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Counterfeit Machines Playing Critical Role In Getting Fake Pills To Americans
Tech Times - 18 Mar 2017 17:27
Counterfeit pill presses have been seized by the U.S. customs. The easy availability of fentanyl and counterfeit pill press machines made it easier to process pills.
Strep Throat Infection: Causes, Signs, Symptoms And Treatment
Tech Times - 18 Mar 2017 17:25
Strep throat is a common infection among children and causes sore and painful throat, along with high fever. This infection is highly infectious and can be transferred to anyone coming in contact with the infected person...
Colon Cancer: Symptoms You Should Not Ignore At All
Tech Times - 18 Mar 2017 14:33
Researchers have found that most people ignore symptoms that could be an indicator of colon or other forms of cancer. These symptoms may be a warning sign for cancer and early detection may save more lives.
Cannabis Can Help Cure Alzheimer's If Lawmakers Are Flexible: Experts
Tech Times - 18 Mar 2017 12:06
Researchers in the United States have expressed concern that despite the proven potential of cannabis to treat Alzheimer's disease, whose numbers and costs are spiraling, the federal regulators are blocking the opportuni...
African-Americans may receive different advice on statin therapy
EurekAlert! - 18 Mar 2017 06:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Study investigates whether modern statin guidelines accurately identify African American patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Guidelines differ on recommendations of statin treatment for African-Americans
EurekAlert! - 18 Mar 2017 06:00
(The JAMA Network Journals) Approximately 1 in 4 African-American individuals recommended for statin therapy under guidelines from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association are no longer recommended f...
High-risk pulmonary embolism patients often go without most effective treatments
EurekAlert! - 18 Mar 2017 06:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) In a new study presented today at the American College of Cardiology 66th Annual Scientific Session, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of P...
New blood thinner better at preventing recurrent blood clots than aspirin
EurekAlert! - 18 Mar 2017 06:00
(McMaster University) An international research team with prominent Canadian leadership has found that the blood thinner rivaroxaban is as safe as aspirin, and more effective at preventing recurrence of life-threatening ...
PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab not associated with decline in memory or cognitive function
EurekAlert! - 18 Mar 2017 06:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) New research led by the TIMI Study Group at Brigham and Women's Hospital in collaboration with Brown University and the University of Geneva reassuringly finds no association between the us...