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Popular Antibiotic May Raise Risk of Sudden Death
Posted: May 17th, 2012, 10:37am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Azithromycin may be risky for adults with heart problems, a new study finds, by possibly causing abnormal, potentially fatal, heart rhythms.
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News Analysis: Taking Truvada to Prevent H.I.V. Also Comes With Risks
Posted: May 16th, 2012, 1:57pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Taking Truvada daily can help people in at-risk groups prevent H.I.V. infection, but the consequences of loose adherence go beyond contracting the virus.
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F.D.A. Panel Backs Preventive Use of H.I.V. Drug Truvada
Posted: May 11th, 2012, 11:37am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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With 50,000 new H.I.V. cases each year in the United States, government advisers said Truvada, an antiviral medicine, should be approved for use in healthy people at high risk of infection.
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Basser Research Center to Focus on BRCA Cancer Genes
Posted: May 8th, 2012, 4:50pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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A new center at the University of Pennsylvania will be dedicated to studying BRCA, a set of genes with ties to breast and ovarian cancer.
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The Vanishing Mind : A Rare Form of Dementia Tests a Vow of ‘for Better, for Worse’
Posted: May 6th, 2012, 12:59pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Like many others, Ruth French finds herself grappling with her spouse’s frontotemporal dementia, a group of brain diseases that eat away at personality and language.
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The Vanishing Mind : A Rare Form of Dementia Tests a Vow of ‘for Better, for Worse’
Posted: May 6th, 2012, 12:59pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Like many others, Ruth French finds herself grappling with her spouse’s frontotemporal dementia, a group of brain diseases that eat away at personality and language.
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Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Cases Take Toll on Children
Posted: April 30th, 2012, 10:52pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Not only are more children developing Type 2 diabetes, but the disease progresses more quickly and is more difficult to control, a new study has found.
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H5N1 Bird Flu Research Is Safe to Publish, Panel Says
Posted: March 31st, 2012, 4:52am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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A federal biosecurity panel reversed itself in recommending that experiments on a highly contagious strain of the H5N1 bird flu can be published in full in scientific journals.
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To Combat Diabetes, Weight Loss Surgery Works Better Than Medicine, Studies Find
Posted: March 29th, 2012, 4:20pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Bariatric surgery, in which the stomach is stapled and the small intestine rerouted, puts the disease into remission far more often than drugs, diet and exercise, researchers say.
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Gut Infections Are Growing Much More Lethal
Posted: March 20th, 2012, 4:30pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Deaths from infections more than doubled from 1997 to 2007, mainly because of the bacterium C. difficile and norovirus.
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National Briefing | Health: Gastrointestinal Infection Deaths More Than Doubled
Posted: March 15th, 2012, 3:00pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Deaths from gastrointestinal infections more than doubled in the United States from 1997 to 2007, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.
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Retirees Are Using Education to Exercise an Aging Brain
Posted: March 8th, 2012, 6:17pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A Learning in Retirement flower class.Some people may be thinking of second careers, while others hope to forestall the mental declines of age.
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Retirees Are Using Education to Exercise an Aging Brain
Posted: March 8th, 2012, 6:17pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A Learning in Retirement flower class.Some people may be thinking of second careers, while others hope to forestall the mental declines of age.
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Maker Says Bird Flu Virus Not as Dangerous as Thought
Posted: March 1st, 2012, 12:27pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A deadly bird flu virus that was made transmissible in mammals, touching off public fears of a pandemic, is not as contagious as people had been led to believe.
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Colonoscopy Prevents Death, a Study Affirms
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:07am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Although many people have assumed the cancer screening must prevent deaths because it is so often recommended, strong evidence had been lacking.
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Colonoscopy Prevents Death, a Study Affirms
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:07am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Although many people have assumed the cancer screening must prevent deaths because it is so often recommended, strong evidence had been lacking.
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Repeat Breast Cancer Surgery Guidelines Found Unclear
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 8:33pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Nearly half of lumpectomy patients who had second operations may not have needed them, a new study finds.
