Americans in the past year got access to 24 new medicines before they became available anywhere else, U.S. drug regulators…
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Embryo survival gene may fight range of diseases
A gene that keeps embryos alive appears to control the immune system and determine how it fights chronic diseases like…
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Facts about trans fats
How are they formed? And what’s so bad about them? Get the stats on the new fat on the block.…
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New Cancer Drug That Starves Tumors of Blood Supply to Be Tested
A new drug that attacks a variety of cancers by starving the tumors’ blood supplies will be tested on humans…
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Oregon norovirus traced to reusable grocery bag
Oregon investigators have traced an outbreak of norovirus to a reusable grocery bag that members of a Beaverton girls’ soccer…
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Tobacco Firms Argue Against Possible Menthol Cigarette Ban
WASHINGTON – Major tobacco makers urged a federal advisory panel against banning menthol cigarettes, arguing such a ban would likely…
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Drinking soda linked to depression
A new study found that those who drink a fair amount of sweetened sodas and fruit drinks – whether diet…
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Woman claims she contracted herpes from lipstick at a Rihanna concert
A Harlem woman is claiming she contracted herpes from a sample of RiRi Woo lipstick she tested at a Rihanna…
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Bribery serves as life-support for Chinese hospitals
Bribery is the lubricant that helps keep China’s public hospitals running, and the health system would struggle to function without…
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Chef Lidia Bastianich on why eating lunch is so important
Most people know that following the Mediterranean diet is one of the best ways to gain health benefits, because of…
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