Showing posts with label Google Health News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Health News. Show all posts

Monday, 20 April 2015

Care needed to reduce pet-to-human infection risk - Reuters


Reuters

Care needed to reduce pet-to-human infection risk
Reuters
(Reuters Health) - Pets can be a source of infection, and newborns, the elderly, children with leukemia and adults with cancer are especially vulnerable, according to a new review of data from previous research. Selecting the right pets and using safe ...
Pets can make their owners sick, researchers sayCTV News
Pets can transmit infections to people: CMAJToronto Sun
Pet owners warned of disease risksYahoo News UK

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Opiate overdoses fall after debut of abuse-resistant OxyContin - Reuters


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Opiate overdoses fall after debut of abuse-resistant OxyContin
Reuters
(Reuters Health) - Opiate prescriptions and overdoses in the U.S. have declined since the debut of an abuse-resistant version of the painkiller OxyContin and the market withdrawal of the narcotic Darvon, a study finds. Researchers reviewed insurance claims ...
Abuse-Deterrent Formulations Put Dent in Opioid ODsMedPage Today
Reduction in opioid prescribing, overdoses associated with pharma industry ...Medical Xpress
Public Release: 20-Apr-2015 Rates of opioid dispensing, overdose drop ...EurekAlert (press release)

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Indiana governor extends needle-exchange program to curb HIV - STLtoday.com


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Indiana governor extends needle-exchange program to curb HIV
STLtoday.com
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has extended a needle-exchange program in a southern Indiana county to help combat an HIV outbreak. Pence on Monday approved a 30-day extension of a March 26 executive order declaring a public ...
Gov. Pence extends health emergency measures in Scott County ove - 13 ...WTHR
Pence extends Scott Co. needle exchange programWTHITV.com
Pence signs executive order extending Scott County needle exchangeWTTV CBS4Indy

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Obama signals support for legalizing medical marijuana - Quartz


Quartz

Obama signals support for legalizing medical marijuana
Quartz
In a CNN documentary aired for the first time Sunday night, on the eve of the informal April 20 holiday celebrating cannabis subculture, US president Barack Obama reiterated his support for medicinal use of marijuana and moving towards decriminalization of ...
Obama lends support to marijuana legalisation: 'We should follow the science ...The Independent
Obama to Medical Marijuana Users: Go Forth and TokeTakePart
4/20 series: 12 key people to watch in marijuana policyBrookings Institution (blog)
Huffington Post -CNN -Opelousas Daily World
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Phillips: Egg freezing is a boon for women - KCCI Des Moines


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Phillips: Egg freezing is a boon for women
KCCI Des Moines
(CNN) —There was a time not so long ago when my career would not have been possible. It's hard to imagine it now, but even a few decades ago, journalism was very much a man's world. Other Stories. South Africa black elites support... Opinion: How ...
DNA on ice: The next step in women's equalityGant Daily

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The true cost of Ebola for West Africa - African Business Review


African Business Review

The true cost of Ebola for West Africa
African Business Review
Your Friend's Email*. The true cost of Ebola for West Africa. Follow @AfricaBizReview on Twitter. Estimates recently published by the World Bank have revealed that the economic fallout from the Ebola crisis could cost West Africa billions and has.
Australian-run Ebola treatment centre to closeSydney Morning Herald
Australia to recoup $7.5m in foreign aid by closing Sierra Leone Ebola clinicThe Guardian
The American Response to EbolaNew York Times
Times LIVE -AllAfrica.com -Geek Infinite
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FDA Ponders Whether Homeopathy Is Medicine - KGOU


KGOU

FDA Ponders Whether Homeopathy Is Medicine
KGOU
It's another busy morning at Dr. Anthony Aurigemma's homeopathy practice in Bethesda, Md. Nancy Resnick is here because she's suffering from a nasty bout of laryngitis. "I don't feel great," she says. "I don't feel myself." Resnick is 58 and lives in Millersville, ...
FDA to hold hearings on policies regulating homeopathic productsPress Herald
FDA to revisit its policies on regulating homeopathic productsSanta Fe New Mexican
FDA Reconsiders Regulating Homeopathic Remedies, Schedules HearingInternational Business Times

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