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WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- The largest study of its kind finds that stroke patients benefit from a clot-busting drug even six hours after a stroke, suggesting that the current recommended 4.5-hour limit could be expanded.
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WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday voted against a new use of a new blood thinner, Xarelto, to cut the risk of potentially lethal clots in people with acute coronary syndrome.
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When you think of mobile gaming, you probably imagine a game of Cut the Rope or Angry Birds -- tapping, flicking, touching your device's capacitive screen. But now there's a new way to play: with your mind, using the Mindwave Mobile headset.
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The World Health Organization is expected launch an emergency action plan to eradicate polio after outbreaks in areas previously said to be free of the disease.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Sanofi-Aventis plans to begin testing a novel compound that is designed to starve liver cancer to death in a phase one human clinical trial in China and possibly South Korea in 2013. The compound, called slit-trap, was developed by its Chinese collaborator,...(more)
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An intrauterine device can prevent unwanted pregnancy up to 20 times better than birth control pills, patches and vaginal rings, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine.
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WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Many older Americans take calcium supplements to prevent bone loss, but they may be significantly increasing their risk for a heart attack, a new study suggests.
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“With its year-round green landscape and hills and strong folklore, it was the perfect destination to show my American husband the south of Chile, my native country.”
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The founders of one of the site’s new channels spoke about the challenges of online programming and why they think home design shows will always be popular.
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Member states of the WHO, meeting in Geneva, are expected to declare polio a global public health emergency, and will launch one last push to finally eradicate the disease.
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The midwife Ina May Gaskin wins her clients' trust in a way that has become nearly impossible for most health care providers.
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People who take calcium supplements could be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, according to researchers in Germany.
