Military suicides jump to five-year high, with highest rate in Marines

Thu, 09/26/2019 - 19:50

usatoday.com - WASHINGTON – The rate of suicide among troops increased to its highest level in five years, according to a comprehensive report released Thursday by the Pentagon. The rate of suicide…

Category: World

Drugs used as puberty blockers in youth linked to thousands of adult deaths, FDA shows

Thu, 09/26/2019 - 19:27

christianpost.com - Drugs that are being used to halt puberty in gender-confused youth have been linked to thousands of adult deaths, government data show. The Food & Drug Administration has…

Category: Science

Puberty-blocking drugs used to treat gender dysphoria in kids linked to thousands of deaths

Thu, 09/26/2019 - 18:53

theblaze.com - Records kept by the Food and Drug Administration show that thousands of deaths are connected to a puberty-blocking drug that is being used to treat gender dysphoria in children,…

Category: Science

Stem cells of 56 child cancer patients lost at Children’s Hospital after freezer malfunction

Thu, 09/26/2019 - 17:46

latimes.com - A freezer malfunction at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles resulted in the loss of 56 children’s blood stem cells that were harvested at the beginning of each patient’s oncology therapy…

Category: Science

Federal Health Care Fraud Takedown in Northeastern U.S. Results in Charges Against 48 Individuals

Thu, 09/26/2019 - 14:31

justice.gov - The Justice Department today announced a coordinated health care fraud enforcement action across seven federal districts in the Northeastern United States, involving more than $800…

Category: Politics

Pete Buttigieg pushes a "better option" for health care aboard Iowa bus tour

Thu, 09/26/2019 - 14:01

cbsnews.com - South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg wraps up a campaign bus road trip Tuesday in Iowa that has been focused on touting his "Medicare for All Who Want It" policy across the caucus…

Category: Politics

Massachusetts temporarily bans the sale of vaping products

Thu, 09/26/2019 - 12:22

cbsnews.com - The governor of Massachusetts on Tuesday declared a public health emergency and ordered a four-month ban on the sale of vaping products in the state. Republican Governor Charlie Baker's…

Category: Health

Labour’s pledge to take on big pharma will save lives | Diarmaid McDonald

Thu, 09/26/2019 - 08:59

theguardian.com - Sixteen years ago I first saw the impact of pharmaceutical greed on people living with HIV in Tanzania. In order to maintain their profits, the companies that had developed…

Category: Business

Ustekinumab as Induction and Maintenance Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis | NEJM

Thu, 09/26/2019 - 08:23

nejm.org - The efficacy of ustekinumab, an antagonist of the p40 subunit of interleukin-12 and interleukin-23, as induction and maintenance therapy in patients with ulcerative colitis is unknown. We…

Category: Science

Biocon to reduce insulin prices to 10 cents per day

Thu, 09/26/2019 - 07:59

economictimes.indiatimes.com - Biocon plans to bring down the cost of insulin to 10 cents (roughly Rs 7) from the $ 5 (Rs 350) currently. “Biocon will make its recombinant human insulin available at…

Category: Science