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Health Archive
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U.S. task force: End routine prostate cancer screening
Posted on May 22, 2012 | No CommentsA task force advising the U.S. government on Monday recommended against routine use of the prostate-cancer screening test called PSA, or prostate specific antigen, for lack of a discernible health... -
All baby boomers should get hepatitis C test: CDC
Posted on May 18, 2012 | No CommentsAll baby boomers should be tested at least once for the liver-destroying hepatitis C virus, according to proposed guidelines from U.S. health officials released on Friday. The often undiagnosed virus... -
New York judge with cancer makes case for marijuana
Posted on May 18, 2012 | No CommentsA cancer-stricken judge in New York has become an unlikely voice in support of legalizing the use of medical marijuana with the admission that he smokes pot to ease the... -
FDA panel backs OraSure’s In-Home HIV test
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsA U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel of outside experts concluded that OraSure Technologies Inc’s over-the-counter, in-home HIV test is reasonably safe and effective for determining whether someone has the... -
U.S. HIV aid has prevented 741,000 deaths: study
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsThe United States foreign aid program that sends billions of dollars to African countries for HIV treatment and prevention has cut the number of people dying for any reason in... -
Marijuana may ease multiple sclerosis symptoms
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsBy Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People with multiple sclerosis have long said that smoking marijuana helps ease their painful muscle cramping. And a new clinical trial suggests... -
Analysis: Beleaguered beef purveyors carve out “pink slime” stain
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsBehind the glass meat counter at Casey’s Market in a Chicago suburb, the butchers pick up their blades and carry on a generations-old tradition. Piece by piece, the men use... -
U.S. may speed approval of “breakthrough” drugs
Posted on May 9, 2012 | No CommentsExperimental drugs that show a big effect early in development for treating serious or life-threatening diseases would get a faster and cheaper path to U.S. approval, under a proposal likely... -
Obesity fight must shift from personal blame – U.S. panel
Posted on May 8, 2012 | No CommentsAmerica’s obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures – from overhauling farm policies and zoning laws to, possibly, introducing a soda tax –... -
FDA staff: Gilead’s Truvada may help reduce HIV risk
Posted on May 8, 2012 | No CommentsGilead Sciences Inc’s Truvada tablets appear safe and effective for reducing the risk of HIV infection, U.S. regulators said on Tuesday. But they recommended a cautious approach for using the... -
Connecticut Senate passes medical marijuana bill
Posted on May 5, 2012 | No CommentsThe Connecticut Senate passed a bill on Saturday legalizing marijuana use for medical purposes with tight restrictions aimed at avoiding problems that have plagued some of the 16 other states... -
Pfizer’s Lyrica falls short in two pain studies
Posted on May 4, 2012 | 1 CommentPfizer Inc’s big-selling Lyrica drug failed to help HIV patients and diabetics relieve forms of nerve pain, according to separate clinical trial results released by the drugmaker on Friday. Pfizer... -
Facebook calls on members to flag organ donor status
Posted on May 1, 2012 | No CommentsTired of the long wait for a new kidney, Michael Shelling, a 50-year-old video game marketing consultant based in San Diego, decided to take a more active role in the... -
Checking up on your fitness form
Posted on April 30, 2012 | No CommentsFrom jumping rope to swinging a kettle bell to pounding a treadmill, a finely-tuned form can spell the difference between a sound body and a sore knee. Experts say often... -
As America’s waistline expands, costs soar
Posted on April 30, 2012 | No CommentsU.S. hospitals are ripping out wall-mounted toilets and replacing them with floor models to better support obese patients. The Federal Transit Administration wants buses to be tested for the impact...