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Repeat Breast Cancer Surgery Guidelines Found Unclear
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 8:33pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A study suggests that some lumpectomy patients undergo second operations that they do not need and others might need surgery that they do not get.
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Political Science | Women and Faith: Law Fuels Contraception Controversy on Catholic Campuses
Posted: January 30th, 2012, 10:12am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Many Catholic colleges are pushing back against a ruling by the Obama administration that the new health care law requires insurance plans at Catholic institutions to cover birth control.
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Political Science | Women and Faith: Law Fuels Contraception Controversy on Catholic Campuses
Posted: January 30th, 2012, 12:14am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Many Catholic colleges are pushing back against a ruling by the Obama administration that the new health care law requires insurance plans at Catholic institutions to cover birth control.
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Bird Flu Scientists Agree to Pause H5N1 Research
Posted: January 21st, 2012, 1:42am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A national biosecurity panel in the United States had asked researchers who produced a more contagious form of the bird flu virus to keep some data secret.
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Scientists to Pause Research on Deadly Strain of Bird Flu
Posted: January 20th, 2012, 4:37pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A national biosecurity panel in the United States had asked researchers who produced a more contagious form of the bird flu virus to keep some data secret.
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Panel Finds Few Clear Environmental Links to Breast Cancer
Posted: December 8th, 2011, 12:27pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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In a report issued Wednesday, the Institute of Medicine affirmed some well-known risks but said many others remain unclear.
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Political Science: ‘No’ Vote in Mississippi Hinged on Issues Beyond Abortion
Posted: November 15th, 2011, 1:07pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Atlee Breland needed fertility treatments to conceive her twin daughters.An amendment redefining “personhood” was soundly rejected largely on fears that hinged on aspects of reproductive science other than abortion.
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Surgery to Prevent Strokes Is Found Ineffective
Posted: November 9th, 2011, 1:07am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A $20 million government study was cut short when it became apparent that the surgery was not helping patients who had a blocked carotid artery.
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Hindsight Is Kind to Steve Jobs’s Decision to Delay Surgery
Posted: November 1st, 2011, 2:17pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Steve Jobs’s decision to delay an operation to remove a tumor may not have been as ill considered as it seems at first blush.
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In Theory: HPV Is Linked to Heart Disease in Women
Posted: October 25th, 2011, 2:01am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Women infected with HPV are two to three times as likely as uninfected women to have had a heart attack or stroke, a new report says.
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Precancerous Genital Growths on Rise in Women, Report says
Posted: October 21st, 2011, 4:57pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Precancerous growths caused by the human papilloma virus, a common sexually transmitted virus, are becoming more common in women, a medical group said.
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Study Finds Benefit to Radiation After Breast Cancer Surgery
Posted: October 20th, 2011, 2:33am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Radiation lowered the risk of recurrence over the following 10 to 15 years, researchers said.
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Profiles in Science | Susand Desmond-Hellmann: An Innovator Shapes an Empire
Posted: October 11th, 2011, 2:47am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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As a physician, scientist and businesswoman, Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann hopes to raise the University of California, San Francisco, to an even higher plane.
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Study Cites Increase in Throat Cancers Caused by HPV
Posted: October 4th, 2011, 2:25pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Researchers report that throat cancers caused by the human papillomavirus, transmitted during oral sex, have increased significantly in the United States.
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Political Science: One Statement from Bachmann, Two Steps Back for HPV Vaccine
Posted: September 20th, 2011, 1:57pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Representative Michele Bachmann called the vaccine to prevent cervical cancer “dangerous.” Experts disagreed.When prominent people raise alarms about vaccines, even false alarms like the one about HPV by Representative Michele Bachmann last week, vaccination rates drop.
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Immune System, Loaded With Remade T-cells, Vanquishes Cancer
Posted: September 13th, 2011, 1:51pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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A closer look at what was done to cure two patients of chronic lymphocytic leukemia with a novel gene therapy — which may be useful against other cancers.
