The effect that AIDS is having on American kids has improved greatly in recent years, thanks to effective drugs and prevention methods. The same cannot be said, however, for children worldwide. "Maternal-to-child transmission is down ...
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Fortunata Kasege was just 22 years old and several months pregnant when she and her husband came to the United States from Tanzania in 1997. She was hoping to earn a college degree in journalism before returning home. Because she'd been ...
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The holidays can be overwhelming, but learning to manage your time wisely can help prevent undue stress. The Cleveland Clinic suggests these holiday time-management tips: Prioritize; don't set goals that may be impossible to meet. ...
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Just a little exercise each week -- jogging for an hour or walking for about three hours -- can reduce the risk of developing kidney stones by up to 31 percent, according to a new study. Researchers looking at data on more than 84,000 ...
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If it's not a holly, jolly Christmas for you, a U.S. stress management expert suggests being realistic and adapt to the situation. Dr. Amit Sood, a Mayo Clinic physician and stress management expert, said the holidays don't have to be ...
Merck Announces Launch of a New Business Focused on Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Weight Management Interventions in the U.S. WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Dec. 20, 2013--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States ...
Fewer people should take medicine to control their high blood pressure, a new set of guidelines recommends. Adults aged 60 or older should only take blood pressure medication if their blood pressure exceeds 150/90, which sets a higher bar ...
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Stelis Biopharma and Pieris, a next generation therapeutic protein R&D firm, have started a long-term collaboration for clinical development and commercialization of multiple novel Anticalin-based protein therapeutics worldwide, primarily ...
Nucletron has announced that the first Esteya electronic brachytherapy system in the US has been installed at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Esteya by Nucletron, an Elekta company, is a new approach for skin cancer ...
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Although the flu vaccine's effectiveness is less than 100 percent, U.S. health officials say there would be less sickness if more adults were vaccinated. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said although the flu ...
A "misfire" is the way Eric Topol, MD, describes 23andMe's recent regulatory tussle with the FDA, which resulted in the Silicon Valley-based company halting sales for now of its health-related genetic test analysis. Speaking with MPMN ...
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Nearly 1-in-100 anesthesiology residents entering primary training from 1975 to 2009 developed substance use disorder during training, U.S. researchers say. Dr. David Warner of Mayo Clinic's Department of Anesthesiology and the American ...
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Nearly 1-in-100 anesthesiology residents entering primary training from 1975 to 2009 developed substance use disorder during training, U.S. researchers say. Dr. David Warner of Mayo Clinic's Department of Anesthesiology and the American ...
U.S. mothers are less physically active doing cooking and cleaning than those in previous decades and spend more time sitting and watching TV, researchers say. Edward Archer of the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public ...
Agalimmune, a biopharmaceutical company, has been created to develop innovative immunotherapeutics for the treatment of cancer, with a focus on solid tumours. The new company has been founded by an investment group comprising Loxbridge ...
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