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Komen Foundation bows to social media firestorm, reverses Planned Parenthood …San Jose Mercury NewsBy Sandy Kleffman From left, Aurora Jewell, Mandi Moshay and Kirsten Dees hold signs Friday outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Seattle protesting Susan G. Komen for the Cure's severing of funds for poor-women's breast exams. US Sen.Planned Parenthood gets image [...]
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Susan G. Komen reverses course, will keep funding Planned ParenthoodCBS NewsThree days after pulling its funding for cancer screenings from Planned Parenthood, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation on Friday apologized for the decision and reversed course. "Our only goal for our granting process is to support women and …Komen backs [...]
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Malaria deaths hugely underestimated – Lancet studyBBC NewsBy Neil Bowdler Science and health reporter, BBC News Worldwide malaria deaths may be almost twice as high as previously estimated, a study reports. This compaGlobal malaria mortality between 1980 and 2010 a systematic analysires to a World Health …Malaria Deaths Grossly UnderestimatedMedical News TodayNew study doubles [...]
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Komen for Cure, Planned Parenthood sparks flyCBS NewsThis morning, a leading force in the fight against breast cancer is under attack for cutting its ties to Planned Parenthood. The Komen Foundation is the world's largest breast cancer charity, so when it takes a step like this, it gets noticed.Women torn by Komen decision on [...]
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Is Your Birth Control Part of the Recall?ABC NewsGetty Images Virtually all health insurance plans could soon be required to offer female patients free coverage of prescription birth control. Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills because of a packaging error.Pfizer Recalls 1 Million Birth-Control Packs on Wrong DosageBusinessWeekPfizer recalls [...]
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Quick Fix for Severe Depression?ABC News (blog)Ketamine, a prescription drug that has been used as an anesthetic for decades and gained popularity on the street as “Special K,” is being tested in Houston as a quick fix to severe depression. Researchers at the Neuro Psychiatric Center next to Ben …Doctors Are Testing Special [...]
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Skin lesions typical of Morgellons, some containing blue fibers. (PLoS One)ABC NewsA new study published today sheds light on Morgellons disease, a controversial condition marked by crawling sensations in the skin. In response to increasing reports of Morgellons symptoms, scientists from the US Centers for Disease Control and …CDC: Morgellons Disease May Be Psychiatric [...]
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Caffeine Alters Estrogen LevelsMedical News TodayResearchers at the National Institute of Health, along with other institutions, have released a study online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, stating that Asian women have higher estrogen levels when drinking 200 milligrams or more of …Caffeine Alters Estrogen Levels in Younger WomenNew York Times (blog)Caffeine Linked [...]
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US Cancer Screening Below National TargetsMedical News TodayThe percentage of people screened for cancer in the US remains below national targets for 2020, with rates lower among Asian and Hispanic Americans than other groups, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and …CDC: Too few Americans getting [...]
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Erin Brockovich Launches Investigation Into Tic Illness Affecting NY TeenagersABC NewsEnvironmental activist Erin Brockovich has launched her own investigation into the mysterious illness causing facial tics and verbal outbursts among 15 teenagers in Le Roy, NY Most of the teens have been diagnosed with conversion disorder — a …Erin Brockovich, others to probe cause [...]
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French Breast Implant Firm's Former Execs ArrestedABC News(ABCNEWS.com) Police in pre-dawn sweeps Thursday arrested two top former executives of the now-defunct French company at the center of a breast implant scandal affecting tens of thousands of women worldwide. Jean-Claude Mas, who founded and ran …French implant boss released, faces bodily harm chargeReutersImplant firm's former [...]
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Morgellons disease exists "only in patients' minds," study showsCBS News(CBS/AP) What if it felt like there were tiny bugs crawling all over your body, causing oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin? That's how many people described their symptoms to government doctors several years ago, …Morgellons not caused by infectious agent, CDC [...]
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Studies show men are more likely to experience slight memory loss than women …ABC NewsMen more than women are at higher risk of developing mild memory loss, according to a new study published in the journal Neurology. The memory dysfunction, called mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, is the stage between normal brain aging and [...]
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Federal study of Morgellons yields no answersCBS NewsATLANTA – Imagine having the feeling that tiny bugs are crawling on your body, that you have oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin. Sound like a horror movie? Well, at one point several years ago, government doctors were getting …Study of freakish mystery illness [...]
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Common household chemicals tied to immune problems in kidsFox NewsPrint Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Children exposed to chemicals from food packaging and textile products may have compromised immune systems, researchers said Tuesday. They found kids with more perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, in their blood …Chemicals found in microwave popcorn bags may interfere with [...]
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Study Reveals Secret Behind Magic MushroomsRTT News(RTTNews) – The history of the use of so-called magic mushroom as a hallucinogen is believed to be as old as human society. The most common magic mushroom is Psilocybe semilanceata and it is often eaten raw or is dried out and stored."Magic mushroom" trips point to new [...]
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Women feel more pain than men, study findsCBS News(CBS) Who hurts more, men or women? A new Stanford University study examining patients' medical records found surprisingly clear results: across the board, women report higher levels of pain than men. For the study, researchers reviewed patients' …Women found to report much more pain than menSan Francisco [...]
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Bio-terror fear halts bird flu researchFox NewsWASHINGTON – Scientists who created easier-to-spread versions of the deadly bird flu said Friday they're temporarily halting more research, as international specialists debate what should happen next. Researchers from leading flu laboratories around …Scientists Agree to Halt Work on Dangerous Bird Flu StrainCNNBioterror fears halt research on mutant bird [...]
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1 In 5 Americans With Mental Illness, National SurveyMedical News TodaySome 45.9 million, or around 1 in 5 American adults (age 18 and over) experienced a mental illness in the past year, according to the US government's latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released this month. The survey, published by the …Government [...]
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How soon is sex safe after a heart attack?CBS NewsFor a patient recovering from a heart attack, it can be one of the most difficult questions to ask a doctor: When is it safe to resume a normal sex life? For the first time, the American Heart Association tried to answer those questions Thursday with [...]