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Children on Medicaid Shown to Wait Longer for Care
Posted: June 16th, 2011, 2:24am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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A new study is an effort to measure access to health care among people with public insurance.
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Children on Medicaid Shown to Wait Longer for Care
Posted: June 16th, 2011, 2:24am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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A new study is an effort to measure access to health care among people with public insurance.
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Brain Injuries Are Seen in New Scans of Veterans
Posted: June 2nd, 2011, 1:28am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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A study may explain why some people exposed to blasts have symptoms despite normal CT and M.R.I. scans.
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Electrode Experiment Shows Promise as a Paralyzed Man Stands
Posted: May 20th, 2011, 1:48am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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The experiment showed that electrical stimulation can unlock the ability of the spinal cord to control movement.
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One Death Provides New Life for Many
Posted: May 18th, 2011, 3:50pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Mirtala Garcia, right, and her children touched Sebastiao Lourenco's chest, where the heart of Mrs. Garcia's husband beats. The husband, Julio Garcia, died in March 2010.After Julio Garcia’s widow agreed to donate his organs, five recipients gathered in New York to thank the family.
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Tugging at Threads to Unspool Stories of Torture
Posted: May 3rd, 2011, 5:54pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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AN Iraqi woman, staying in Amman, recounted the death of her son at the hands of a militia in Banghdad. About 21 percent of Iraqis in Jordan were "severely traumatized" by attacks.Interviews provide a grim look at abuses occurring in Iraq and their crushing effects on individuals and families.
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Essay: Is This the Poster Food for a Radiation Menace?
Posted: April 11th, 2011, 5:12pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Why my husband has five Geiger counters, why bananas are radioactive, and other lessons learned in pursuit of common sense on radiation risks.
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Radiation Is Everywhere, but How to Rate Harm?
Posted: April 4th, 2011, 10:40pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Certain levels of radiation exposure are known to increase the risk of cancer, but scientists disagree about very low doses of the sort that may have occurred so far in Japan.
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Riddled With Metal by Mistake in a Study
Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 11:35am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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One woman is considering a disfiguring operation to remove tungsten.A device meant to shield healthy tissue from radiation during surgery for breast cancer left hundreds of tiny particles of the heavy metal tungsten inside dozens of patients.
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Precautions Should Limit Health Problems From Nuclear Plant’s Radiation
Posted: March 16th, 2011, 2:31am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Experts say that in terms of public health, the Japanese have already taken the precautions that should prevent the nuclear accident from becoming another Chernobyl.
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Precautions Should Limit Health Problems From Nuclear Plant’s Radiation
Posted: March 16th, 2011, 2:31am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Experts say that in terms of public health, the Japanese have already taken the precautions that should prevent the nuclear accident from becoming another Chernobyl.
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Doctors Detail Giffords’s Progress
Posted: March 12th, 2011, 1:00am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Representative Gabrielle Giffords has started to walk with assistance and her speech has improved to where she can tell doctors what she wants.
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Doctors Detail Giffords’s Progress
Posted: March 12th, 2011, 1:00am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Representative Gabrielle Giffords has started to walk with assistance and her speech has improved to where she can tell doctors what she wants.
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Fewer Patients in I.C.U. Getting Blood Infections
Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 2:40am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Bloodstream infections caused by tubes inserted into major blood vessels of intensive care patients showed a big drop from 2001 to 2009, government researchers said.
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Breast Research Urges Needle, Not Surgical, Biopsies
Posted: February 18th, 2011, 4:35pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Doctors say a needle biopsy is safer, less invasive and cheaper, and estimate that more than 300,000 women a year are having unnecessary surgery.
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Breast Research Urges Needle, Not Surgical, Biopsies
Posted: February 18th, 2011, 4:35pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Doctors say a needle biopsy is safer, less invasive and cheaper, and estimate that more than 300,000 women a year are having unnecessary surgery.
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Dispute Over Cancer Tied to Implants
Posted: February 18th, 2011, 2:27am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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In an online seminar, the leader of a plastic surgeons’ group urged other doctors to avoid words like cancer and tumor.
