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Fake malaria drugs litter Southeast Asia, AfricaFox NewsHANOI, Vietnam – A study says more than a third of malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality. The study published Tuesday says bogus and badly made drugs are threatening …Third of malaria drugs 'are [...]
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Health experts: Routine PSA tests for prostate cancer not good for healthCBS News(CBS News) A top panel of health experts called the US Preventive Services Task Force says that men should no longer get routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests to screen for prostate cancer. The reason, it says, is that the tests may lead [...]
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Cheap amoebic dysentery drug 'promising'BBC NewsBy James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News A cheap drug, which is already prescribed for arthritis, could fight amoebic dysentery, according to researchers in the US. They were testing old drugs to see if any killed the dysentery bug.Arthritis drug could help combat dysenteric deathZee NewsArthritis drug [...]
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US baby boomers urged to take hepatitis C blood testBBC NewsUS baby boomers have been advised by health officials for the first time to get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C. Those born between 1945-1965 are most likely to be infected but it is thought only a quarter of this generation has been [...]
ABC News
CDC to Baby Boomers: Get Tested for Hepatitis CABC News(ABCNEWS.com) For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to see if they have the liver-destroying virus, the Centers for Disease …CDC urges Boomers [...]
Toronto Star
CDC urges hepatitis C test for all baby boomers born between 1945 and 1965CBS News(CBS/AP) All adults born between 1945 and 1965 should get a blood to see if they have hepatitis C, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in draft recommendations issued Friday. One-third of world has hepatitis: WHO report Vertex [...]
CBS News
Sugar may make you "stupid" but omega-3 might mitigate the effect, rat study …CBS News(CBS News) A sugar-laden diet could make you dumber, according to the authors of a new study. But, don't fret: Omega-3 fatty acids may be able to mitigate the effects. Sugar should be regulated like alcohol, tobacco, commentary says CDC: [...]
Sydney Morning Herald
Very Sugary Diet Makes You StupidMedical News TodayAs we near the final year exams for schools and universities, students should be wary of powering up on buckets of soda and pocketfuls of candy bars. A UCLA study on rats suggests that fructose slows down the brain and memory functions.Sugar Makes You StupidMen’s FitnessHigh [...]
CBC.ca
Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longerFox NewsOne of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to …Magic beans? [...]
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Paralyzed woman uses mind-control technology to operate robotic armCBS News(CBS News) – In a potentially astounding development for victims of paralysis, researchers on Wednesday published a report describing how two people paralyzed by stroke are able to operate a robotic arm using only their minds.Paralyzed Patients Use Mind to Move Robotic ArmU.S. News & [...]
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Groundbreaking $100M study aims to stop Alzheimer's before it startsCBS News(CBS News) Alzheimer's disease cannot be cured but it can be prevented. The government announced Tuesday a $100 million study to test an Alzheimer's prevention drug in just one family. It's potentially a breakthrough because it's hard to test …New plan to fight Alzheimer'smsnbc.comScientists [...]
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Girl With Flesh-Eating Disease Can't Remember EventsABC NewsAimee Copeland, the Georgia student who contracted a rare flesh-eating disease after a zip line injury, is awake and alert but still in critical condition, according to her family. But the 24-year-old still can't remember the events that landed her in …Parents read lips of woman with [...]
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Child deaths: Preventable infections 'the leading cause'BBC NewsMost deaths of young children around the world are from mainly preventable infectious causes, experts have said. They found two-thirds of the 7.6m children who died before their fifth birthday did so due to infectious causes – and pneumonia was found …Worldwide Child Mortality Rate Plummets; Most [...]
International Reporter
18% Of Deaths Among Under 5s Caused By Pneumonia GloballyMedical News TodayOf the 7.6 million deaths worldwide among children under 5 years of age in 2010, 18% were caused by pneumonia, while 14% were the result of a complication of a preterm birth, researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an [...]
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FDA panel backs first pill to block HIV infectionSan Jose Mercury NewsSILVER SPRING, Md.—The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of a panel of federal advisers Thursday, clearing the way for a landmark approval in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes AIDS. In a series of votes, …New HIV [...]
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FDA panel backs drug to prevent HIV infection riskCBS News(CBS/AP) History was made Thursday evening as an FDA panel recommended approval of a drug that could prevent the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS — a disease that has killed 30 million people around the world. CBS News medical correspondent …FDA Panel [...]
The Guardian
a bit of good news for American momsCNNBy Steve Almasy, CNN The most dangerous day for a child is the day he or she is born, one expert says. US lands at No. 25 on the annual State of the World's Mothers report (CNN) — There is a little good news for mothers in [...]
New York Daily News
Cancer patients cover Clarkson's 'Stronger' in viral videoNew York Daily NewsA group of pediatric cancer patients are sharing their strength — and their dance moves — with the world, thanks to a new music video making the rounds on YouTube. The video, posted this week, features patients and staffers on the hematology/oncology [...]
AFP
Infection Behind One Sixth Of Cancers WorldwideMedical News TodayAround 2 million, or one sixth of new cancer cases worldwide are due to infections that are largely preventable or treatable, says a landmark study published in The Lancet Oncology this week. Infections with certain bacteria, viruses and parasites have …Study: 16% of cancers worldwide caused by [...]
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'One in six cancers worldwide are caused by infection'BBC NewsBy Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online One in six cancers – two million a year globally – are caused by largely treatable or preventable infections, new estimates suggest. The Lancet Infectious Diseases review, which looked at incidence …Four Bad Actors Cause Most Infection-Related [...]