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2019-05-04 00:40Breast Surgeons Issue New Mammogram Guidelines

The new guidelines recommend that all women have a formal risk assessment by age 25. Women with an increased risk of breast cancer should be screened based on their specific risk factors. Women with average risk should begin annual screenin...
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2019-05-03 23:52Amid Opioid Crisis, Cocaine, Meth Deaths Soar

The researchers noted that between 2015 and 2016, rates of drug overdose deaths involving cocaine, psychostimulants or both had already risen by 42.4%.
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2019-05-03 23:19Study: About 1 in 1,000 Babies Born 'Intersex'

Among nearly 14,200 newborns studied, 8 had genitals that did not make their gender clear. That's a rate of 1.3 in 1,000 births -- much higher than the one in 4,500 to 5,500 reported in previous studies.
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2019-05-03 23:00Global Health: F.D.A. Approves the First Vaccine for Dengue Fever, but Limits Its Use

The agency placed restrictions on who can get the vaccine, Dengvaxia. Its use overseas has lagged amid concerns over rare safety risks.
New York Times - Health

2019-05-03 22:59Developmental Tests Might Spot Autism Earlier

In the study, young children whose normal development started to slip behind that of other kids appeared to be more likely to be later diagnosed with autism.
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2019-05-03 22:26Could Common Heart Meds Lower Prostate Cancer Risk?

The effect was found only with atenolol (Tenormin). Two other beta blockers -- metoprolol (Lopressor/Toprol XL) and carvedilol (Coreg) -- did not appear to provide any protection against prostate cancer.
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2019-05-03 20:29Drug Regimen Halts HIV Even Without Condoms

The study provides conclusive evidence that the risk of transmission through sex is zero when virus levels are undetectable because antiretroviral therapy, or ART.
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2019-05-03 18:52Drug Executive Convicted in Opioids Bribes

The convictions could encourage federal officials to pursue more cases against executives of opioid manufacturers, Andrew Kolodny, co-director of opioid policy research at Brandeis University, told the AP.
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2019-05-03 18:41A Pregnant Woman Avoids Transit, Parents Battle in Court and Other Tales of Measles Anxiety

Readers in some of the 22 states where measles have been diagnosed this year discuss how the fear of catching the disease is affecting their daily lives.
New York Times - Health

2019-05-03 18:31FDA: No Ban for Textured Breast Implants

The agency said it's too soon to ban a type of textured implant recently linked to a rare form of lymphoma
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2019-05-03 18:06Half of People Miss Benefits of Statins

Many people who are prescribed statins are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease because they stop taking the drugs.
New York Times - Health

2019-05-03 17:46in her words: How Larry Nassar ‘Flourished Unafraid’ for So Long

A new HBO documentary explores the rise and fall of the disgraced Olympic doctor and the institutions that gave him access to girls.
New York Times - Health

2019-05-03 17:07Shrimp From 5 U.K. Rivers Have One Thing in Common: Cocaine

A new study of chemicals in river wildlife found pesticides in many of its samples, and cocaine in all of them. The drug’s source remained a mystery.
New York Times - Health

2019-05-03 16:58A Word With: Dr. Ruth Says ‘Make Time’ for Sex. Millennials, She’s Looking at You.

At almost 91, the renowned sex therapist and subject of a new film reflects on four decades of advice.
New York Times - Health

2019-05-03 11:00You Will Never Smell My World the Way I Do

Scientists find that whiskey’s smokiness, the smell of beets and lily of the valley perfume can be utterly different depending on your genetic wiring.
New York Times - Health

2019-05-03 06:35Modern Love: Years Ago, My Sister Vanished. I See Her Whenever I Want.

The winner of this year’s Modern Love college essay contest explores the comforts and limits of online connection.
New York Times - Health

2019-05-03 01:43Gay HIV transmission with treatment is 'zero risk', study confirms

A European study followed 972 male couples, where one was living with HIV, over an eight-year period.
BBC News Health

2019-05-03 01:10'It's not life-threatening but it is life-changing'

Clare Mount will always remember the evening of Christmas Day 2003 as "the night that stole my smile".
BBC News Health

2019-05-03 01:02Tinnitus May Drive Some to the Brink of Suicide

Even though there are currently no treatments to get rid of tinnitus, or “ringing in the ears,” seeing a specialist may help decrease the distress and diminish the risk of suicide attempts.
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2019-05-03 00:47Teens Uniquely Vulnerable to Marijuana's Effects

Remember being told to "just say no" to marijuana and other drugs? Researchers now say "just not yet" to teens considering marijuana, as the drug may affect brain growth.
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