Avian influenza expert raises concerns as USDA stockpiles vaccines
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West Lafayette, Indiana - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is creating a stockpile of avian influenza vaccines, but an expert suggests careful consideration of the strategy and cautions that the strain of the next outbreak is unknown.
CDPH Offers Food Safety Tips for the Holidays
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Sacramento, California - With the holiday season upon us, California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Public Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith today remindedconsumers about the importance of safe food handling to prevent foodborne illness.
FDA approves Opdivo to treat advanced form of kidney cancer
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Opdivo (nivolumab) to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) renal cell carcinoma, a form of kidney cancer, who have received a certain type of prior therapy.
Social and practical barriers keep heart failure patients from benefits of exercise therapy
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Dallas, Texas - Although supervised aerobic physical activity is a proven therapy for heart failure patients, lack of social support and practical barriers such as lack of transportation, keep many patients from benefitting from cardiac rehab programs, according to new research in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal.
How to eliminate pain associated with tooth decay
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Los Angeles, California - Dual discoveries at USC propose a promising method to regrow nonliving hard tissue, lessening or even eliminating pain associated with tooth decay, which the National Institutes of Health calls the most prevalent chronic disease.
Moderate coffee drinking may be linked to reduced risk of death
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Dallas, Texas - Drinking a second or third cup of coffee may do more than get you through a long day, it may also reduce your risk of death from heart disease and other illnesses.
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