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Bioethicist sees promise in home HIV test, but raises serious questions

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The FDA is considering whether to approve the use of an at-home HIV test. But, as a bioethicist points out, the test doesn't come with counseling for people who test positive or negative and it's only 93 percent accurate.
Published: 17 May, 2012 01:51:00
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Greek healthcare system struggling to cope under weight of budget cuts

Greek hospitals have been accused of threatening not to release babies after they're born, unless their parents pay the bill for the delivery. Others are accused of withholding birth certificates. All of this because the Greek budget crisis has eroded health insurance coverage and hospital budget cuts....
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Whooping cough epidemic reported in Washington State

Whooping cough is not a disease many Americans worry about. It's become extremely rare because of agressive vaccination efforts. But, now, for a variety of reasons, a new outbreak has emerged in Washington State, which has left doctors scrambling to contain it....
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More than 40 percent of Americans expected to be obese by 2030

New research suggests that some 40 percent of Americans will not just be overweight, but actually in the obese category within the next 20 years. That's unless we do something about it and Jen Petersen has ideas. But if that fails, more Americans will be dependent on Keith Davis and his Goliath Coffins in their death....
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FDA panel recommends approval of prophylactic use of HIV prevention drug

Truvada, long used to treat people already infected with HIV, may soon be available as another means of preventing initial HIV infection. That was the recommendation of an FDA advisory panel that has been looking into the idea....
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Extended periods of sitting can present major health risks, study finds

Heart disease is the leading killer of men and women in America. A recent culprit in a growing list of heart disease risk factors is the simple act of sitting. Even for people who regularly exercise, a day of sitting at the office can negate those active hours. ...
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Antibiotic use fuels drug resistant superbugs from India

Some of modern medicine’s most important drugs are losing their potency. Antibiotics are failing as disease-causing bacteria become resistant. It’s happening all over, but India may play an especially big role in fueling the problem....
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California community fuses traditional, western medicine to help Hmong immigrants

The Hmong community has been among the more resistant to western medicine since migrating to the United States over the last 60 to 70 years. Traditionally, they preferred the treatment of a Hmong shaman. But in California, there's an effort underway to bring the two types of medicine together....
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A new name for PTSD could reduce stigma among veterans

Thousands of American soldiers suffer from the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD, yet many of them don't seek help. Mental health professionals are hoping changing the name of PTSD will stamp out a stigma and encourage more veterans to request treatment....
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VIDEO: Junior Seau's death shines light on football's enduring injuries

With the apparent suicide of Junior Seau, some are beginning to look at possible causes for him to take his own life. Increasingly, they're coming back to his brain, and wondering if all those hits he delivered -- and received -- may have given him a brain disorder that led him to perhaps take his own life....
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