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New Procedure Gives Hope to Diabetics

UK treatment ends insulin dependency for type 1 sufferers

Aug 19, 07 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Car crashes, comas, sudden stabbings, divorces – all are being indirectly diminished as Britain spearheads a new procedure to help sufferers of type 1 diabetes. Victims of the growing disorder are often subject to fits and blackouts as they scramble for insulin, but a new operation is offering hope: already... More »

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medicine • medical breakthrough • health • diabetes • disease • United Kingdom • Islet cell transplantation • diabetics • pancreas • liver

10 Ways to Cut Medical Costs

Hospital and med bills don't have to cost an arm and a leg.  Lower your blood pressure with these tips from MSNBC.

Aug 17, 07 5:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Avoid financial injury by following these ten tips from MSNBC:
  1. Shop for tests. Different labs may vary widely in costs.
  2. Negotiate. Hospitals may waive or reduce a co-pay fee if the patient can prove that it's a hardship.
  3. Question the necessity of follow-up appointments, X-rays or MRIs.
... More »

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medicine • health care • health care costs • list • blood pressure • doctor

Go Easy on Pregnancy Weight Gain, Say Docs

Review of current guidelines in the works

Aug 15, 07 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The current guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy may be contributing to the nation's obesity epidemic, some doctors say, and radical changes in the recommendations are under consideration. Docs say a revision is long overdue, the AP reports. "Most of us think overall the weight gain recommendations are too... More »

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obesity • medicine • pregnancy • health • women's health • women • public health • weight

Generics Curb Rise in Drug Costs

Cheap alternatives to brand-name meds appear as patents expire

Aug 8, 07 6:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scores of prescription drugs are getting cheaper, as name-brand patents expire and open the door to generic imitators. That's bad news for pharmaceutical companies, the Times reports, but it means that an aging population ever more reliant on drugs will be paying as much as 80 percent less for them. More »

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medicine • health care costs • health • drugs • brands • pharmaceutical companies • pharma • generic drugs

Grocery Chain Offers Free
Rx Meds

Publix pharmacies
will dispense 7 antibiotics at no cost

Aug 6, 07 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pharmacies in Publix supermarkets across five Southern states will distribute seven antibiotics free to patients with prescriptions, the chain said today. The CEO allows that one goal is to drive customer traffic, but it's also an example of the private sector assisting access to affordable health care, the AP reports.... More »

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medicine • health care • retail • pharma • antibiotics • free • Publix • Charlie Crist

Maybe Your Ailments Are All in Your Web

'Cyberchondriacs'
surf around to round out docs' advice

Aug 3, 07 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - More and more people are turning to websites to complement doctor visits, Ars Technica reports. About three-quarters of adults seek out medical info online, a fraction that's held for nearly a decade even as the number of wired adults has soared. That translates to 160 million of what Harris Interactive... More »

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medicine • Internet • health • patient • doctor • cyberchondriac

Skipping Meds Can Be Deadly

Half of patients undermine health
by skipping doses,
quitting medication

Jul 31, 07 5:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Half of all patients with chronic illnesses don't take their medication as prescribed, says a new report, undermining their health and hastening their death. Patients with illnesses like heart disease and asthma often skip doses, misunderstand prescriptions or drop medication as soon as they feel better. The result is  more... More »

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medicine • health • elderly • heart disease • patients • blood pressure • prescription drugs • chronic illness • prescription

8 Yanks Graduate
From Cuban Med School

Free tuition, humanitarian approach drew minority students

Jul 26, 07 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine graduated its first batch of American students this week, helping raise the eight-year-old school's profile. There are 90 more already enrolled in the free program, which comes with an exemption to the ban on travel to Cuba for Americans. Students are selected by the... More »

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medicine • health care • Fidel Castro • Cuba • doctor • medical training

Drug Recall Hurts Poor HIV Patients

In many countries, no life-saving meds

Jul 23, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of a drug recall by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche, tens of thousands of AIDS patients in the developing world no longer have access to lifesaving medicine. Last month, Roche announced a recall of the drug Viracept, after finding a hazardous chemical in some batches. But in... More »

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Americans Pop Happy Pills in Record Numbers

Antidepressants
are most-prescribed drug in the US

Jul 9, 07 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Antidepressants are America's most prescribed drugs, according to a new CDC report, clocking in more scripts than meds for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or asthma. Prescriptions for antidepressants rose 48% between 1995 and 2002, accounting for 118 million of the 2.4 billion drugs prescribed in 2005. More »

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medicine • depression • antidepressant • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • pharmaceutical companies • blood pressure • prescription drugs • government study • doctor

