The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) announces its support of a new national registry for breast implants that will be compiled by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. “I Went to the March for Life, and All I Got Was This Lousy Fear for Choice,” Sarah Erdreich, Feminists For Choice: The crowd at the March for Life in Washington, D.C…
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(MedPage Today) — The Wall Street Journal has filed suit to overturn a ban of more than 30 years on publication of Medicare payment amounts to individual physicians by name, citing a need for independent scrutiny of potential fraud.
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RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Nasdaq: RXII), a recognized leader in RNAi-based therapeutics, announced that, as part of its collaboration with miRagen Therapeutics, Inc., positive data were generated demonstrating that RXi’s sd-rxRNA™ technology can be used, in vitro, to specifically enhance the activity of a microRNA of high interest to miRagen…
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Marriage does not only increase male and female longevity, but also tends to benefit wives mentally and husbands physically, researchers from Cardiff University, Wales, wrote in the BMJ (British Medical Journal. The authors include both the “smug marrieds” and those in long-term committed relationships. Authors David Gallacher and John Gallacher wrote: “. . …
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Veterans who served in Korea from 1968 through 1971 were probably exposed to Agent Orange, which makes them eligible for treatment at VA medical centers, according to a ruling from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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(MedPage Today) — The U.S. marketers of “Nuclear Sludge” imported from Pakistan issued a voluntary recall of their 0.3-oz. candy product because it contains elevated levels of lead that may cause health problems in some patients.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — “Fixing” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was the theme of the week, as President Barack Obama twice said he’d be open to making tweaks to the landmark healthcare reform law.
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(MedPage Today) — The FDA has approved use of rituximab (Rituxan) as maintenance therapy for advanced follicular lymphoma in patients with an initial response to induction therapy with the drug plus chemotherapy, its manufacturers said.
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New research has been published indicating that patients suffering from a painful complication of diabetes may experience a significant improvement in their pain as measured by a pain intensity scale when using an investigational pain medication.
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