Articles filed under Health Crises
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Quickly reporting cancer complications may boost survivalJun 05, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO - If you're being treated for cancer, speak up about any side effects. A study that had patients use home computers to report symptoms like nausea and fatigue su...
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Drugs score big wins against lung, prostate, breast cancersJun 05, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Drugs are scoring big wins against common cancers, setting new standards for how to treat many prostate, breast and lung tumors. There's even a "uni-drug"...
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Quickly reporting cancer complications may boost survivalJun 04, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - If you're being treated for cancer, speak up about any side effects. A study that had patients use home computers to report symptoms like nausea and fatig...
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Congo health minister says Ebola outbreak under controlJun 02, 2017 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's health minister says there have been no new confirmed cases of Ebola and the outbreak has been controlled. Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kale...
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US officials OK option for men with HIV to father childrenJun 01, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The nation's top public health agency on Thursday changed its guidance for HIV-infected men who want to father children, saying there's now enough eviden...
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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...