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‘Female Viagra' to treat low libido gets go-ahead from FDA panel

2015-06-05T21:16:00.001-05:00

The first drug for treating low sexual desire in women looks set to go on sale in the US next year.

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Anti-Abortion Activists See Mixed Results In Texas Legislature

2015-06-05T21:12:00.001-05:00

If you’re keeping score, anti-abortion groups were 1 for 2 during this year’s legislative session in Texas, which ended Monday. One major bill they wanted failed, but another passed.

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Researchers hail new cancer treatment: Unlocking the body's immune system

2015-06-05T21:07:00.001-05:00

Researchers meeting in Chicago are hailing what they believe may be a potent new weapon in the fight against cancer: the body's own immune system.

An international study found that a combination of two drugs that helped allow the immune system to fight the cancer -- ipilimumab and nivolumab -- stopped the deadly skin cancer melanoma from advancing for nearly a year in 58% of the cases.

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Expert panel: Mammograms are most worth it for women 50-69

2015-06-05T20:57:00.001-05:00

A new, international panel of experts has studied the most recent evidence on mammograms to screen for breast cancer and says they do the most good for women in their 50s and 60s.

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More Patients, Not Fewer, Turn To Health Clinics After Obamacare

2015-06-03T20:40:00.001-05:00

“What we found within our patient population and within the community is that a lot of the advertisement and information about the marketplace brought people [in who] didn’t know anything about free clinics and did not qualify for any of the programs within the ACA marketplace,” Hudson says.

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World's first biolimb: Rat forelimb grown in the lab

2015-06-03T20:37:00.001-05:00

The growth of a rat forelimb grown in the lab offers hope that one day amputees may receive fully functional, biological replacement limbs.

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How States Are Working to Control Prescription Drug Costs

2015-06-03T20:29:00.000-05:00

States are increasingly paying attention and taking steps to bring down the skyrocketing cost of prescription medicine.

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Cancer trials are changing. That could mean faster access to better drugs.

2015-06-03T20:26:00.001-05:00

The National Cancer Institute’s announcement Monday that it will soon begin a nationwide trial to test treatments based on the genetic mutations in patients’ tumors, rather than on where the tumors occur in the body, highlights a profound shift taking place in the development of cancer drugs.

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Cancer Drug Manufacturers Criticized For Escalating Costs, Shortages

2015-06-01T19:31:00.000-05:00

A prominent cancer specialist called out pharmaceutical companies at a speech before the American Society of Clinical Oncology, saying “cancer-drug prices are not related to the value of the drug.” Other doctors are frustrated by production delays that have left the cancer drug, BCG, in short supply. Shortages of other painkillers and antibiotics have also hamstrung hospitals.

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WHO announces changes after widespread Ebola criticism

2015-06-01T19:23:00.001-05:00

After blistering criticism over how the World Health Organization handled the Ebola outbreak, its Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan announced changes aimed at the way the agency handles health emergencies.

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FDA approves Actavis, Valeant drugs for irritable bowel syndrome

2015-06-01T19:20:00.000-05:00

U.S. health regulators approved new irritable bowel syndrome drugs from Actavis Plc and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc on Wednesday, validating big investments both companies made to acquire the products.

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Global Trial Finds HIV Drugs Should Be Taken Right After Diagnosis

2015-06-01T19:16:00.001-05:00

People with HIV should start taking medications to battle the virus that causes AIDS as soon as they're diagnosed, a new international study finds.

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New Moms' Codeine Use Down Since Health Warnings

2015-05-16T10:26:00.001-05:00

Experts indicate that too many new mothers are still being prescribed codeine. The painkiller has been found to be dangerous to breastfeeding newborns when mothers are taking it after giving birth, as the infant could overdose through breast milk.

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US cancer screening uneven, not up to targets

2015-05-16T10:20:00.001-05:00

According to researchers, "Among people who should be regularly screened for breast, colon and cervical cancer according to current guidelines, many are not getting the tests as often as recommended or at all." Insurance still seems to be one of the important barriers to get recommended testing done.

