Articles filed under Health Crises
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Women's bacteria thwarted attempt at anti-HIV vaginal gelJun 01, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Creating new HIV prevention tools for women has proven frustratingly slow and researchers have found another hurdle: bacteria in the reproductive tract...
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Painful words: How a 1980 letter fueled the opioid epidemicMay 31, 2017 7:00 am - Nearly 40 years ago, a respected doctor wrote a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine with some very good news: Out of nearly 40,000 patients given powerful pain...
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Report: More Americans with Alzheimer's are dying at homeMay 25, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - One in 4 Alzheimer's deaths in the United States are now occurring at home - a startling increase that marks a shift away from hospitals and nursing home...
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Marijuana extract helps some kids with epilepsy, study saysMay 25, 2017 7:00 am - A medicine made from marijuana, without the stuff that gives a high, cut seizures in kids with a severe form of epilepsy in a study that strengthens the case for more re...
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Science Says: What's known and not known about marijuanaMay 24, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A new marijuana study joins a limited record of scientific knowledge about the harms and benefits of pot. The research published Wednesday is the first r...
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Marijuana extract helps some kids with epilepsy, study saysMay 24, 2017 7:00 am - A medicine made from marijuana, without the stuff that gives a high, cut seizures in kids with a severe form of epilepsy in a study that strengthens the case for more re...
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Zika hit Florida months before infections found, study saysMay 24, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Zika began spreading in Florida mosquitoes about three months before infections showed up in the Miami area last summer, and the virus likely was carried...
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FDA: Controller for heart pump recalled over deathsMay 24, 2017 7:00 am - Federal regulators say nearly 29,000 controllers for implanted heart pumps are being recalled after reports of 26 deaths linked to malfunctions. The recall covers the ex...
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Drugmaker paying $33M over recalled nonprescription medsMay 24, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Johnson & Johnson has reached a $33 million settlement with 42 states, resolving allegations the health care giant sold nonprescription medicines th...
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Science Says: Medications prevent opioid addiction relapseMay 22, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Remarks by a top U.S. health official have reignited a quarrel in the world of addiction and recovery: Does treating opioid addiction with medication save...