct 23, 2013
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Health
Quebec moves to allow assisted suicide (Update)
The government of Canada's mostly French-speaking Quebec province on Wednesday unveiled legislation allowing terminally ill patients to kill themselves with a doctor's help.
Jun 12, 2013
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Ophthalmology
Breakthrough camera to improve detection of blinding eye disease and diabetes
The most advanced technology for use in real-time detection and assessment of common blinding eye disease and general health disorders will soon be available to the world with stimulus funding provided for development by ...
Feb 26, 2013
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Health
Indian women dumped in field after sterilisations
Scores of women were dumped unconscious in a field after a mass sterilisation in eastern India because there was no room in hospital for them to recuperate, medical officials said Thursday.
Feb 7, 2013
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Health
After tobacco, Turkey bans hookah in public places
After banning smoking in public places, the Turkish government has gone one step further by clamping down on an ancient tradition—the hookah, or water pipe.
Jan 28, 2013
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