Obama Administration Sets Deadline For Proposals On State Healthcare Exchanges
The Obama administration forged ahead with healthcare reforms on Wednesday, announcing a November 16 deadline for state governments to submit proposals showing how they intend to operate health insurance exchanges in 2014.
Zytiga: Johnson & Johnson Drug Shows Promise In High-Risk Prostate Cancer
Adding Johnson & Johnson's advanced prostate cancer drug, Zytiga, to hormone therapy before surgery has been shown for the first time to eradicate tumors in some men with high-risk forms of the disease.
PEPFAR: US HIV Aid Prevented 741,000 Deaths [STUDY]
The United States foreign aid program that sends billions of dollars to African countries for HIV treatment and prevention has cut the number of people dying for any reason in those nations, a new study suggests.
Insecticide Resistance Threatens Malaria Fight
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa and India are becoming resistant to insecticides, putting millions of lives at greater risk and threatening eradication efforts, health experts said on Tuesday.
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Obama Administration Sets Deadline For Proposals On State Healthcare Exchanges
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Zytiga: Johnson & Johnson Drug Shows Promise In High-Risk Prostate Cancer
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PEPFAR: US HIV Aid Prevented 741,000 Deaths [STUDY]
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Insecticide Resistance Threatens Malaria Fight
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Alzheimer's Disease: US Launches Ambitious Plan With Research Push
May 15, 2012
The U.S. government launched an ambitious push to develop new treatments for Alzheimer's on Tuesday with a first prevention study of high-risk patients and tests on an insulin nasal spray that has shown promise in earlier studies.
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Marijuana May Ease Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms [STUDY]
May 15, 2012
People with multiple sclerosis have long said that smoking marijuana helps ease their painful muscle cramping. And a new clinical trial suggests they are not just blowing smoke. The study, published Monday, found that for 30 MS patients with muscle "spasticity," a ...
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'Pink Slime': Beleaguered Beef Purveyors Carve Out Stain
May 14, 2012
Behind the glass meat counter at Casey's Market in a Chicago suburb, the butchers pick up their blades and carry on a generations-old tradition. Piece by piece, the men use knives to cut meat and fat off beef carcasses, and grind them into mounds of hamburger.
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More Batteries to Blame For Kids' ER Visits [STUDY]
May 14, 2012
The number of kids treated in emergency rooms after swallowing batteries -- or lodging them in their noses and ears -- has almost doubled over the past 20 years, a new study suggests.
DSM-5: Diagnosis Manual "Needs Overhaul," Psychiatrists Say
May 11, 2012
Many psychiatrists believe a new edition of a manual designed to help diagnose mental illness should be shelved for at least a year for further revisions, despite some modifications which eliminated two controversial diagnoses.
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Birth Defects Linked To Childhood Cancer [STUDY]
May 11, 2012
A new study suggests children born with a range of birth defects are at an increased risk of developing certain childhood cancers, especially during their first year of life.
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Collusion Discovered Between Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), Pharma Firms
May 10, 2012
Officials of India's drug regulator have been colluding with pharmaceutical firms to speed up approval procedures, allowing some drugs that are not permitted in other countries to go on sale, according to an 18-month investigation by lawmakers.
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The Global Fund Gets $1.6 Billion Shot In Arm
May 10, 2012
The Global Fund, a leading financier in the struggle against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, expects to have an additional $1.6 billion to fund projects in 2012-2014, its new chief said on Wednesday, a turnaround from a funding freeze last year.
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Obesity Epidemic: Fight Must Shift From Personal Blame, Says US Panel
May 08, 2012
America's obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures - from overhauling farm policies and zoning laws to, possibly, introducing a soda tax - to fix it, the influential Institute of Medicine said on Tuesday.
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Arena Obesity Pill: FDA Staff Focuses On Safety
May 08, 2012
U.S. drug reviewers on Tuesday said Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc's obesity pill appeared to help people lose weight and was unlikely to cause tumors in humans, but questioned if the company had provided enough data to rule out heart problems.
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