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Title: British Having Less Sex, Want More: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 5/8/2019 12:00:00 AM
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Title: Georgia Governor Signs Early Abortion Ban
Category: Health News
Created: 5/8/2019 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/8/2019 12:00:00 AM

Title: Health Tip: Safe Dog Toys
Category: Health News
Created: 5/8/2019 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/8/2019 12:00:00 AM

Title: Do Adults Need a Measles Booster Shot?
Category: Health News
Created: 5/8/2019 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/8/2019 12:00:00 AM

Title: Weight-Loss Surgery Boosts Success of Procedure to Fix A-Fib
Category: Health News
Created: 5/8/2019 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/8/2019 12:00:00 AM

World Health Organization experts recommended on Tuesday a dramatic expansion of vaccination against Ebola in Congo after a surge in cases showed that the strategy of vaccinating those known to be exposed to the disease was no longer sufficient.

UnitedHealthcare Group said on Thursday it had launched a new program to cut maternity costs under which partner hospitals would be paid a fixed rate for care during and after pregnancy, rather than for every service rendered.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd agreed to sell its dry eye drug to Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG for $3.4 billion and potential milestone payments of up to $1.9 billion, in the first divestment since its takeover of Britain's Shire.

Denver will become the first city in the United States to decriminalize magic mushrooms, based on final unofficial results on Wednesday of a ballot initiative about the hallucinogenic drug.

A lack of health funding in Gaza means 1,700 people shot by Israeli security forces may have to have amputations in the next two years, Jamie McGoldrick, the U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for occupied Palestinian territory, told reporters on Wednesday.

Giving progesterone could to some women with early bleeding could save babies' lives, research suggests.

NHS backing of a new treatment for the disease means Zoe Bowman may get help just as her sister has.

Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said on Wednesday it agreed to acquire Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd's dry eye drug Xiidra for $3.4 billion, as well as potential milestone payments of up to $1.9 billion, to expand its portfolio of eye care medicines.

The procedure is becoming more successful, the UK's fertility regulator says.

Doctors thought Steph Hammerman would never walk or talk. Now she has opened her own CrossFit gym.

GPs in deprived CCGs have more and sicker patients – inverse care law 'alive and well in general practice'

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