Preoperative computed tomography (CT) may help reduce unnecessary surgeries in women of reproductive age with suspected acute appendicitis, according to a new study appearing in the February issue of the journal Radiology…
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With the help of effective drug therapies, HIV patients are living longer, healthier lives. Now, researchers want to improve these drug therapies and develop alternative preventative strategies, such as vaginal gels and creams that contain the same or related compounds used in treatments for people infected with HIV…
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Female athletes experience dramatically higher rates of specific musculoskeletal injuries and medical conditions compared to male athletes, according to exercise physiologist Vicki Harber in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta…
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In a Roe v. Wade anniversary column in the Anchorage Daily News, Clover Simon of Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest writes, “Reasonable people on both sides of the issue have touched for years on the subject of ‘common ground’ regarding abortion…
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Report Measures Bangladesh’s MDG Progress A report by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF shows the country “has made a good progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) even though there are big disparities in education, child and maternal health among its 64 districts,” the New Nation reports…
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Weight-bearing exercises may help minimize cognitive decline and impaired mobility in seniors, according to a new study conducted by the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility at Vancouver Coastal Health and the University of British Columbia…
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A Nebraska bill (LB 1103) that would ban abortion after 20 weeks’ gestation in nearly all cases could prompt a legal battle regarding its constitutionality, the Omaha World-Herald reports…
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The FDA has approved the Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve and Ensemble Delivery System, the first heart valve designed for implantation through a catheter in a leg vein.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — FDA laboratory tests showed counterfeit samples of the weight-loss drug Alli contain twice the maximum recommended dose of sibutramine, the potentially dangerous active ingredient in another diet pill.
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Biogen Idec and Swedish Orphan Biovitrum today announced that the first patient was dosed in a registrational, open-label, multicenter trial designed to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics and efficacy of the companies’ long-acting, recombinant Factor IX Fc fusion protein (rFIXFc) in hemophilia B patients.
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