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FDA examines link between food dyes, hyperactivity
CBS News
(AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Some evidence links dyes found in everyday foods to hyperactivity in certain children, scientists and academics told a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee Wednesday. The panel is expected to weigh in Thursday on ...
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Bacteria Outbreak Kills Nine In Six Alabama Hospitals
Medical News Today
An outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia in six Alabama hospitals has killed nine patients and left at least 19 others ill, the Alabama Department of Public health has announced. Serratia marcescens is a type of bacterium found in foods, milk, ...
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Radiation Traces Found in US Milk
Wall Street Journal
By STEPHEN POWER The US government said Wednesday that traces of radiation have been found in milk in Washington state, but said the amounts are far too low to trigger any public-health concern. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, ...
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New Report Ranks U.S. Health by County. Where Do You Live?
TIME
By Meredith Melnick Wednesday, March 30, 2011 | 0 comments A comprehensive survey of overall health county-by-county in the US confirms a few things we already know to be true: being poor is bad for your health. So is having low education, ...
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FDA: Pharmacies Can Still Make Preterm Birth Drug
WebMD
By Daniel J. DeNoon March 30, 2011 -- Pharmacies can continue to make and sell inexpensive, generic versions of the premature birth drug Makena, the FDA said today. KV Pharmaceuticals recently won FDA approval of its brand-name Makena ...
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Some Type 1 Diabetics Seem Shielded Against Complications
BusinessWeek
By Serena Gordon TUESDAY, March 29 (HealthDay News) -- While complications from type 1 diabetes are common, they aren't inevitable. New research suggests that some people with the disease apparently have an inherent protection against serious ...
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Diet-Exercise Combo Seems to Work Best for Obese Seniors
U.S. News & World Report
By Randy Dotinga WEDNESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of diet and exercise can help obese seniors lose weight and stay fit much better than either diet or exercise alone, researchers reported Wednesday. The finding may sound obvious, ...
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J&J reorganizes consumer group in wake of recalls
Reuters
By Ransdell Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson, following repeated US recalls of Tylenol and other nonprescription drugs in the past year, said it will make its US over-the-counter business a separate organization. ...
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3-Drug Combo May Treat Hepatitis C
WebMD
By Salynn Boyles March 30, 2011 -- Two highly anticipated hepatitis C drugs are poised to usher in a new era in the treatment of the viral disease as early as this summer, experts say. The Merck drug boceprevir and Vertex Pharmaceutical's similar drug ...
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World Autism Awareness Day
Asianjournal.com
Autism Hearts Foundation and the Philippine Consulate of San Francisco join the United Nations and Autism Speaks along with the rest of the world in recognizing April 2nd as WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY. On December 18, 2007 the United Nations General ...
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Benefits of Radiation Therapy Outweigh Risks of a Second Cancer: Study
BusinessWeek
By Steven Reinberg TUESDAY, March 29 (HealthDay News) -- The odds a second cancer will develop after radiation treatment for a first cancer are relatively low, US National Cancer Institute researchers report. In a long-term study of more than 600000 ...
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Pain and heartache are bound together in our brains
Los Angeles Times
By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times Like a jab in the arm with a red-hot poker, social rejection hurts. Literally. A new study finds that our brains make little distinction between the sting of being rebuffed by peers -- or by a lover, boss or family ...
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KTEN.comSocial Security COLA Small, Medicare Premiums Expected to Rise
KTEN
Entertainment News from AP By Jennifer French, Reporter/Producer - bio | email SHERMAN, TX--Balancing the checkbook could soon become more stressful for seniors in 2012. The federal government is estimating that there will be a small increase to Social ...
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Medicaid claims malfunction could cost Idaho
BusinessWeek
By JOHN MILLER Idaho's new, problem-plagued Medicaid claims processing system may cost taxpayers millions of dollars, according to a report released Tuesday by legislative auditors who concluded that neither Idaho health officials, the software company ...
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Court Rules California County Can't Sue Drug Makers
Wall Street Journal
By BRENT KENDALL WASHINGTON—The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a California county can't sue large pharmaceutical companies on allegations that they overcharged public health-care facilities for prescription drugs. The high court, in a unanimous ...
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Gilead Sciences signs research deal with Yale
BusinessWeek
Gilead Sciences Inc. said Wednesday it signed a multiyear research collaboration with Yale School of Medicine, focusing on potential cancer treatments. The biopharmaceutical company will provide $40 million in research support and basic science ...
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New Therapy for Enlarged Prostate May Bypass Unpleasant Side Effects
BusinessWeek
By Amanda Gardner TUESDAY, March 29 (HealthDay News) -- A minimally invasive treatment for enlarged prostate that limits blood supply to the prostate seems to be just as effective as surgery but without the risk of debilitating side effects, ...
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