US Drug Overdose Deaths Surge Amid Fentanyl Scourge

Aug 17, 2018 • 2 comments

US drug overdose deaths surged to nearly 72,000 last year, as addicts increasingly turn to extremely powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl as the supply of prescription painkillers has tightened. Fresh...

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US Jury Orders Monsanto Pay $290m To Cancer Patient In Weed Killer Trial

Aug 15, 2018

A California jury on Friday ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay nearly $290 million for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that its weed killer Roundup might cause cancer. Jurors unanimously...

1 In 7 Zika Babies Born With Defects In US Territories

Aug 15, 2018

About one in seven babies who were exposed to the Zika virus in the womb have at least one developmental defect a year later, said a US study Tuesday. The rate of abnormalities -- about 14 percent...

US Sees Spike In Pregnant Women Addicted To Painkillers

Aug 10, 2018

Over the past 15 years, the United States has seen a fourfold increase in pregnant women addicted to painkillers, the latest troubling statistic in an ongoing epidemic of opioid abuse, officials...

HIV/AIDS

Abortion Exclusion To US Aid Threatens HIV Battle

Aug 7, 2018

Amsterdam, July 27, 2018 (AFP)- Scientists and activists warned Friday that anti-abortion conditions attached to US aid under the Donald Trump administration threatened programmes to halt the...

"Heading The Ball" Riskier For Female Players: Study

Aug 7, 2018

Brain damage from heading a football may be five times more extensive in women than men, said a US study Tuesday based on nearly 100 amateur players. The report in the journal Radiology suggested...

COPD

Cannabis Doesn’t Help Exercising COPD Patients

Jul 30, 2018 • 1 comment

At first blush, it would seem almost obvious that individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) did not show improvement after inhaling vaporized cannabis. However, with real clinical...

New Study Finally Identifies Neural Connection Between Depression and Bad Sleep

Jul 30, 2018 • 7 comments

The link between sleeping problems and depression has been observed for over a hundred years. Now scientists have found the neural mechanism responsible for this relationship. The effects of sleep...

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Could Gut Microbes Hinder Your Cancer Treatment? A New First-In-Human Trial Investigates

Jul 30, 2018

Could the poop of some cancer patients hold the key to treating certain cancers in all people? What does cancer have to do with poop? In the past few years, researchers around the world, including...

Multiple sclerosis

MS News that Caught My Eye Last Week: Popular DMTs, Data Analysis Predicts MS, Remyelination Study

Jul 30, 2018 • 3 comments

Oral DMTs Still Common 1st Therapy for New MS Patients but Ocrevus Having Impact, Market Report Says Deciding on what therapy to use is a tough decision for people with MS and their doctors. That’s...

Lupus

Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicine Seen to Ease Lupus Symptoms at Higher Dose in Phase 2 Trial

Jul 28, 2018

Baricitinib — a medicine approved in the U.S., Europe, and Japan for rheumatoid arthritis — can significantly improve symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the treatment’s...

HIV/AIDS

Scientists Seek End To 'Unscientific' HIV Laws

Jul 27, 2018

AIDS experts called Wednesday for an end to laws that can see HIV-positive people jailed for exposing others to the virus, saying the approach was "unscientific" and worsening the killer epidemic. At...