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Effective screening and prevention have limited deaths from cervical cancer to about 4,000 each year. But a recent study of a dozen states over 10 years…
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A biopsy involves removing tissue to find out if you have a disease or the extent of it. The FDA recently approved a less-invasive “liquid” biopsy for a…
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Most cases of colon cancer occur in people over 50 - about the time recommended to begin screening for the disease. But results of research over 15 years…
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A new study of nearly 1,400 patients with an average age of 60 has identified midlife obesity as a risk factor for early onset Alzheimer’s Disease.Dr.…
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Researchers have found people diagnosed with diabetes in their 50s are significantly more likely than others to suffer mental decline by their 70s.In this…
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Drugs like Vicodin and Lortab containing hydrocodone and other ingredients, like acetaminophen or Tylenol, are the most commonly prescribed medications in…
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Of the five million people diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, as many as five percent were diagnosed between the ages of 30 and 60. It’s called…
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Of the 30 million people using tanning beds each year, more than 2 million are teenagers.That’s prompted the Food and Drug Administration to require…
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The Obama administration says about eight million people have signed up for the Affordable Care Act through online exchanges – not counting those who…
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A study published in February of 90,000 women over 25 questions the value of mammography in detecting breast cancer. Among the findings:Death rates from…
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New guidelines were released earlier this month on who should take statin drugs to reduce cholesterol. It turns out that those cholesterol numbers we’re…
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Along with the return to school across the country, each September also brings an annual spike of asthma attacks to emergency rooms. The two are related.…