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Key Takeaways From Three Landmark Heart Studies
Nov 14, 2018
Today, at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, the research group led by Sumeet Chugh, MD, professor of Medicine and associate director of the Smidt Heart Institute, presented three critical research studies aimed at better understanding sudden cardiac arrest.
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Coty appoints new CEO, oversees board changes
Nov 14, 2018
Coty announced that Pierre Laubies will be taking over as its new CEO, in addition to its board appointing Peter Harf as chairman and Erhard Schowel as lead independent director.
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Search Teams Scour For Human Remains As Camp Fire Becomes Deadliest In California’s History
Nov 14, 2018The death toll climbed over the past day to 42, surpassing the previous record. Hundreds still remain missing, and officials expect more grim news....
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Arm Yourself Against the Coming Flu Season
Nov 14, 2018Title: Arm Yourself Against the Coming Flu SeasonCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/11/2018 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/12/2018 12:00:00...
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Bypass Beats Stents in Diabetes With Heart Trouble
Nov 14, 2018People with diabetes who have coronary-artery bypass surgery survive about three years longer than those who have their blood vessels propped open with stents, new research...
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Why you should prioritize 360-video storytelling
Nov 14, 2018The technology has never been more affordable, and capturing the full scene is striking. Here are reasons you ought to consider adding it to your toolkit, along with tips for doing...
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Study Finds Phone App Effectively Identifies Potentially Fatal Heart Attacks With The Near Accuracy Of A Standard ECG
Nov 14, 2018
Can your smart phone determine if you’re having the most serious – and deadly – form of heart attack? A new research study says it can – and may be a valuable tool to save lives.
The international study, led by researchers from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City, fou......
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Many Pharmacies Don't Follow Opioid Antidote Law
Nov 14, 2018Many pharmacies need to be taught about the law that allows them to give out the opioid antidote naloxone without a prescription, a new study...
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Athenahealth, Elliott Deal Wraps Up Months-Long, Contentious Process To Get Health Records Company To Sell
Nov 14, 2018Athenahealth has rejected the hedge fund's attempts to push it into a sale previously. The all-cash deal between the companies values the medical billing software maker at $135 per...
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Most Child Tonsillectomies Unnecessary, Study Finds
Nov 14, 2018Most Child Tonsillectomies Unnecessary, Study...
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Freakshakes contain "grotesque" levels of sugar, say campaigners
Nov 14, 2018It will come as no surprise that milkshakes loaded with sweets, chocolate bars, cream and cake, known as freakshakes, contain "grotesque levels" of sugar....
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Can Stimulating The Brain Treat Chronic Pain?
Nov 14, 2018
For the first time, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine showed they could target one brain region with a weak alternating current of electricity, enhance the naturally occurring brain rhythms of that region, and significantly decrease symptoms associated with chronic lower back pain.
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Green Giant’s Harvest Protein Bowls go from freezer to table
Nov 14, 2018
Green Giant's Harvest Protein Bowls come in Asian, Southwest, Italian and California styles, and can be found at select grocery retailers nationwide.
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Juul to eliminate social media accounts, stop retail sales of flavors
Nov 14, 2018The CEO of e-cigarette maker Juul announced plans Tuesday to eliminate some of its social media accounts and halt most retail sales of flavor products as part of a plan to restrict access to minors. The plan came in response to the US Food and Drug Administration's September announcement that it would investigate major e-cigarette makers and review their sales and marketing practices....
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Roche's Tecentriq wins fast FDA review in tough-to-treat breast cancer
Nov 14, 2018Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Tuesday its Tecentriq medicine will get a speedy review by U.S. regulators in a tough-to-treat form of breast cancer, as it seeks to be the first company to have its immunotherapy win approval in this indication....
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Nearly 1 in 10 Americans Struggles to Control Sexual Urges
Nov 14, 2018Title: Nearly 1 in 10 Americans Struggles to Control Sexual UrgesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/9/2018 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/12/2018 12:00:00...
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In Buffalo Emergency Departments, A Better Way To Treat Opioid Use Disorder
Nov 14, 2018
An innovative, cost-effective program at more than a dozen hospitals in Western New York provides medication-assisted treatment to opioid use disorder patients in emergency departments (EDs) and rapidly transitions them into long-term treatment at a community clinic, all within about 48 hours.
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Vaping, e-cigarettes, JUULing: What Parents, Teens Need To Know
Nov 14, 2018
for consumers, parents and even teens, understanding terminology and the truth about e-cigarettes can be confusing. With inaccurate information wildly being spread about the safety of vaping, the intentions of e-cigarette companies and ingredients in e-cigarettes, University of Alabama at Birmingham......
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Blu e-cigarette maker plans to restrict online sales amid FDA crackdown on teen use
Nov 14, 2018Fontem Ventures, a unit of tobacco company Imperial Brands, says it will raise the minimum age requirements to buy nicotine pods on its website to 21 regardless of where consumers are shopping....
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Simplifying Life For Diabetics With A Nanotechnology Breakthrough
Nov 14, 2018
Thanks to a nanotechnology breakthrough by a pair of researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering, the lives of diabetics may soon become less complicated.
Glucose monitoring and hormone therapy are daily challenges that never go away for the 3 million people living with type 1......
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