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Lymph Node Study Shakes Pillar of Breast Cancer Care
Posted: February 8th, 2011, 6:20pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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For about 20 percent of patients, removing cancerous nodes, a painful measure that can cause complications, does not improve survival or prevent recurrence, researchers say.
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Lymph Node Study Shakes Pillar of Breast Cancer Care
Posted: February 8th, 2011, 6:20pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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For about 20 percent of patients, removing cancerous nodes, a painful measure that can cause complications, does not improve survival or prevent recurrence, researchers say.
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Earlier Hormone Therapy Elevates Breast Cancer Risk, Study Says
Posted: January 28th, 2011, 10:10pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A major British study indicates that the women at highest risk were those who took hormones before or soon after menopause began.
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Earlier Hormone Therapy Elevates Breast Cancer Risk, Study Says
Posted: January 28th, 2011, 10:10pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A major British study indicates that the women at highest risk were those who took hormones before or soon after menopause began.
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Breast Implants Are Linked to Rare but Treatable Cancer, F.D.A. Finds
Posted: January 27th, 2011, 1:06am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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The Food and Drug Administration said that 60 cases of anaplastic large-cell lymphoma had been reported in women with breast implants.
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Many Defibrillators Implanted Unnecessarily, Study Says
Posted: January 4th, 2011, 9:40pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Researchers were surprised to see that more than 25,000 people did not match the guidelines for defibrillators.
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How a Torn Aorta Can Do Lethal Damage
Posted: December 21st, 2010, 12:30am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Many were surprised by the death of the veteran diplomat Richard C. Holbrooke last week, but aortic tears kill at least 2,000 Americans a year with little warning.
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Puzzler at Work | Dan Feyer: Across and Down, the Wizard Who Is Fastest of All
Posted: December 6th, 2010, 6:11pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Dan Feyer whips through 20 crosswords a day, is the winner of this year’s American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and has 100,000 puzzles saved on his computer.
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Mistakes Still Prevalent in Hospital Care, Study Finds
Posted: November 24th, 2010, 7:51pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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The most common problems were complications from procedures or drugs and hospital-acquired infections.
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Mistakes Still Prevalent in Hospital Care, Study Finds
Posted: November 24th, 2010, 7:51pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Efforts to make hospitals safer are falling short, researchers report, in the first large study in a decade to analyze harm from medical care and track it.
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M.R.I.’s Help Fight High Risk of Cancer
Posted: November 16th, 2010, 2:46pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A study found that after six years, 93 percent of women carrying a gene mutation predisposing them to breast cancer were still alive, compared with 74 percent at five years in earlier studies.
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A Direct Hit of Drugs to Treat Brain Cancer
Posted: November 8th, 2010, 7:25pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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In an experimental treatment of glioblastoma, the drug Avastin is sprayed directly into the affected part of the brain.To battle glioblastoma, a brain tumor that fights off every known therapy, doctors are delivering drugs through blood vessels that go into the head.
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Breast Cancer Seen as Riskier With Hormone
Posted: October 21st, 2010, 2:56pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Hormone replacement therapy after menopause, which increases breast cancer risk, also makes the cancer worse.
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National Briefing | Health: Osteoporosis Drugs May Be Linked to Fractures
Posted: October 14th, 2010, 3:20am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Certain drugs used to treat the bone-thinning disorder osteoporosis may increase the risk of a rare type of break in the hip or thighbone, the Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday.
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Scientist at Work | Dr. Abraham Verghese: Physician Revives a Dying Art: The Physical
Posted: October 11th, 2010, 6:00pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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At Stanford University, Dr. Abraham Verghese is on a mission to bring back something he considers a lost art: the physical exam.At Stanford, Dr. Abraham Verghese is on a mission to bring back something he considers a lost art: the physical exam.
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Consumer Reports Is Rating Surgical Groups
Posted: September 8th, 2010, 12:15am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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The magazine published ratings of 221 heart bypass surgical groups from 42 states online on Tuesday and will print them in its October issue.
