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Comstock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) -- A vaccine may be able to keep an aggressive type of breast cancer from returning in women who have a history of the disease, according to early results of a new study. The vaccine still needs further research, ...
(May 17, 2012, KABC)
By Serena Gordon WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- A new targeted drug therapy may help treat certain advanced cancers in children, a new preliminary study indicates. In some cases, the oral medication even made tumors disappear after regular ...
(May 17, 2012, U.S. News & World Report)
GREENVILLE, SC (AP) — Days after giving birth to twins, a South Carolina mother has been hospitalized for what doctors say is a rare flesh-eating infection. Friends of Lana Kuykendall said on NBC's "Today" show Thursday that the 36-year-old mother ...
(May 17, 2012, The Associated Press)
For more on the coffee study, watch Dispatch reporter Summer Ballentine on WBNS-10TV between 6:30 and 7 this morning, or go to 10TV.com. By Summer Ballentine Wesley Hereford, 73, of Grandview, likes a morning cup of joe. Coffee might not add years to ...
(May 17, 2012, Columbus Dispatch)
Oregon received a federal grant for $6.6 million Wednesday to fund a central marketplace called an “exchange” where individuals and small businesses will be able to comparison shop for health insurance plans. It's the fourth grant the Obama ...
(May 17, 2012, Statesman Journal)
Antibiotic azithromycin, commonly called a "Z-pack" can be bad for your heart, warn researchers. In a study, Vanderbilt researchers have found a 2.5-fold higher risk of death from cardiovascular death in the first five days of taking azithromycin when ...
(May 17, 2012, Times of India)
OLYMPIA – Washington will receive a financial reward for forging ahead with one element of federal health care reform this spring while many other states were holding back. The US Health and Human Services Department said Wednesday it will award ...
(May 17, 2012, The Spokesman Review)
By Mike Stobbe AP ATLANTA -- For the first time in 20 years, US health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young kids. The new standard announced Wednesday means that hundreds of thousands more youngsters could be diagnosed with ...
(May 17, 2012, Detroit Free Press)
By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - The US telecommunications regulator is expected to announce plans on Thursday to set aside spectrum to connect wireless medical devices for more convenient health monitoring. The Federal Communications Commission ...
(May 17, 2012, MSN Money)
A new drug used to treat advanced prostate cancer may also help men if used early in the course of the disease, before an operation, researchers reported Wednesday. In a small clinical trial, six months of treatment with the drug, Johnson & Johnson's ...
(May 17, 2012, New York Times)
By David Beasley ATLANTA, May 16 (Reuters) - The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut its threshold level for defining lead poisoning in children to 5 micrograms per deciliter on Wednesday from 10, marking the first such reduction in 20 ...
(May 17, 2012, Chicago Tribune)
By Melissa Gray, CNN When they do cause an infection, they attack the body quickly, and doctors must act immediately to prevent their spread. Many different types of bacteria cause the condition known as necrotizing fasciitis, in which the bug attacks ...
(May 17, 2012, CNN International)
A research team reports in the journal Nature that two paralyzed people have learned to reach and grasp by using thoughts to maneuver a robotic arm. By Brian Vastag No comments have been posted to this article. A paralyzed Massachusetts woman picked up ...
(May 17, 2012, The Seattle Times)
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- An advisory panel of the US Food and Drug Administration recommended approval of the first over-the-counter HIV test, officials said. The OraSure in-home HIV test allows a person to use a mouth swab to detect the presence of ...
(May 16, 2012, UPI.com)
By Joe Rojas-Burke, The Oregonian AP Photo/Ron EdmondsPresident Barack Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius photographed in 2009. Oregon and Washington are among six states receiving tens of millions of dollars in federal ...
(May 16, 2012, OregonLive.com)
Aimee Copeland, the Georgia grad student fighting flesh-eating bacteria for her life, has been able to view her ravaged hands -- without shedding a tear. By RUSS BYNUM SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Georgia graduate student fighting a rare flesh-eating infection ...
(May 16, 2012, msnbc.com)
A paralyzed Massachusetts woman picked up a bottle of coffee and sipped from it by moving a robotic arm with her thoughts, researchers reported Wednesday — the latest advance in the race to restore movement to people who have lost control of their ...
(May 16, 2012, Washington Post)
(CBS News) In recent years, more than 200000 troops have tested positive for traumatic brain injuries, including concussions. Now, CBS News correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook reports a new study finds they may be at risk for the same kind of long-term brain ...
(May 16, 2012, CBS News)
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