(Reuters Health) – Vitamin D supplementation may not improve bone density or prevent fractures and falls in adults, a large new analysis suggests. After combining data from 81 randomized controlled trials, researchers found no bone benefits from supplementing the vitamin, according to the report in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. […]
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You may have heard that typing on a computer all day can cause carpal tunnel syndrome, but a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Thursday shows there are far more jobs that put workers at risk for the condition. Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is […]
The Mormon church joined lawmakers, the governor and advocates to back a deal Thursday that would legalize medical marijuana in conservative Utah after months of fierce debate. The compromise comes as people prepare to vote in November on an insurgent medical marijuana ballot initiative that held its ground despite opposition […]
(Reuters Health) – A years-long HIV outbreak among intravenous (IV) drug users in Indiana might have been avoided if the state’s top medical and political leaders had acted sooner on early warnings that the virus was spreading, a recent study suggests. From 2011 to 2014, Scott County, Indiana, was the […]
At least 57 people in 16 states have been reported with Salmonella infections after consuming some of the more than 6.5 million pounds of contaminated beef produced by an Arizona company, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Services said. Over the past few months, several outbreaks of […]
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An Arizona-based company is recalling more than 6.5 million pounds of raw beef that may be contaminated with salmonella — after 57 people in 16 states have gotten sick, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Thursday. The raw beef items from JBS Tolleson, Inc., […]
(Reuters) – Roche said on Thursday U.S. regulators approved its hemophilia A drug Hemlibra, expanding its use in nearly all patients, as the Swiss drugmaker pushes deeper into diseases beyond cancer to replace revenue from older, patent-expired drugs. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen at its […]