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Pain Drug Patches Can be Deadly to Children, FDA Warns

Children should not be exposed to a certain type of skin patch that delivers pain medication, as the patch can be deadly to children, the Food and Drug ...
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Hospitals Need to Increase Support of Breastfeeding Moms: CDC

Only 3.5 percent of hospitals in the U.S. are providing the full range of support measures that mothers need to breastfeed, a new report from the Centers for ...
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3-D Movies Boost Headaches, Not Enjoyment

WASHINGTON — Three-dimensional movies might not be worth their high ticket price. Moviegoers who watch 3-D films do not experience more intense emotional reactions or a greater sense ...
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Sugar Water Doesn’t Dampen Baby’s Pain, Study Suggests

For years, hospitals have been giving sugar water to newborns about to undergo short, potentially painful procedures, on the assumption that the sweet drink would ease the little ...
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Common Cancer Treatments May Create Dangerous Cancer Stem Cells

Radiation therapy and chemotherapy aimed at killing cancer cells may have the undesirable effect of helping to create cancer stem cells, which are thought to be particularly adept ...
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Spiraling Esophagus: Strange Condition Found in Elderly Woman

An 87-year-old Swiss woman who had torturous seizures in her chest had a neck that bent into a wine tool shape at every point where she swallowed, according ...
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Hillandale Farms Recalls Eggs Due to Salmonella Contamination

The FDA announced today that Hillandale Farms of Iowa is voluntarily recalling shell eggs because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Eggs affected by this ...
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Most Americans See Cancer as a Death Sentence

The death rate from cancer has gone down in recent years, but the majority of Americans still view cancer as a death sentence, a new survey says. Of ...
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How Plan B Work?

The emergency contraceptive Plan B One-Step will be available without a prescription for women aged 15 and over, the Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday (30 April). The ...
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Snakes Bite 1.5 Million People in Sub-Saharan Africa Yearly

Snakebites are a significant public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, yet the problem is neglected, researchers say. As many as 1.5 million people in that region are bitten ...
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