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London man seems to be free of HIV in second such case

In Brown's case, he had leukaemia and was in need of bone-marrow transplants since his chemotherapy was failing him. Brown remains uninfected as far as sci...

States to Sue Over Trump Administration Abortion Rule

Title X is a federal grant program that provides individuals with "comprehensive family planning and related preventive health services", according to HHS . M...

Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan healthcare company to be called Haven

Atul Gawande said in a statement that the company wants "to change the way people experience healthcare so that it is simpler, better, and lower cost". He assum...

Province introduces legislation to overhaul health care system

The province says this is the template that will integrate and align health services, making the system more efficient. Changes to the Regional Health Authori...

Purdue Pharma Seeks Dismissal Of Opioid Lawsuits, Considering Filing For Bankruptcy

CT has a case against Purdue and the Sacklers. The state's suit ignores the idea "the opioid-abuse crisis is a complex, multi-factorial societal issue" that c...

Scientists Say HIV Has Been Cured in Second Patient Ever

Before Tuesday some researchers had posited a third theory: that it was the intense combination of radiation and chemotherapy ahead of the stem-cell transplant...

Good News For Chocolate Lovers! Cocoa Can Help Curb Fatigue; Here's How

None of the now available approaches offer long-term relief to MS patients from this hard-to-treat symptom, say the researchers. It further says that previous s...

Fitbit is strengthening its lineup with four new wearables

The Versa Lite can also display notifications for owners. Though it's a bit more expensive than the standard Inspire, it does offer features like 24/7 heart ra...

FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb Resigns After Pushing Through Drugs, Battling E-Cigs

A senior FDA official said his resignation had been planned for some time, and that he was leaving the Trump administration on amicable terms. Gottlieb, 46, h...

Nightstar Therapeutics (NITE) Rating Lowered to Neutral at Cantor Fitzgerald

Sell trades are looked for when the SMI rises above +40 and then falls back below +40. Through this figure traders can analyze that NITE show whether or not a s...

Minnesota Joins Lawsuit Over Trump Abortion Restrictions

The Trump administration's restrictions bar taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring patients to abortion providers, and from being housed in the ...

Do you know endorsements by vloggers increase kids' unhealthy food intake?

Even so, the results offer fresh evidence of how social media can negatively impact kids' eating habits, said Jennifer Harris of the Rudd Center for Food Poli...

Teen who got vaccinated against mom's wishes speaks to Congress

Anti-vaxxers were named a top health threat by World Health Organisation. He told lawmakers it's important "to inform people about how to find good information"...

'London patient' becomes HIV-free after transplant

He is the second known person to experience sustained remission from HIV; the first man, Timothy Ray Brown, was cured 12 years ago. There are now 37 million...

Second HIV Patient is in Remission, Cure May Be Discovered Soon

Does this mean HIV has been cured? Brown was only treated this way because his prospects were so dire otherwise. "Is that a cure?" The London patient said ...

Teen Who Defied Anti-Vaxx Mom To Testify Before Congress About Misinformation

In an interview with ABC News, Lindenberger said in February, "I definitely have received messages and have had people contact me who are in a similar situa...

Travel-related measles case confirmed in Toronto, others may have been exposed

Vinita Dubey said in an email. Symptoms of the infection can appear seven to 21 days after exposure. The Toronto Public Health confirmed in an email today to ...

FDA commissioner is stepping down

Scott Gottlieb, who has flitted between government and Big Pharma, took the helm of the FDA in May 2017. The FDA is an agency of the Department of Health and Hu...

Massive study debunks MMR jab-autism link

They found no increased risk of developing autism after getting the MMR vaccine, no clustering of autism cases in children who were given the vaccine, and no in...

20 states including Virginia aim to block Trump abortion rule

Opponents of the rule say it would shift millions of dollars from Planned Parenthood to faith-based family planning organizations. The rule imposes what a...

New Study Finds No Link Between MMR Vaccine, Autism

While the author of that paper, Andrew Wakefield, has been discredited and the original paper retracted, the myth that vaccines cause autism persists, even ...

Breakthrough: A Second HIV Patient Has Gone Into 'Long-Term' Remission

He later developed cancer and agreed to undergo a bone-marrow transplant for treatment. In the history of the HIV pandemic, only one patient had ever successf...

Second person in history reportedly cured of HIV

The patient has not been identified. Nearly three years after receiving bone marrow stem cells from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV infec...

20 states sue to block Trump abortion rule

Last month, the Trump administration announced the proposed rule change, which is expected to shift tens of millions of federal dollars away from Planned Pare...

Paulie the Polyp raises awareness for colon cancer

Over time, these polyps can develop into cancer. Colorectal cancer is a cancer affecting the large intestine and rectum. It was taken from a Brookside drivewa...

Lilly to sell cheaper version of top-selling insulin

Eli Lilly will continue selling the full-priced Humalog version. USA senators grilled the leaders of several major companies last week in a hearing about dru...

Why your weekend lie-ins can not make up for lost sleep

Study co-author Dr Kenneth Wright, of the University of Colorado, said: 'The key take-home message from this study is that ad libitum weekend recovery, or catc...

Unsafe flu strain overtakes H1N1 this season — CDC

At this time previous year, the rates of doctor visits and hospitalizations were finally starting to fall following a awful three months during which thousands ...

Sanofi 'strongly disagrees' with Philippines prosecutors over its dengue vaccine

However, it was suspended by the DOH the following year after Sanofi said the Dengvaxia can pose health risks if administered to people who had not been infecte...

After attacks, MSF suspends Ebola treatment in epicenter of Congo outbreak

The ETC was plunged into darkness after the electricity generator was disabled in the attack. Authorities are searching for the four missing patients confirme...