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Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of the PicoAMH Elisa diagnostic test as an aid in the determination of a patient’s menopausal status.
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Washington, DC - Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced $293 million in awards to primary health care clinicians and students through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and Nurse Corps programs.
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Washington, DC - Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Update on Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in the United States:
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Washington, DC - An unhealthy population of microbes in the mouth triggers specialized immune cells that inflame and destroy tissues, leading to the type of bone loss associated with a severe form of gum disease, according to a new study in mice and humans. The research, led by scientists from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, could have implications for new treatment approaches for the condition. The findings appear online Oct. 17, 2018, in Science Translational Medicine.
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Atlanta, Georgia - New research shows obesity may be contributing to increasing rates of colorectal cancer among younger Americans. A study published October 11, 2018 in JAMA Oncology tracked the health of more than 85,000 women for 22 years and found the higher a woman’s body mass index (BMI), the greater her risk of developing colorectal cancer before age 50.
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Dallas, Texas - Hispanic infants with critical types of congenital heart disease have worse outcomes in their first year than do their non-Hispanic white counterparts, a difference largely driven by their mother’s level of education and type of insurance coverage, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
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