Health
Simple tips can lead to better food choices
A few easily learned tips on eating and food choice can increase amount of healthy food choices between 5 percent and 11 percent, a new Yale University study has found.
Nov 13, 2018
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Health
The tobacco industry plays price games to make it even tougher to quit smoking
It is thought about two in three smokers want to kick their deadly habit, and with good reason – the same proportion of them are believed to die prematurely because of smoking. Around the world, the habit kills more than ...
Nov 8, 2018
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Cardiology
One man's journey back from stroke at 52
(HealthDay)—Price Woodward was the picture of health at age 52. He lived an active lifestyle and ran marathons. He was definitely not the type of person you'd expect to have a stroke.
Nov 1, 2018
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Diabetes
Supply chain transparency needed to combat soaring insulin costs
Spiraling insulin costs have created a dangerous barrier for many people with diabetes who need to access lifesaving treatments. The Endocrine Society is calling on stakeholders across the supply chain to help reduce out-of-pocket ...
Nov 1, 2018
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Health
Cutting societal alcohol use may prevent alcohol disorders
Society must take collective responsibility to reduce the harm caused by alcohol use disorders, a University of Otago academic says.
Oct 31, 2018
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Medications
Amgen slashes price of $14,000-a-year cholesterol drug
The maker of an expensive cholesterol drug is slashing the list price, which should make it more affordable for patients.
Oct 24, 2018
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Medications
Nonprofit drugmaker Civica Rx aims to cure a health care system ailment
Several years ago, drug shortages became headline news when supplies of three different drugs used to treat childhood cancers were running low in major hospitals. Sometimes shortages like those are resolved before patients ...
Oct 24, 2018
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Medications
Drugmakers to disclose prices for medicines advertised on TV
Drugmakers will start disclosing the prices for U.S. prescription drugs that are advertised on TV, but the Trump administration said the move announced Monday doesn't go far enough.
Oct 15, 2018
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Health
Ireland passes law putting cancer warnings on alcohol
Alcoholic drinks in Ireland will be labelled with cancer warnings under a groundbreaking law passed Wednesday, which also sets a minimum price in a bid to tackle a "corrosive" drinking culture.
Oct 10, 2018
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Health
Time and money—the biggest hurdles to healthy eating
Philippe Couillard, the freshly defeated Quebec premier, made headlines during the election campaign when he suggested a family of three —comprised of one adult and two adolescents —could feed themselves for $75 a week.
Oct 9, 2018
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