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Consumer Reports Is Rating Surgical Groups
Posted: September 8th, 2010, 12:15am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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The magazine published ratings of 221 heart bypass surgical groups from 42 states online on Tuesday and will print them in its October issue.
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In Feast of Data on BPA Plastic, No Final Answer
Posted: September 7th, 2010, 12:10am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Rat prostate cells under a microscope that have been exposed to BPA.Everyone is exposed to BPA, but after hundreds of studies, there is no consensus about its safety.
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Majority of Caesareans Are Done Before Labor
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:50am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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A new study suggests several reasons for the nation’s rising Caesarean section rate.
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A Heart Pump Ticks Down, and a Stranger Steps In to Help
Posted: August 10th, 2010, 1:11am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Robert Bump, left, and Christian Volpe at NewYork-Presbyterian hospital last week. Mr. Bump helped save Mr. Volpe’s life last year.With the batteries running out on his mechanical heart, 67-year-old Christian Volpe was in a panic. That’s where Robert Bump came in.
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Girls Showing Signs of Puberty Earlier, Study Says
Posted: August 9th, 2010, 12:50am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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A new study finds that girls today are more likely to start developing breasts by age 7 or 8, fueling a heated debate.
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Obesity Rates Keep Rising, Troubling Health Officials
Posted: August 4th, 2010, 2:10pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Nine states, led by Mississippi at 34.4 percent, have rates reaching 30 percent or more, as opposed to only three states in 2007.
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Foreign-Born Doctors Given Marks for Care
Posted: August 3rd, 2010, 12:50am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Patients treated by foreign-born doctors who trained in other countries fare just as well as people treated by doctors educated in the United States, a new study has found.
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Flu Vaccines Are Approved and Urged for Most
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:30am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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The Food and Drug Administration approved vaccines for the next flu season, and health officials recommend vaccination for everyone 6 months old and older.
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New Guidelines Seek to Reduce Repeat Caesareans
Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 9:17am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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The guidelines aim to help women who had Caesarean sections find doctors willing to allow vaginal births.
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From M.S. Patients, Outcry for Unproved Treatment
Posted: June 29th, 2010, 11:08am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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An Italian doctor suggests widening veins to ease symptoms of multiple sclerosis, and his theory has caught on with patients and some doctors, too.
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Gates Foundation Effort to Focus on Mothers and Children
Posted: June 7th, 2010, 6:40pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said it would spend $1.5 billion over five years to improve maternal and child health in developing countries.
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Global Death Rates Drop for Children 5 or Younger
Posted: May 24th, 2010, 12:30am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Death rates are dropping at a surprisingly fast pace, down about 2 percent a year from 1990 to 2010, according to a new report.
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Cancer Patient Dies Four Months After Daring Operation
Posted: April 27th, 2010, 1:14am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Robert Collison, 59, struggled to recover from a marathon procedure to remove a 10-pound tumor.
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Global Update: Kenya: Pig Farmers Are Focus of Effort to Stop Spread of Parasite That Causes Epilepsy
Posted: April 19th, 2010, 4:37pm EDT by By Denise Grady
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A new program teaches farmers to tether or confine their pigs to keep them away from human waste.
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Maternal Deaths Decline Sharply Across the Globe
Posted: April 14th, 2010, 12:45am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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For the first time in decades, there has been a significant drop worldwide in deaths from pregnancy and childbirth.
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Maternal Deaths Decline Sharply Across the Globe
Posted: April 14th, 2010, 12:45am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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For the first time in decades, there has been a significant drop worldwide in deaths from pregnancy and childbirth.
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Second Opinion: In Reporting Symptoms, Don’t Patients Know Best?
Posted: April 13th, 2010, 1:40am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Firsthand reports on medicines could aid in treatment and research.
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Ground Zero Rescuers’ Lung Function Fell, Study Says
Posted: April 7th, 2010, 11:29pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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A study of nearly 13,000 firefighters and medical workers found a universal drop in functioning lasting at least seven years.
