Articles filed under Health Crises
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Blood test may help predict which breast cancers will recurDec 08, 2017 6:00 am - A blood test five years after breast cancer treatment helped identify some women who were more likely to relapse, long before a lump or other signs appeared, a prelimina...
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Are 3-D mammograms really better? US puts scans to the testDec 07, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A better mammogram? Increasingly women are asked if they want a 3-D mammogram instead of the regular X-ray - and now U.S. health officials are starting...
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Hundreds of thousands of poor people detained in hospitalsDec 06, 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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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...