Chinese Make Dino Soup

Jul 4, 07 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese villagers in Henan province dug up a ton of fossilized dinosaur bones, using them to make traditional medicines, including soup and poultices. The villagers, not entirely inaccurately, believed that they were ‘dragon bones’ from flying dragons. Once they learned of their value to paleontologists, the villagers donated the... More »

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China • medicine • paleontology • fossil • dinosaur • Henan • bone

Staph Infection Rate Stuns Experts

Eye-opening numbers on antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs' dwarf previous estimates

Jun 25, 07 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Over a million hospital patients contract a dangerous, drug-resistant staph infection every year, a rate 10 times more than previously thought. Tens of thousands infected with antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" may die from what officials call one of the nation's most serious public-health threats, today's Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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medicine • bacteria • staph infections • superbug • antibiotics • infection • hospital

New Studies Give Hope to Parkinson's Patients

Gene therapy, drug could halt disease

Jun 22, 07 4:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two new experimental treatments for Parkinson's could stop the progress of the devastating disease and allay its symptoms, researchers say. A new study shows gene therapy was successful in boosting production of an enzyme that calms overactive neurons, reducing the jittery effects of the brain disorder. More »

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medicine • health • drugs • disease • science • gene therapy • Parkinson's disease

Amazon Tribe Broods Over Poached Blood

Brazil Indians livid after discovering DNA samples sold in the US

Jun 20, 07 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Amazon tribe is bilious after scientists took blood samples in exchange for medicine they never got, the Times reports. Doctors collected DNA from the Karitiana Indians in the late '70s and again in 1996, and then sold it to researchers for $85 a pop. But now the once remote... More »

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medicine • genetics • disease • science • Brazil • DNA • blood • doctor • Karitiana

Bloodthinner Can Help Frostbite Victims

Drug spares digits, study says

Jun 19, 07 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A clot-busting drug is remarkably effective in treating frostbite patients, according to new research from the University of Utah health center, reports the Los Angeles Times. Patients whose treatment included tissue plasmingoen activator (tPA) kept 90% of affected fingers and toes; patients treated before the drug was in use had... More »

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Women Alerted to Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

Subtle signs may aid early diagnosis
of stealthy disease

Jun 13, 07 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to dispel the belief that ovarian cancer has few early symptoms, experts are urging women to acquaint themselves with an array of common conditions associated with one of the deadliest types of cancer. The new guidelines acknowledge for the first time that late diagnosis is not a... More »

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cancer • medicine • health • women's health • women • ovarian cancer

China Finds
Fake Protein
in IV Drips

Counterfeit albumin discovered in hospitals and pharmacies

Jun 12, 07 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - In yet another product-safety scandal, fake blood protein has been found in IV drips in 60 hospitals and pharmacies in northeastern China, the BBC reports. Albumin, or plasma protein, is administered to patients suffering from burns or undergoing open-heart surgery; the counterfeit contained no protein at all.  More »

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China • medicine • blood • safety • protein • Albumin

Americans Go Abroad, Online for New Diet Pill

Hung up in FDA approval process, pill's already scoring big

Jun 11, 07 8:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The weight loss drug Acomplia is stuck in FDA limbo, but that isn't stopping Americans from ordering it off the Internet or buying it in Europe, where it's legal. If the government rules that its lowering of weight and cholesterol balances out the possible side effects, including suicide and depression,... More »

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medicine • suicide • FDA • depression • obesity epidemic • Sanofi Aventis • Acomplia • weight loss • diet pills • cholesterol

Genes Give Up Secrets of 7 Serious Diseases

Landmark study sheds light on diabetes, depression, more

Jun 7, 07 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an outcome one scientist describes as a "new dawn," researchers have identified genetic variations linked to seven common diseases, opening the door to improved tests and treatments. The study, which focused on depression, Crohn's disease, coronary artery disease, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, and Type 1 and 2 diabetes,... More »

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medicine • health • hypertension • depression • genetics • diabetes • disease • heart disease • rheumatoid arthritis • Crohn's disease

Controversy Rages Over Diabetes Drug's Heart Risks

FDA official says superiors ordered her to back off serious warning

Jun 6, 07 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Troubling questions about the diabetes drug Avandia persisted yesterday as an FDA official revealed that she was barred from recommending a critical warning about the medication, the Times reports. In the run-up to congressional hearings that began today, manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline rushed to disseminate interim clinical findings in hopes of blunting... More »

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medicine • FDA • health • diabetes • GlaxoSmithKline • Avandia • heart • heart attack

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