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2019-02-22 01:10Isle of Wight cerebral palsy author writes autobiography with his nose

Author Josh Barry spent nine years writing book while also completing two degrees.
BBC News Health

2019-02-21 23:15Toxins in Home Furnishings Can Be Passed to Kids

Semi-volatile organic compounds (or SVOCs) are widely used in electronics, furniture and building materials, and can be detected in nearly all indoor environment. Human exposure to them is widespread.
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2019-02-21 21:22Nurse Builds Database of Women Murdered By Men

Since 2017, a school nurse in a Dallas suburb has been counting women murdered by men.
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2019-02-21 20:35HPV Infections in Decline, Thanks to Vaccines

The new study finds that rates of infection with HPV 16 or 18 -- the two strains most heavily implicated in cervical cancer -- have markedly declined between 2008 and 2014.
WebMD

2019-02-21 20:32U.S. Leads Rich Nations in Drug Overdose Deaths

Drug deaths in the United States are more than 27 times higher than in Italy and Japan, which have the lowest rates, and are double the rates of Finland and Sweden, the countries with the next highest death rates.
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2019-02-21 20:24FDA Proposes Major Changes to Sunscreen Rules

According to the FDA, 12 sunscreen ingredients lack sufficient data to support whether they are generally safe and effective. They are cinoxate, dioxybenzone, ensulizole, homosalate, meradimate, octinoxate, octisalate, octocrylene, padimate...
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2019-02-21 20:00Matter: DNA Gets a New — and Bigger — Genetic Alphabet

DNA is spelled out with four letters, or bases. Researchers have now built a system with eight. It may hold clues to the potential for life elsewhere in the universe and could also expand our capacity to store digital data on Earth
New York Times - Health

2019-02-21 19:59Sepsis Is a Common Cause of Hospital Deaths

If you are concerned a loved one may have sepsis, seek care immediately, and ask the doctor, “Could it be sepsis?”
New York Times - Health

2019-02-21 18:59China Uses DNA to Track Its People, With the Help of American Expertise

The Chinese authorities turned to a Massachusetts company and a prominent Yale researcher as they built an enormous system of surveillance and control.
New York Times - Health

2019-02-21 18:39Norman Orentreich, Force Behind Hair Transplants, Dies at 96

In the 1950s, Dr. Orentreich took hair from the back of the head and planted it in the scalp, and lo, it grew. He also helped establish the Clinique skin-care line.
New York Times - Health

2019-02-21 14:28You Asked: What to Do When a Doctor’s Visit Is the Cause of Pain?

Tips for dealing with pelvic pain during an OB-GYN exam.
New York Times - Health

2019-02-21 12:36Encephalitis: 'I told my boyfriend I thought I was a monkey'

Lucy Evans had encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain that caused her frightening delusions.
BBC News Health

2019-02-21 11:00What’s Covered Under Medicare? A New App May Leave You Still Wondering

The “What’s Covered” app from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services aims to provide yes-or-no answers about what services are covered under traditional Medicare.
New York Times - Health

2019-02-21 11:00Living With Cancer: The Financial Toxicity of Illness

While medicine transforms cancer into a chronic disease with which patients can live for an extended period of time, financial toxicity threatens to turn chronic, too.
New York Times - Health

2019-02-21 06:23U.S. Investigating Johnson & Johnson Over Baby Powder’s Safety

The company said in a regulatory filing that it had received subpoenas from the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission related to its talc-based products.
New York Times - Health

2019-02-21 01:58The toxic legacy of the Vietnam War

How millions suffered from exposure to toxic chemicals sprayed by US forces during the Vietnam war
BBC News Health

2019-02-21 00:55Teenagers Say Depression and Anxiety Are Major Issues Among Their Peers

A Pew Research Center survey found that teenagers across all demographic groups grapple with mental health issues.
New York Times - Health

2019-02-20 23:54Dr. Theodore Rubin, High-Profile Psychoanalyst, Is Dead at 95

Dr. Rubin was a public face of psychotherapy and a prolific author whose novel “Lisa and David” was the basis of the popular movie “David and Lisa.”
New York Times - Health

2019-02-20 23:30The Medical Tech that Helps You When Your Doctor Can’t

A new breed of tech company wants to fill the gaps between you, your doctor and your health insurance.
New York Times - Health

2019-02-20 23:15Aggressive Breast Cancer Responds to New Drug

In the clinical trial of the new drug, sacituzumab govitecan, about a third of the patients responded to treatment and the effect lasted up to eight months. The research was funded by the drug's maker.
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