WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — By a wide margin, the House of Representatives voted today to give the FDA power to regulate tobacco products.
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CLEVELAND (MedPage Today) — Binge drinking is most common among those whose annual household income is at least $50,000, according to data from a 14-state survey.
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ORLANDO (MedPage Today) — An infusion of autologous bone marrow progenitor cells may improve outcomes for patients who suffer a severe myocardial infarction, a phase I study suggested.
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Learn about the latest data on the use and effectiveness of vaccinations for 5 common vaccine-preventable diseases in adults: influenza, pneumococcal disease, pertussis, herpes zoster, and human papillomavirus infection.
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Venous thromboembolism is estimated to be the second most common cause of death among patients with cancer. The current review describes the best practice for the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism among patients with cancer. Annals of Surgery
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Witnesses and lawmakers at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection hearing on Tuesday debated the merits of a bill (
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Medical associations should refuse general budgetary support from the health care industry, according to an article by a group of leading doctors and researchers published on Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Wall Street Journal reports. Authors of the article included past presidents of
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HHS Secretary nominee Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) recently made corrections to three years of tax returns, paying about $7,000 in back taxes after “unintentional errors” were discovered, the AP/Google.com reports. Sebelius, who issued a
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The “controversy” surrounding the University of Notre Dame’s invitation for President Obama to speak at its spring commencement “highlights growing strains in an important political relationship” between the president and Roman Catholic voters,
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Currently in Illinois, “many women who seek — or at the very least expect to be informed of — the full range of legal medical options in religiously affiliated hospitals are kept in the dark about abortion, contraceptives, tubal ligation and other reproductive services,” according to a Chicago Sun-Times editorial.
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