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7 easy ways to reduce the pain you're feeling

2015-05-14T21:01:00.001-05:00

Feeling sore? A new study suggests holding your breath can ease the pain of an injury. But this trick only works if you were expecting pain in the first place, so here are seven other easy – and scientifically sound – ways to relieve your suffering the next time you have an unfortunate encounter with a hammer, drawer or door.

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With psych meds, short-term relief too often followed by long-term harm: researcher

2015-05-14T20:50:00.001-05:00

Psychiatric medications are commonly prescribed to treat serious issues such as attention disorders, major depression and schizophrenia. But the benefits of long-term use are "exaggerated" and would need “to be colossal” to counter the known harms associated with their use, suggests a Danish researcher in a candid debate posted Wednesday on the website of the BMJ, the journal of the British Medical Association.

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The Big Three of Medicare Part D

2015-05-14T20:46:00.001-05:00

When the CMS dropped data on Medicare's Part D prescription drug program last month, much of the focus centered on how much the government pays for specific drugs and which physicians are high prescribers. Lost in the shuffle is how the drug program is actually administered.

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Feds release detailed guidance on birth control coverage

2015-05-14T20:36:00.001-05:00

The contraceptive mandate under the Affordable Care Act has been a hot-button issue for many companies, with some religious employers fighting the federal government in court for the right to be exempt from parts of it. But for the majority of companies that are complying with the mandate, a new FAQ from the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury offers quite prescriptive guidance on the types of contraceptives plans must offer and pay for, and to whom they must be offered.

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Interest groups seek to add goodies to fast-moving FDA overhaul bill

2015-05-13T20:21:00.001-05:00

Why is the nation's capital suddenly obsessed with biomedical innovation?

And why is the fruit of that obsession, the proposed 21st Century Cures Act, moving like a freight train through the usually deadlocked congressional process—even though some experts warn it could undermine the Food and Drug Administration's ability to protect the public from unproven and potentially unsafe new drugs and medical devices?

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Three Times As Many Consumers Spend $100,000 Or More On Prescription Drugs

2015-05-13T20:14:00.001-05:00

Costly specialty drugs drove up the number of Americans to 139,000 who spent that amount or greater last year to fill their prescriptions, according to pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts.

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Are you going too far in your quest to keep well?

2015-05-13T20:10:00.000-05:00

Feel perpetually guilty that you’re not doing enough to stay healthy? Wellness is all the rage – but we don’t really know what it is. That's got to change

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Cancer Care’s New Therapies: Personalized Care, Blood Tests, Liquid Biopsies

2015-05-11T21:36:00.001-05:00

New ways to treat cancer are emerging, including using personalized ways of treating patients using their own genetic code. And genetic testing is growing as the industry expects sales to grow to $25 billion in six years.

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Rural Indiana Struggles With Drug-Fueled HIV Epidemic

2015-05-08T19:17:00.001-05:00

In a first for Indiana, the state’s legislature last week passed a bill permitting drug users in areas with disease outbreaks to trade used needles for clean ones. It’s in response to an HIV outbreak of historic proportions. Kaiser Health News correspondent Sarah Varney and PBS NewsHour producer Jason Kane travelled to Austin, Indiana, near the Kentucky border, to file this story that aired on the NewsHour on May 1, 2015.

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Measles leaves you vulnerable to a host of deadly diseases

2015-05-08T19:10:00.000-05:00

Measles is often painted as a trivial disease by the anti-vaccination movement. It is not – it kills or causes brain damage in two or three out of every 1000 cases, even in wealthy countries. Here's another reason it isn't trivial: having measles destroys your immunity to other diseases – and some of those are far more deadly.

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Ebola experience is a wake-up call for the WHO

2015-05-08T19:06:00.001-05:00

HOW the world has changed. In 1948, the first commercial jet airliner was still a few years away from take-off, and the global population was just over 2 billion. Less than one-third lived in cities. Back then, safeguarding global health seemed an eminently manageable project. The newly formed United Nations agreed, and established the World Health Organization.

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