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Health Law Cuts the Cost of Being a Woman
Posted: March 30th, 2010, 12:10pm EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Until now, it has been legal in most states for insurance companies to engage in “gender rating,” that is, charging women more than men for the same coverage.
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Caesarean Births Are at an All Time High in U.S.
Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 11:45am EDT by By DENISE GRADY
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Nearly one in three children in the United States are born by Caesarean section.
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Panel Urges New Look at Caesarean Guidelines
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 3:20am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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The medical experts told a National Institutes of Health conference that the trend of “once a Caesarean, always a Caesarean” may be safely reversed.
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Lessons at Indian Hospital About Births
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 4:40am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A small, underfunded hospital in Arizona, with about 500 births a year, is outperforming richer institutions when it comes to keeping Caesarean rates down.
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Lessons at Indian Hospital About Births
Posted: March 6th, 2010, 11:10pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A small, underfunded hospital in Arizona, with about 500 births a year, is outperforming richer institutions when it comes to keeping Caesarean rates down.
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Transplants That Do Their Job, Then Fade Away
Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 5:30pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Jonathan Nuñez, 4, who had a partial liver transplant in 2006, was at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital last month for surgery to remove an abscess.Thanks to the liver’s ability to regenerate, a small number of children in the United States have undergone an unusual type of surgery that offers a normal life.
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Update: Recovery Matches a Marathon Operation
Posted: February 9th, 2010, 2:49am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Robert Collison, 59, had surgery for 43 hours to remove a huge tumor that started in his abdomen. “I feel great,” he said recently. “I feel better every day.”After a surgeon removed a huge cancerous tumor from his abdomen, Robert Collison, 59, spent eight weeks in the hospital with infections and other complications.
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Second Opinion: A Lasting Gift to Medicine That Wasn’t Really a Gift
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 5:17pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Henrietta and David Lacks around 1945. Doctors gave a sample of the cancer that killed her to a researcher without telling the family.Without her family’s knowledge, doctors used cancer cells from Henrietta Lacks to develop vaccines and life-saving drugs, a case examined in a book that looks at the issue of “tissue rights.”
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Lawrence Garfinkel Dies at 88; Fought Smoking
Posted: January 28th, 2010, 2:19am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Mr. Garfinkel, a student of statistics who learned epidemiology on the job, worked at the American Cancer Society for 43 years.
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Second Opinion: Facing End-of-Life Talks, Doctors Choose to Wait
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 5:37pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A new study suggests that many doctors postpone conversations about how a terminal patient wants to die longer than guidelines indicate they should.
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Vital Signs: Regimens: Withdrawal Warning on Parkinson’s Drugs
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 5:25pm EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Some people with Parkinson’s disease develop severe withdrawal symptoms when they try to taper off a widely used type of Parkinson’s drug, researchers are reporting.
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Vital Signs: Hazards: With This Spider, Wear Safety Goggles
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 1:06am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Doctors in Leeds, England, found that a man’s eye inflammation was caused by his pet tarantula’s defensive release of tiny hairs with multiple barbs.
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Officials Re-examining Organ Transplant Rules
Posted: December 28th, 2009, 1:43am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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Two kidney transplant patients who contracted brain infections raised the question of whether people with certain neurological conditions should be barred as donors.
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National Briefing | Science and Health: Spray Flu Vaccine Is Recalled
Posted: December 23rd, 2009, 2:49am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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There is no safety problem with the vaccine, which are being recalled for lack of potency, and people who received doses from the affected lots do not need to be revaccinated, officials said.
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Very Sick, and Now a Curiosity
Posted: December 22nd, 2009, 12:55am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A Colorado woman who became ill after a vacation to Uganda becomes a bit of a medical wonder after surviving a case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever.
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2 Kidney Recipients Contract Brain Disease From Donor
Posted: December 19th, 2009, 2:14am EST by By DENISE GRADY
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A rare condition went undiagnosed in a donor in Mississippi, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.