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by Maggie Fox, NBC News
The new MERS virus, which has infected 64 people and killed 38 of them, is mostly spread in hospitals and it will take special care to prevent bigger outbreaks, experts reported on Wednesday.An investigation into the outbreak in Saudi Arabia showed 21 people were infected as patients who unknowingly went from one clinic to another, spreading the virus. It can spread quickly in the hospital if stri...
 
Posted today at 12:34pm
by JoNel Aleccia
Infections with the human papillomavirus tied to cervical cancer fell by more than half in U.S. teen girls after the HPV vaccine was introduced in 2006, despite high-profile controversy -- and low rates of uptake, a new study shows. Government health officials said Wednesday that the new data should encourage wider acceptance of the vaccine, which became a lighting rod for political controversy al...
 
Posted today at 12:17pm
by Maggie Fox
The American Medical Association officially designated obesity as a disease on Tuesday a disease that requires medical treatment and prevention.The organization doesnt have any kind of official say in the matter, but its influential nonetheless, and the vote of the AMAs policy-making House of Delegates is one more step in the evolution of social attitudes towards obesity.Recognizing obesity ...
 
Posted today at 12:17pm
by JoNel Aleccia
The Food and Drug Administration has backed away from new rules requiring doctors to treat human stool as an unapproved drug, meaning fecal transplants used to treat life-threatening gut infections can continue as planned in the U.S.FDA officials said this week that the agency will not enforce new requirements to obtain investigational new drug applications, or INDs, before doctors can perform the...
 
Posted today at 10:26am
by Madelyn Fernstrom
Still sleepy after your third cup of coffee this morning? A new fad promises to give your daily cup of joe an extra kick of energy while helping you lose weight with the addition of a surprising ingredient: butter.Thats the idea behind Bulletproof coffee, a trend thats gaining popularity among those who follow the paleo diet, a caveman-type eating style that means consuming mostly anima...
 
Posted today at 4:12am
by Linda Carroll
Over the past decade the number of births involving surrogacy with donor eggs and sperm has surged. What, experts wondered, does this mean for the mental and emotional health of the growing number of kids who may or may not know the truth about their distinctive origins? A team of British researchers, led by Susan Golombok, a professor of family research and director of the Centre for Family R...
 
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Posted yesterday at 4:36pm
by Meghan Holohan
When asked a question about fair pay for women during the Miss USA competition last night, Miss Utah, 21-year-old Marissa Powell, did what happens to so many of us in less glamorous situations. She totally blanked. And then said: I think we can relate this back to education and how we are continuing to try to strive to figure out how to create jobs right now. Thats the biggest problem and I thin...
 
Posted yesterday at 1:15pm
by Maggie Fox, NBC News
Fat Zero sounds like a safe, natural product, containing bee pollen and other ingredients like green tea and lotus seed. But it also contains sibutramine, a prescription diet drug that was so dangerous its been pulled off the U.S. market, the Food and Drug Administration says.The FDA issued warnings about a batch of similar slimming products all claiming to be natural, and all containing not on...
 
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