HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
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HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) — U.S. scientists say they’ve
learned new details about molecular mechanisms associated with alcohol
addiction and relapse. The findings could lead to new treatments for
alcoholism.
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com:
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HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) — Decades of vaccination and
prevention efforts may have the hepatitis viruses on the run, according to
a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) — Higher levels of
naturally occurring estrogen are tied to a rising risk of stroke in
postmenopausal women who aren’t on hormone therapy, a new study finds.
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AP – Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of “once a C-section, always a C-section.”
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Reuters – Recent new powers have helped the U.S. Food and Drug Administration combat contaminated medications, counterfeit pills and other safety woes, but more work is needed to address lingering concerns about drug risks, FDA officials said on Wednesday.
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Reuters – The most commonly used tool for detecting prostate cancer, routine PSA screening, has become “a hugely expensive public health disaster,” its discoverer said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests….
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of “once a C-section, always a C-section.”…
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As much as 16 percent of the U.S. population between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes, according to a government study released Tuesday.
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Reuters – If you’re pregnant and have had a cesarean section before, chances are you’ll have one again. In at least one-third of US hospitals, a repeat cesarean is the only option, and nine in 10 women end up getting one — a fact that had experts worried at a national conference this week on [...]
AFP – Ivermectin, a pill prescribed for the skin disease known as scabies, also gets rid of hair lice that are resistant to conventional lotions, a study published on Thursday says.
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Reuters – About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time – the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every [...]
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Obesity is a major problem in the United
States, and children are no exception. Today’s kids are spending more
hours watching TV, sitting at the computer or playing video games, and
less time being active.
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AFP – Couples who use acupuncture and Chinese medicine to try and increase their chances of having a baby were warned there was no evidence it worked by British fertility experts Wednesday.
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AFP – African trucking routes, long known as pathways for spreading HIV across borders, have been drawn in new maps that also direct drivers to clinics that treat AIDS, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Athlete’s foot is a fungal infection
characterized by itchy, red blisters and cracked skin between the
toes.
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Reuters – The number of New Yorkers who die of cocaine overdose appears to go up when the temperature surpasses 75 degrees, a new study suggests.
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HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) — In the coming weeks,
millions of American children will dust off their bats and gloves and head
out to the baseball field.
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HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) — Orthopedic surgeons warn
that sports injuries in children are rising dramatically, creating a
“silent epidemic.”
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HealthDay – TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) — Better health translates
into better sex lives, with healthy people more likely to engage in sex
(and good sex at that) and to express an interest in sex, new research
finds.
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I have been diagnosed with chronic sinusitis. It would seem like every six months or so, I have an episode where I am unable to go to work for about three days because I develop a temperature, swollen lymph nodes, (recently, swollen, inflammed tonsils) headaches and skin flora on my scalp. How is skin flora [...]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Bidding on a new lucrative Texas lottery contract should move forward because there’s no evidence that state consultant Gartner Inc. and the lottery’s current operator GTECH Corp. improperly shared information about the process, a lottery official said Tuesday….
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