Articles filed under Health Crises
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Gene therapy shows promise against blood-clotting diseaseDec 06, 2017 6:00 am - Gene therapy has freed 10 men from nearly all symptoms of hemophilia for a year so far, in a study that fuels hopes that a one-time treatment can give long-lasting help ...
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Small risk of breast cancer seen with hormone contraceptivesDec 06, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Modern birth control pills that are lower in estrogen have fewer side effects than past oral contraceptives. But a large Danish study suggests that, like ...
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Hundreds of thousands of poor people detained in hospitalsDec 05, 2017 6:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - Faida Mwenge's baby boy is nearly 3 months old but she and her son are still not allowed to leave the hospital - not until their bill is paid. The 20-...
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FDA approves diabetes drug that also helps with weight lossDec 05, 2017 6:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. regulators on Tuesday approved a new diabetes drug that reduces blood sugar levels and also helps people lose significant weight. Danish drugma...
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Minus Lundqvist, Rangers find way to edge Penguins 4-3Dec 05, 2017 6:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ondrej Pavelec didn't know he was getting just his third start in the last six weeks until late Tuesday afternoon, when New York Rangers star goaltende...
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'Take all their excuses away': Hard cases in heroin fightDec 04, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The van was coming for Richard Rivera, but it was taking a long time. He waited inside the entrance of Saint Anthony Hospital where he had spent the past ...
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Doctors: Over a year to see if uterus transplant successfulDec 04, 2017 6:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - It took well over a year to determine if a woman who received a womb transplant would become the first in the U.S. to give birth, transplant surgeons in Da...
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Sex cases put spotlight on sex addiction, but is it real?Dec 03, 2017 6:00 am - Is sex addiction a true addiction, a crime, or a made-up condition used by misbehaving VIPs to deflect blame or repair tarnished images? A tide of high-profile sexual mi...
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First baby from a uterus transplant in the US born in DallasDec 01, 2017 6:00 am - The first birth as a result of a womb transplant in the United States has occurred in Texas, a milestone for the U.S. but one achieved several years ago in Sweden. A wom...
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FDA approves first-of-a-kind test for cancer gene profilingDec 01, 2017 6:00 am - U.S. regulators have approved a first-of-a-kind test that looks for mutations in hundreds of cancer genes at once, giving a more complete picture of what's driving a pat...