Claims that oral contraceptive pills encourage weight gain are false, researchers from the Oregon National Primate Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University wrote in the medical journal Human Reproduction. Lead author, Alison Edelman, M.D…
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In conjunction with the state visit to the U.S. by Chinese President Hu Jintao, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and several other federal agencies on Wednesday announced a new public-private health care partnership between the U.S. and China, Modern Healthcare reports (Blesch, 1/19)…
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Sufficient Support Of GAVI Would Go Long Way To Preventing Premature Deaths Around The World “Vaccines are among the greatest scientific contributions to human welfare. They are also some of the largest humanitarian contributions of developed nations to the rest of the world…
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What are some of the prevention strategies, including prophylactic drug therapies, being employed to prevent HIV infection? JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
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This new report looks at HIV testing rates in the US , and the benefits that early testing can bring. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
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Mammography may help identify medial arterial calcification in patients with end-stage renal disease. Medscape Medical News
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The seizures have occurred mostly in children younger than 2 years. Nearly all children experiencing febrile seizures quickly recover with no lasting aftereffects, the FDA notes. Medscape Medical News
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Healthy older and younger adults who take zolpidem may be at risk for falls, confusion when getting out of bed at night, a new study shows. Medscape Medical News
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New imaging research represents a “crucial first step” toward understanding abnormal myelination believed to underlie disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. Medscape Medical News
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In the last of 3 articles, BMJ reports the medical community “scrambled” to discredit concerns and failed to investigate allegations raised about a study linking the MMR vaccine to regressive autism. Medscape Medical News
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