Articles filed under Health Crises
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Cholesterol drug shows promise to help reverse heart diseaseNov 15, 2016 6:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - For the first time, a new drug given along with a cholesterol-lowering statin medicine has proved able to shrink plaque that is clogging arteries, pot...
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Vitamin D deficiency is widely overestimated, doctors warnNov 09, 2016 6:00 am - Doctors are warning about vitamin D again, and it's not the "we need more" news you might expect. Instead, they say there's too much needless testing and too many people...
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Surprising study finds possible culprit in preterm birthsNov 09, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Researchers have uncovered a surprising possible trigger for some preterm births: calcium buildup in the womb, similar to the kind that stiffens older ...
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Young brains & anesthesia: Big study suggests minimal risksNov 07, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Anesthesia during early childhood surgery poses little risk for intelligence and academics later on, the largest study of its kind suggests. The results w...
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Scientists study if Pap smear could spot birth defects earlyNov 02, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A simple Pap smear may one day offer a way to screen for birth defects a little earlier in pregnancy than today's prenatal tests. Women typically get a...
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Some immune-boosting cancer drugs may pose rare heart risksNov 02, 2016 7:00 am - Doctors have found a disturbing downside to some powerful new drugs that harness the immune system to fight cancer: In rare cases, they may cause potentially fatal heart...
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Zika ravages testes of mice; study raises concern about menOct 31, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Zika virus ravages the testes of male mice, sharply reducing sperm counts and fertility, says a study that raises a new specter about its threat to peopl...
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Study: Skin patch could help kids with peanut allergiesOct 31, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A wearable skin patch may help children who are allergic to peanuts by delivering small doses of peanut protein, according to a new study that calls fo...
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Buffalo Grove mom pushes to find brain disease cureOct 31, 2016 6:00 am - Ilyce Randell had never heard of Canavan disease before that sunny March day in 1998 when doctors diagnosed her then 5-month-old son, Max, with the rare, fatal brain dis...
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Have a kid with migraines? Sugar pills work as well as drugsOct 27, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Sugar pills worked as well at preventing kids' migraines as two commonly used headache medicines, but had fewer side effects, in a study that may lead doc...