Articles filed under Health Crises
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Overcoming Opioids: Easing an epidemic 1 doctor at a timeJun 15, 2017 7:00 am - MONROEVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Even doctors can be addicted to opioids, in a way: It's hard to stop prescribing them. Melissa Jones is on a mission to break doctors of their ha...
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FDA approves new, cheaper rival to EpiPen allergy shotJun 15, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. regulators have approved new competition for EpiPen, the emergency allergy medicine that made Mylan a poster child for pharmaceutical company g...
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Drones carrying defibrillators could aid heart emergenciesJun 13, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - It sounds futuristic: drones carrying heart defibrillators swooping in to help bystanders revive people stricken by cardiac arrest. Researchers tested the...
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Obesity rising in nations rich and poor, especially in kidsJun 12, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The global obesity problem now affects 1 in 10 people in the world, it is rising in countries rich and poor, and in many countries it is increasing faste...
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New frontier in cancer care: Turning blood into living drugsJun 12, 2017 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Ken Shefveland's body was swollen with cancer, treatment after treatment failing until doctors gambled on a radical approach: They removed some of his imm...
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Sweet sizzlin' beans! Fancy names may boost healthy diningJun 12, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Researchers tried a big serving of food psychology and a dollop of trickery to get diners to eat their vegetables. And it worked. Veggies given names like...
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FDA asks drugmaker to stop selling its opioid painkillerJun 08, 2017 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. regulators want a narcotic painkiller involved in the opioid epidemic off the market amid data showing people continue to abuse it. The Food an...
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Zika birth defects in US territories similar to other placesJun 08, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A report released Thursday shows Zika had about the same impact on birth defects in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories as it did in other places hit ...
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Study finds pregnancy seems safe for breast cancer survivorsJun 06, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A study gives reassuring news for breast cancer survivors who want to have children. Those who later became pregnant were no more likely to have their can...
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A first: All respond to gene therapy in a blood cancer studyJun 05, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Doctors are reporting unprecedented success from a new cell and gene therapy for multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that's on the rise. Although it's early ...