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HPV shame and confusion preventing women from cervical screenings

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'Prevention better than cure in healthcare' - Health Secretary will say

The Health Secretary claims patients need to "take greater responsibility for managing their own health". . Launching its 'Prevention is better than cure' ...

FDA Approves Powerful Opioid Pill That’s 10 Times Stronger Than Fentanyl

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking heat for approving a powerful, fast-acting opioid. "Recognizing the drug's population-based risks, there are ...

Man Who Fell Into Coma After Eating Slug Dies

He was anxious it might've been a symptom of eating the slug, but his mother told him not to worry: "No-one gets sick from that", she said. Then a slug crawle...

Fitbit (FIT) Lifted to Outperform at Wedbush

Russell Investments Group Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Fitbit by 11.7% during the 1st quarter. GWM Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of F...

ALIV Engages for Breast Cancer Awareness Month — BAHAMAS

Eating processed meat, such as sausage, ham, and bacon, but not red meat, on a regular basis is associated with a significantly increased risk of breast cancer,...

First flu-related death reported

Yes, unfortunately because sometimes you may be exposed to a flu virus shortly before getting vaccinated, or because you may be exposed to a type of flux that i...

10th death linked to adenovirus infection in New Jersey rehab facility

Twenty-six kids and a staff member, who has since recovered, have become ill as part of the outbreak, state health officials said. "The loss of these young li...

Parkinson's disease 'may' start in gut

In Parkinson's disease, toxic proteins accumulate in the brain and kill nerves, especially those linked to movement. The function of the appendix for a long t...

Cellphone Radiation Causes Cancer in Rats, Government Study Finds

Jeffrey Shuren, director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, who was not involved with the study, said in a state...

Federal health care website up and running after slow start

The federal government does not have people call to sell policies. If you buy insurance on the individual market - either because you don't get insurance from...

No appendix? Your risk of Parkinson’s is reduced by more than 20%

Scientists led by the Van Andel Research Institute in MI scoured two large patient registries, encompassing data from 1.7 million people, and made an astoundi...

Protein Powders Market to witness consistent growth in next 5 years

This report will be a valuable assessment for new startups who wish to enter the Organic Soy Protein Concentrate market . The general idea of the Marketres...

2 hepatitis A deaths reported in Frankfort

Kraig Humbaugh said in September . Multiple states are experiencing outbreaks of acute hepatitis A. For the current USA outbreaks among people reporting drug ...

More measles cases reported in NJ

Getting vaccinated not only protects you, it protects others around you who are too young to get the vaccine or can't receive it for medical reasons. DHEC has...

For Cervical Cancer Patients, Less Invasive Surgery Is Worse For Survival

For patients with early-stage cervical cancer, minimally invasive surgery is associated with increased mortality and worse survival than open surgery, according...

Free flu shot drive-thru clinics planned in Douglas County

For the inactivated version of the flu shot, which contains dead flu cells, the CDC says most people are able to get it unless they have allergies to componen...

Antibiotics in childhood linked to obesity

Christopher M. Stark, M.D., from the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, and colleagues performed a cohort study to examine the correlation ...

Police raid office of preacher who claims to have cure for HIV/AIDS

He said the police were acting within its law enforcement mandate. The police ransacked the office of the Prophet in his absence around 7:30pm this evening wh...

Veganism helps diabetics lose weight and control blood sugar

In addition to a sharp fall of blood sugar levels in those who cut out or ate very few animal products, these participants also lost almost twice as much weig...

Sniffer dogs able to detect malaria in people

The canine malaria detection work was supported by a Grand Challenges grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is seeking, among other things, new ...