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Pfizer Recalls Birth Control Pills

Pfizer Inc. announced today (Jan. 31) that it has voluntarily recalled 14 lots of the birth control pills Lo/Ovral-28, and 14 lots of generic pills labeled Norgestrel and ...
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Autism Identified Early By Fixation on Geometry

Fixation on geometric patterns might be an early sign of autism in toddlers as young as 14 months old, a new study suggests. Identifying autism early is important ...
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Breast Cancer Prevention Drugs Get a Target to Aim At

PHILADELPHIA — Scientists have associated three signaling pathways in cells with the risk of getting breast cancer, opening the door for someday developing a drug that might prevent ...
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2 New Drugs Tied to Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

Health officials have now identified two more drugs that may be linked to the recent outbreak of fungal meningitis. All meningitis cases were previously tied to methylprednisolone acetate ...
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Meningitis Outbreak: Should Anti-Fungal Meds Be Given to Those at Risk?

An outbreak of deadly fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections has raised the question of whether people who received the shots, but don’t have meningitis symptoms, should take ...
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Long Work Hours Raise Heart Disease Risk Dramatically

Working long hours can increase a person’s risk of developing heart disease, a new study suggests. People who work 11 or more hours a day have a 67 ...
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Exercise During Pregnancy Benefits Baby’s Heart

Exercise during pregnancy benefits not just the mother’s heart, but her baby’s heart as well, a new study finds. The results show regular exercise during pregnancy lowers the ...
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Brisk Walking Helps Stroke Survivors

People who walk regularly and briskly after suffering a stroke will not only improve their physical fitness, but also their mobility and quality of life, according to a ...
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Which States Have the Highest Hypertension Rates?

One-third of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, but the rate varies widely from state to state, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control ...
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Heavy, Not Modest, Drinkers’ Babies Have More Birth Defects

Babies born to women who drink heavily during their first trimester of pregnancy have an increased risk of birth defects, compared to the babies of mothers who abstained ...
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