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Supplement ingredient DMAA is illegal, dangerous, FDA says
The Food and Drug Administration is warning to consumers not to buy dietary supplements containing the ingredient dimethylamylamine, or DMAA.…
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Fewer older children and adults were hospitalized for severe diarrhea once the U.S. started vaccinating babies against rotavirus in 2006,…
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New test aims to better detect viral infections, cut overuse of antibiotics
It happens too often: A doctor isn’t sure what’s causing someone’s feverish illness but prescribes antibiotics just in case, drugs…
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Rabies kills 24,000 people a year in Africa, most of them children, because many on the world’s poorest continent cannot…
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Researcher who found cause of Lyme disease dies
The Swiss-born researcher who gained international recognition for discovering the bacteria that causes Lyme disease has died in western Montana.…
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Cholesterol drugs may aid critically ill patients
For critically ill hospital patients, continued use of statins may help prevent confusion and disorientation, Counsel and Heal reported. In…
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U.S. health advisers on Tuesday recommended approval of MannKind Corp’s inhaled diabetes drug, and said the experimental treatment could help…
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Can I split my pills? And other prescription questions you’ve always wanted answered
Can I split my pills? The short answer is yes, but there’s a right way to do it. In some…
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Studying genes to predict negative side effects of drugs
Scientists searching for a way to avoid prescribing medications to patients that may cause dangerous physical or behavioral responses are…
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