Today's headlines include reports about the announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services that people who get their health insurance through high-risk insurance pools will have an extra two months before this program ends. ...
Tags: high-risk insurance, White House, Obamacare, Health Law
Biogen Idec today announced that FAMPYRA(prolonged-release fampridine tablets) has been made available in Ireland for the symptomatic treatment of walking impairment in adults with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). FAMPYRA is a prescription drug and ...
Tags: FAMPYRA, HSE, Biogen Idec, Named Patient Supply
Getting ready to exercise? First get the go-ahead from your doctor, then make sure you take some precautions before you get going. The Harvard Medical School suggests: Warm up before and cool down after exercise for five to 10 ...
Tags: health tip, exercise, precautions
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced its sponsorship of an educational program series called the "Mobile Medical Apps (MMA) Roadshow: Managing App Development under FDA Regulation." CEA is joining a consortium of six ...
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Packaging defects have prompted a recall of a combination cholesterol drug called Liptruzet, produced by Merck & Co., temporarily affecting the entire U.S. stock. Merck said the foil pouches holding Liptruzet pills could allow air and ...
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Flammable over-the-counter wart removers have started fires, injuring at least 10 people in recent years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. Since 2009, the FDA has received 14 reports about some "cryogenic" wart removers that ...
Have you ever left a doctor's office feeling ashamed or guilty? Chances are one in two that you answered "yes," according to research from the University of California, San Diego. And what happened next? Perhaps you were motivated to make ...
Frequent colds are a normal part of young children's lives, but sometimes a stuffy nose becomes a more severe lung infection. Now, a new study clarifies some of the factors that put certain kids at greater risk. The study, published ...
Tags: kids health, frequent colds, human rhinoviruses, common cold, risks
Nearly 40 percent of preschoolers with autism are getting some kind of complementary or alternative therapy for their condition, with nutritional supplements and special diets being the most common things parents try, a new study shows. ...
Tags: preschoolers health, autism, alternative therapy, nutritional supplements
Using an approach akin to assembling a club sandwich at the nanoscale, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have succeeded in crafting a uniform, multi-walled carbon-nanotube-based coating that greatly reduces ...
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Packaging defects have prompted a recall of a combination cholesterol drug called Liptruzet, produced by Merck & Co., temporarily affecting the entire U.S. stock. Merck said the foil pouches holding Liptruzet pills could allow air and ...
Tags: Drug, Health, Medicine, Drug Packaging, Packaging
A pair of common tests might help colorectal cancer patients who have undergone surgery remain cancer-free, British researchers say. Both a standard CT scan and a blood test known as CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) improved doctors' ...
Beaulieu COO Del Land presents Sergio Triana with a check for $1,000, 12 years after Triana was recognized in the Beaulieu Excellence in Education Program. As a third grader, Sergio Triana was recognized in the Beaulieu Excellence in ...
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Minority and poor patients are more likely to have advanced thyroid cancer when they're diagnosed than white and richer patients do, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 26,000 patients in California who were diagnosed ...
Tags: Advanced Thyroid Cancer, Minorities, Poor
Health Highlights: Jan. 13, 2014 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Nine Womb Transplant Patients Doing Well: Swedish Researchers Nine women who received ...
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