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Tattoo-Removal Laser Could Combat Acne Scars
A man in Pittsburgh had a tattoo removal treatment last week after it prevented him from enlisting in the Marine Corps. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo) (Live Science) – A laser that is normally used in...
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HIV Drug May Also Treat Macular Degeneration
The new study demonstrates that FDA-approved NRTIs stopped retinal degeneration, and researchers were surprised to find it was a previously unknown property of the drugs that produced the results....
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8 Common Myths about Diabetes
Meghan Glynn, NEWSDAY (Newsday.com)—According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21.9 million people in the United States are diagnosed diabetics — with an additional 8.1 million...
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F.D.A. Issues Caution on Use of Uterine Surgery Device That Can Spread Cancer
(New York Times) – A power device used during uterine surgery in at least 50,000 women a year in the United States risks spreading cancerous tissue and should no longer be used in “the vast majority”...
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Yogurt May Lower Diabetes Risk
A woman tests her blood sugar level as part of her management of diabetes. (David Proeber, AP) (New York Times) – Regular consumption of yogurt may help lower the risk for Type 2 diabetes, a new study...
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HIV/AIDS Activists Push for More Funding to Address HIV/AIDS Stigma
Douglas Brooks, the director of the Office of National AIDS Policy at the White House, delivers his keynote address at the International Conference on Stigma in Washington, D.C. (Freddie Allen/NNPA)...
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Questioning Medicine: The Vitamin D Craze
(MedPage Today) – Now that the vitamin D research fires have begun to die down, I wanted to look into this apparent health fad to see what, if any, evidence came from the intense focus on this...
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Fat to Blame for a Half a Million Cancers a Year, WHO Agency Says
This is a Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007 file photo of an overweight person eating in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File) (Fox News) – Some half a million cases of cancer a year are due to people...
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This Is How To Burn Off All Those Thanksgiving Calories
(AP Photo/Matthew Mead, File) (Huffington Post) – It is not a secret that Americans overeat on Thanksgiving. We typically consume more calories during this one meal than we ingest in an entire...
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Too Little Sleep Poses Long-Term Health Risks
(USA Today) – We all know what it’s like to get a lousy or short night of sleep: Tempers shorten, snacks become more tempting, attention gets harder to sustain. Researchers are just beginning to...
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New ‘Powder’ Vaccine for Measles Found Effective in Humans
The inhalable dry powder measles vaccine eliminates the need for painful injection and other concerns that characterize vaccination administered via injection. The experimental vaccine did not also...
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Immunotherapy Breakthrough for Advanced Bladder Cancer
The promising results of a phase 1 immunotherapy trial marks the first major advance in the treatment of advanced bladder cancer for 30 years. (Courtesy of Medical News Today) (Medical News Today) –...
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World AIDS Day: The History of a Virus in 7 Stories
Lily Rothman, TIME MAGAZINE (TIME)—Dec. 1 has been World AIDS Day since 1988 — but though the awareness and activism around the diseases has changed drastically during the years between then and...
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Ebola Response Too Slow: Doctors Without Borders
A teacher uses a thermometer to take a students temperature to test for Ebola at Adekunle primary school in Lagos, Nigeria. Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH,...
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UN: Children Lag Sharply in Antiretroviral Effort
In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, a woman gives water to an HIV patient receiving treatments at an HIV/AIDS Care Center on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. (Khin Maung Win/AP Photo) ALEXANDRA...
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Health Insurer WellPoint Switches Name to Anthem
This July 17, 2012, file photo, shows the corporate headquarters of WellPoint in Indianapolis. WellPoint Inc. reports quarterly financial results on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy,...
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Mediterranean Diet Keeps People ‘Genetically Young’
A woman buys fruit at a market in Barcelona, Spain. Mediterranean diets have long been touted as heart-healthy, but that’s based on observational studies. Now, one of the longest and most scientific...
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NIH Potential Ebola Vaccine Gets ‘Promising Results’
This undated photo made available by the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium, shows the Ebola virus viewed through an electron microscope. (AP Photo/Antwerp Institute of Tropical...
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CDC: Circumcision Benefits Outweigh Risks
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday released a draft of long-awaited federal guidelines on circumcision, saying medical evidence supports the procedure and...
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Growth for US Health Tab May Have Hit Bottom
President Barack Obama, flanked by outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, and his nominee to be her replacement, Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell, speaks in the...
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