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I’ve often thought that when you turn 18, someone should hand you a “user’s guide” for peak human health — a document that would teach us the basics we need to know for staying healthy and productive. There have been attempts at a health-oriented user’s guide

With one human papillomavirus vaccine on the market and another on the way, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the FDA have several factors to consider in determining whether to extend the vaccine’s use to boys and men. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory Panel meet today, September 16, to review the data on Xiaflex and its use for Dupytren’s Disease. The panel of outside experts voted 12-0 in favor of Xiaflex. Dupuytren’s contracture is an abnormal thickening of tough tissue (fibrous layer)

When Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) scientists disabled a specific protein in mice that were genetically prone to develop ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), they expected — based on previous work — to hasten the onset of the paralyzing, lethal disorder. What they found was the

The New Mexico Department of Health announced that a 51 yearold woman from Lea County was confirmed with West Nile Virus. She was hospitalized with the less severe form of the disease and is now home recovering. Four horses have also tested positive for West Nile Virus, one from the Roswell area

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced additional findings of West Nile Virus (WNV) and eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in multiple mosquito samples from various parts of the state. In the past week, WNV has been found in mosquito samples from Amesbury, Shrewsbury and

Dallas County Health and Human Services has confirmed the county’s seventh human case of West Nile virus for the 2009 season. The patient, who lives in Dallas (75229), was diagnosed with West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease and is recovering at a local healthcare facility. For medical

Multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been labeled a “superbug.” There is the hospital acquired MRSA and community acquired MRSA. Now it seems that a new source is public beaches. This news was presented by University of Washington researchers Saturday at the Interscience

This is an article about the disease economy. That’s a term I coined because I could find no other existing term to describe what I’m observing in our economy today. I call it the disease economy because such a huge percentage of the economic activity and economic growth I see in this

This is an article about the disease economy. That’s a term I coined because I could find no other existing term to describe what I’m observing in our economy today. I call it the disease economy because such a huge percentage of the economic activity and economic growth I see in this