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U.S. health agency cancels research contract involving use of fetal tissue

Reuters Health - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 20:48
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Wednesday it would cancel its research contract involving human fetal tissue from elective abortions with the University of California.
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Chicken No Better Than Beef for Your Cholesterol?

WebMD Health - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 20:30

The effects of red meat and white meat on cholesterol were identical when saturated fat levels were the same, the study’s senior author said.

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Durability Seen for Esketamine's Benefit in Depression

MedPageToday.com - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 20:30
(MedPage Today) -- Trial reports positive benefit-risk ratio for nasal spray plus antidepressant
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LabCorp Latest Testing Company to Be Hacked

WebMD Health - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 20:29

LabCorp is sending 200,000 notices to customers whose credit card and bank account information might have been hacked.

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Teen boys' eating disorders may focus on muscles, not weight loss

Reuters Health - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 20:16
(Reuters Health) - Many people may mistakenly assume teen boys are not prone to eating disorders because their symptoms are different from what's typically seen in girls and their focus is on building muscle rather than becoming impossibly thin, doctors warn.
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More Bad News for MIS in Cervical Cancer

MedPageToday.com - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 20:15
(MedPage Today) -- Significantly higher recurrence risk compared with abdominal hysterectomy
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We Eat, Drink, Breathe 70,000 Plastic Bits a Year

WebMD Health - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 20:07

Your microplastic intake might be even higher if you choose products that have more plastics involved in their processing or packaging -- including bottled water, the research team said.

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Midlife T2D Tied to Cerebrovascular Disease

MedPageToday.com - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 20:01
(MedPage Today) -- Twin study finds link with cerebral infarction, but not intracerebral haemorrhage
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Mallinckrodt to settle U.S. drug marketing probe, fight kickback case

Reuters Health - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 19:58
Mallinckrodt Plc on Wednesday said it had tentatively agreed to pay $15.4 million to resolve a U.S. Justice Department probe into how a drugmaker it now owns marketed an expensive treatment for a rare infant seizure disorder and multiple sclerosis.
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HHS to Stop Fetal Tissue Research Within NIH

MedPageToday.com - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 19:45
(MedPage Today) -- Future extramural funding requests will go before ethics board, department says
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EHR Alerts Increase Blood Pressure Drug Rx in Diabetes

MedPageToday.com - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 19:30
(MedPage Today) -- But vast majority of hypertensive diabetes patients still untreated, study finds
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Mallinckrodt expects to pay DoJ $15.4 million over Questcor investigation

Reuters Health - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 19:20
Mallinckrodt Plc said on Wednesday it reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve a government investigation into its subsidiary Questcor and expects to pay $15.4 million.
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Do Mindfulness Apps Really Help Your Health?

WebMD Health - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 19:20

Technology can bring nonstop, alarmist news alerts, online arguments, and "fear of missing out." Can it, in the form of mindfulness apps, also help correct the problem?

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It's Official: Over 1,000 U.S. Measles Cases in 2019

MedPageToday.com - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 19:15
(MedPage Today) -- Worst U.S. outbreak of measles since 1992 continues
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Fresenius says tighter EU rules could trigger antibiotic shortage

Reuters Health - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 19:08
German drugmaker Fresenius warned that stricter production norms being considered by Europe's drug regulator could compound shortages of a life-saving antibiotic that is used by about 25 million patients globally each year.
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New Study Backs Mass Azithromycin Dosing in African Kids

MedPageToday.com - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 19:00
(MedPage Today) -- Suggests antimicrobial resistance hasn't diminished longer-term benefit
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No Long-Term Heart Benefit With Intensive T2D Management

MedPageToday.com - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 19:00
(MedPage Today) -- Possible atherosclerosis, CV injury were too advanced in VADT population
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More evidence links ultra-processed foods to health harms

Reuters Health - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 18:02
(Reuters Health) - People who eat lots of ultra-processed foods are more likely to develop heart disease and to die sooner than those who stick with foods in their original form, two large studies conclude.
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Jury Out on Margetuximab in Advanced HER2+ Breast Cancer

MedPageToday.com - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 17:45
(MedPage Today) -- One-month PFS boost, but certain subgroups may derive more benefit
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Teen Suicide Increase Associated With '13 Reasons Why'

MedPageToday.com - Mer, 05/06/2019 - 17:30
(MedPage Today) -- Findings consistent with 'contagion by media,' but study cannot demonstrate causality
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