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Protect against carbon monoxide as researchers hunt antidote

Thursday, 22 December 2016, 14:01 Last update: about 8 years ago

Scientists are on the trail of a potential antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning, an injected "scavenger" that promises to trap and remove the gas from blood within minutes. It's very early-stage...

Many smartphone health apps don't flag danger, says review

Wednesday, 21 December 2016, 14:01 Last update: about 8 years ago

Don't count on smartphone health apps in an emergency: A review shows many don't warn when you're in danger. The study published Monday in the journal Health Affairs found problems even...

Goals missed on obesity, food poisoning, despite gov't push

Tuesday, 20 December 2016, 14:00 Last update: about 8 years ago

Progress in the U.S. against obesity, food poisoning, and infections spread in hospitals has been uneven and disappointing, despite dedicated efforts to fight these health threats by the nation's top...

Science panel urges rewrite of food allergy warning labels

Friday, 9 December 2016, 15:20 Last update: about 8 years ago

"Made in the same factory as peanuts." ''May contain traces of tree nuts." A new report says the hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain a troublesome ingredient is confusing to...

'Magic mushroom' psychedelic may ease anxiety, depression

Thursday, 8 December 2016, 15:19 Last update: about 8 years ago

The psychedelic drug in "magic mushrooms" can quickly and effectively help treat anxiety and depression in cancer patients, an effect that may last for months, two small studies show. It worked...

Drug epidemic stalls HIV decline in whites who shoot up

Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 15:19 Last update: about 8 years ago

The long decline in HIV infections among white people who inject drugs has stalled, another grim side effect of the nation's drug abuse epidemic. Health officials released the news Tuesday, as...

An Alzheimer's drug fails, but many others still in testing

Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 15:17 Last update: about 8 years ago

Another major Alzheimer's drug study has failed, leaving patients and families wondering if there ever will be a treatment to slow or reverse the most common form of dementia, which afflicts more than...

Weed is winning, but the train could still go off the tracks

Saturday, 3 December 2016, 14:37 Last update: about 8 years ago

Weed is winning in the polls, with a solid majority of Americans saying marijuana should be legal. But does that mean the federal government will let dozens of state pot experiments play out? Not by a...

Death toll from Australia's asthma reaches 8

Thursday, 1 December 2016, 14:31 Last update: about 8 years ago

More than a week after a rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma struck Australia's second-largest city the death toll has risen to eight with one other person on life support, officials said on...

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