Obesity Rates Fall in Four States – NBCNews.com

01. September 2016 Health, HIPAA 0
NBCNews.com Obesity Rates Fall in Four StatesNBCNews.comThere’s some good news about obesity in the U.S. for a change. Rates of obesity fell in four states last year: Minnesota, Montana, New York and Ohio, according to a report released Thursday. Colorado is the slimmest state, with just 20 percent of the …One-third of Pennsylvanians considered obesePhilly.comNew Report ...

Novartis bid to sell new biosimilar crimped by U.S. court battles – Business Insider

31. August 2016 Health, HIPAA 0
Business Insider Novartis bid to sell new biosimilar crimped by U.S. court battlesBusiness InsiderZURICH (Reuters) – Novartis has won U.S. approval for a copy of Amgen’s blockbuster arthritis drug Enbrel, but the Swiss drugmaker’s bid to muscle in on the medicine’s $4.7 billion in annual U.S. revenue remains blocked by court battles. Novartis’s …Novartis Just ...

Study Finds Increase in Temporary Paralysis Accompanied Zika Outbreaks – New York Times

31. August 2016 Health, HIPAA 0
New York Times Study Finds Increase in Temporary Paralysis Accompanied Zika OutbreaksNew York TimesZulay Balza, right, recovering from Guillain-Barre syndrome in February at a hospital in Colombia. Ms. Balza did not show symptoms of the Zika virus; only one in five infected people do. Credit Ricardo Mazalan/Associated Press. In seven countries that …Analysis highlights strong Zika-GBS ...

Mixing Opioids and Tranquilizers Can Be Deadly, FDA Warns – NBCNews.com

31. August 2016 Health, HIPAA 0
NBCNews.com Mixing Opioids and Tranquilizers Can Be Deadly, FDA WarnsNBCNews.comMore and more people have died from mixing strong painkillers with tranquilizers like Xanax, leading federal health officials to strengthen warnings against doing so. People who mix opioids with the sedatives can suffer from breathing problems, which …FDA orders stronger warnings about risk of using opioid ...

Why the Zika virus is causing alarm – The Indian Express

30. August 2016 Health, HIPAA 0
The Indian Express Why the Zika virus is causing alarmThe Indian ExpressZika is transmitted to people through the bite of infected female mosquitoes, primarily the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the same type that spreads dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever. By: AP Published:Aug 31, 2016, 8:43 … and more » Powered by WPeMatico

Ebola Lingers For More Than a Year in Semen – NBCNews.com

30. August 2016 Health, HIPAA 0
NBCNews.com Ebola Lingers For More Than a Year in SemenNBCNews.comThe Ebola virus can linger for a year or even longer in the semen of some men, researchers reported Tuesday. That means that Ebola survivors could be an important source for re-igniting outbreaks of the deadly virus, which killed more than 11,000 …Ebola stayed in the ...