No one likes feeling stressed out or carrying around a lot of anxiety. Most of us also know that doing either is a good way to dig ourselves an early grave. Yet, not enough of us are doing anything about it. We know we have to lose weight, so we …
The biotechnology unit of French drug company Sanofi SA was accused of two misdemeanor counts of violating the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act from 2005 to 2010 by allowing Seprafilm to be adulterated and misbranded while being sold. Sanofi bought Genzyme in 2011. Seprafilm is a clear film used to reduce abnormal internal scarring that can cause organs and tissues to stick together following pelvic and abdominal surgeries known as laparotomies.
By Phin Upham Lillian Wald spent her childhood in both New York and Ohio. Born into a middle-class family, Wald had a …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A prosecutor says that even after several patients died of overdoses, the California doctor now charged in their deaths continued to prescribe powerful painkillers in appointments that lasted as little as three minutes.
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The occurrence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease may have stabilised in some wealthy nations, according to a study released Friday. A review of data from Sweden, the Netherlands, Britain and Spain showed the percentage of the population with dementia — the umbrella term for neurodegenerative diseases of the brain — holding steady, along with the number of new cases, said the study, published in The Lancet Neurology. Researchers led by Carol Brayne, a professor at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health and the University of Cambridge, compared dementia occurrence in old people across two time periods spanning the last several decades.
SEATTLE (AP) — The pumpkin spice latte battle is heating up just in time for fall.
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There’s no doubt that New York City has a lot going for it. Obviously, it’s not lacking for people, diversity and culture. …
An Ebola test vaccine provided blanket protection in a field trial in Guinea, researchers said, possibly heralding “the beginning of the end” for the devastating West African outbreak that has killed thousands. The serum was 100 percent effective after a week in more than 7,600 people inoculated, according to results published in The Lancet medical journal and hailed as “extremely promising” by World Health Organization (WHO) chief Margaret Chan. The world was “on the verge of an effective Ebola vaccine,” the UN's health agency said in a statement.