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Historic Win For Tseng
Yani Tseng wins 4th Major, makes history
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NovaSom completes M equity financing led by Safeguard Scientifics
NovaSom, Inc., the market leader in technology-driven, payer-aligned cost-saving solutions for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) management, today announced it has closed million in equity financing.
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Methadone Clinic Causes Controversy
Tonight people in one community in New Jersey say they are very concerned about a methadone clinic that opened up in their neighborhood. The clinic has every legal right to operate there. But residents say it’s too close to their homes and families. Christine Persichette reports.
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Sec. Kathleen Sebelius: 30 Years of HIV/AIDS
On June 5, 1981, a bombshell quietly exploded in America. On that day, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report…
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Features Of Bacteria That Caused Epidemic E. Coli In Europe Revealed By Genomics Analysis
An outbreak of E. coli infection was detected in Germany about two weeks ago. Health authorities say that over 1500 people have become infected and 17 have died so far. Cases of E. coli infection have been reported in several other European countries, including the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, France, Norway, Spain and Switzerland…
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Dying monkeys: A clue to AIDS
First published on March 06, 1983. Pathologists here at the New England Regional Primate Research Center are bewildered by all the deaths. Something is killing their monkeys, and they have no idea what it is or how to stop it.
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UNAIDS urges increased funding for early treatment of people with HIV
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations AIDS agency on Friday urged increased funding for early treatment of people with HIV following a new international study showing it could dramatically reduce the number of new infections through sexual transmission. UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe said pushing for early treatment “is at the top of the agenda” following the striking results of an …
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The consumer country: Millions of Russian addicts face HIV
Sitting right on the route that heroin takes as it makes its way from the Afghan poppy fields to the markets of Europe, Russia has long been blighted by the continent’s worst heroin epidemic, with unofficial estimates claiming there could be as many as 2 million people injecting the drug in the country.
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The Epidemic of Attention Deficit Disorder: Real or Fad?
Attention Deficit Disorder is now 2 or 2 times more common than it was just 20 years ago. A recent study reported that a whopping 10% of kids in the general population would qualify for the diagnosis. There has also been an incredible explosion in the use of medication in treating it.
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Cancer Drug Use and Spending to Rise Sharply by 2013
ORLANDO, Fla., May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Expensive new cancer drugs treating increasing numbers of patients could drive cancer drug spending by as much as 15 percent a year through 2013. At this accelerated rate, oncology drugs will likely rise to the second or third largest trend-driving category by 2015, following only diabetes and central nervous system (CNS) treatments, according to the …
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Prescription Pill Theft at CVS Pharmacy
Prescription drug abusers will do just about anything to get their hands on medications. For one Lake City man, police say it meant stealing from a CVS pharmacy while on the job. Whether the pills are used for a personal addiction, resell on the streets, or both, it’s a growing epidemic that’s n . . .
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