Health magazine: news updates - Page 43

Breast cancer

Immunotherapy cures late-stage breast cancer in world first: study

Jun 6, 2018

Paris, June 4, 2018 (AFP) - A woman with an aggressive form of breast cancer which defied chemotherapy and spread to other organs, was cured with an experimental treatment that triggered her immune...

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Ulcerative colitis

FDA approves new treatment for moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis

Jun 1, 2018

What are your opinions, thoughts, concerns? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approval of Xeljanz (tofacitinib) to include adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative...

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Men’s health

Women's Health Week

May 13, 2018

Women's Health Week is 5/13/2018 to 5/20/2018. It is a special observance led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health with the goal to empower women to make...

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Game-Changing Study Finds Dozens of Genes Tied to Depression

May 2, 2018

Scientists have uncovered dozens of genes that increase the risk of depression ; a major finding that underscores the complexity of the disease and reveals why antidepressant therapies work well for...

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Agoraphobia
Alexithymia
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Behavioural disorders / Mental illness
Beta-thalassemia
Bipolar disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Cardiac conduction defect syndrome
Childhood disintegrative disorder
Claustrophobia
Coffin-Lowry syndrome
Cyclothymia
Delirious flushes
Depersonalization disorder
Dissociative identity disorder
Dysmorphic disorder
Dysthymia
Frontotemporal dementia
Frontotemporal dementia with tau inclusions
Generalized anxiety disorder
Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
Hyperactivity
Hypomania
Identity Crisis
Impostor syndrome
Learning disabilities (Dys)
Lubie
Melancholy
Mitral valve disorder
Multiple Complex Developmental Disorder
Neurosis
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Panic attack
Paranoia
Pathological demand avoidance syndrome
Phobias
Post traumatic stress disorder
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
Psychosis
Psychotic disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Seasonal affective disorder
Secondary Trauma
Social anxiety disorder
Stress
Tics
Trichotillomania
xyz_Chronic anxiety

Could 'one puff' of cannabis ease depression?

Apr 26, 2018 • 2 Likes • 2 comments

A new study sheds light on how different quantities of tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol — the psychoactive compounds in cannabis — affect levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. Researchers...

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Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Bariatric surgery successes lead to type 2 diabetes treatments

Apr 25, 2018

Bariatric surgery has long yielded almost immediate health benefits for patients with type 2 diabetes, and new findings on the reasons for remission may be the key to developing drug alternatives to...

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COPD

To vape or not to vape? Probably: Not to vape

Mar 28, 2018 • 4 comments

E-cigarettes appear to trigger unique immune responses as well as the same ones triggered by regular cigarettes, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic...

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Bladder cancer
Brain tumor
Breast cancer
Cancer
Cancer of the Pleura
Cancer of the vulva
Cervical cancer
Colon cancer
Colorectal cancer
Endocrine cancer
Endometrial cancer
Esophageal cancer
Gallbladder cancer
Gastric cancer
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Larynx cancer
Leiomyosarcoma
Liver cancer
Neuroendocrine liver cancer
Neuroendocrine tumor
Ovarian cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Prostate cancer
Small cell lung cancer
Testicular cancer
Thymus cancer
Thyroid Cancer

The Hidden Power Of Daffodils In The Fight Against Cancer

Mar 15, 2018

New research published in the journal Structure has found that a natural extract from daffodils has cancer-killing properties. It lays out the molecular mechanism by which the extract could trigger...

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House defeats ‘right-to-try’ legislation to allow expanded use of experimental drugs

Mar 15, 2018

In a major setback for Republicans, the House rejected “right-to-try” legislation Tuesday evening that would have allowed seriously ill patients to bypass the Food and Drug Administration to get...

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House defeats ‘right-to-try’ legislation to allow expanded use of experimental drugs

Mar 15, 2018

In a major setback for Republicans, the House rejected “right-to-try” legislation Tuesday evening that would have allowed seriously ill patients to bypass the Food and Drug Administration to get...

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Choriocarcinoma
Difficult pregnancy
Dysmenorrhea
Dyspareunia
Eclampsia
Endometriosis
Female hypogonadism
Fetal cytomegalovirus syndrome
Fibrocystic breast disease
Gestational diabetes
Hydatidiform mole
Hydramnios
Infertility
Internal endometriosis
Maternal hyperphenylalaninemia
Menopause
Menorrhagia
Miscarriage
MURCS association
Ovarian cyst
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Postpartum depression
Preeclampsia
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Uterine fibroma
Vulvodynia / Vestibulodynia
Vulvovaginal Atrophy
Women's health

Why 'Girls' Actor Lena Dunham Needed a Hysterectomy at 31

Mar 13, 2018 • 1 comment

Actress Lena Dunham has revealed that she recently underwent a hysterectomy to treat crippling pain from endometriosis. In an essay published in Vogue this week, Dunham (age 31) detailed her...

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Multiple sclerosis

Medical Cannabis Found to Safely Reduce Chronic Pain in Older Patients in Study

Mar 13, 2018

Medical cannabis was found to safely and significantly reduce chronic pain in older patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and a wide range of other conditions, researchers in Israel report. Led by...

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