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    Red carpet treatment for UFC on Fox: List of celebs revealed

    The Fox folks made it a point that the UFC's debut with the network was going to be treated like a big movie/television premiere complete with a Red Carpet entrance at Anaheim's Honda Center. The celebrities will start entering the arena at 4 p.m. PT. Fans are welcome. The Fox family of...
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    Results From First Large Scale Study On Treatment Of Prescription Opioid Addiction

    People addicted to prescription painkillers reduce their opioid abuse when given sustained treatment with the medication buprenorphine plus naloxone (Suboxone), according to research published in Archives of General Psychiatry and conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of...
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    All-Oral Treatment Regimen Of Bristol-Myers Squibb's Investigational NS5A And NS3 Inh

    Results add to data suggesting that SVR can be achieved with the combination of daclatasvir (BMS-790052) and asunaprevir (BMS-650032) in HCV genotype 1b patients Study expanded to include alfa/RBV ineligible or intolerant patients Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced results from...
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    Improved Diagnosis, Treatment Of Coronary Artery Disease Expected Using Combined Arte

    A new device that combines two microimaging technologies can reveal both the detailed anatomy of arterial linings and biological activities that, in coronary arteries, could indicate the risk of heart attacks or the formation of clots in arterial stents... More...
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    Effectiveness And Safety Of New Treatment For Hemophilia Confirmed By Tulane-Led Stud

    An international research team led by Dr. Cindy Leissinger of Tulane University School of Medicine, along with Dr. Alessandro Gringeri from the University of Milan, has found that a drug commonly used to treat bleeding events in people with a type of severe hemophilia can also be used to prevent...
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    New Hope For Sickle Cell Disease Treatment

    A new mouse study, published in this week's early online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, appears to have discovered a way to trigger production of red blood cells, raising hope of a potential new treatment for preventing the painful episodes and organ damage often...
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    Wart Treatment Compound May Treat Leukemia Effectively

    Researchers have developed a new potential leukemia therapy that specifically targets cancerous cells, without attacking healthy cells. At present the majority of chemotherapy treatments attack both cancer cells and healthy cells, causing considerable adverse effects, such as depression...
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    Eating Disorder Treatment?

    I live in Mississippi, and so far have tried 3 different inpatient treatment centers. None of them even knew how to deal with eating disorders. I have suffered from anorexia for over 5 years and just want it to go away. I have tried therapy, self-help, everything...nothing seems to work. I know...
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    Enzyme Controlling Cell Death Paves Way For Treatment Of Brain Damage In Newborns

    Brain damage due to birth asphyxia where the brain is starved of oxygen around the time of delivery is normally treated by cooling the infant, but this only helps one baby in nine. New research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, could now pave the way for new...
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    Due To Safety Concerns, NIH Stops One Treatment Arm Of IPF Trial; Other Two Treatment

    The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has stopped one arm of a three arm multi-center, clinical trial studying treatments for the lung-scarring disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) for safety concerns. The trial found that people...
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    Video Games Used In New Treatment That May Fix 'Lazy Eye' In Older Children

    A new study conducted in an eye clinic in India found that correction of amblyopia, also called "lazy eye," can be achieved in many older children, if they stick to a regimen that includes playing video games along with standard amblyopia treatment. At the 115th Annual Meeting of the American...
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    Link Between Delayed Pediatric Appendicitis Treatment And Complications, Mortality

    An in-hospital delay of appendicitis treatment beyond two days was linked to an increased likelihood of complications, including perforation and abscess formation; longer hospitalization; increased costs; and more rarely, death, according an abstract presented Saturday, Oct. 15 at the American...
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    Ages For Diagnosis And Treatment Of ADHD In Children Expanded By AAP

    Updated guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offer new information on diagnosing and treating Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in younger children and in adolescents. Emerging evidence makes it possible to diagnose and manage ADHD in children from ages 4 to 18...
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    Advanced Genetic Test Influences Medical Treatment, Reports Genetics In Medicine

    Chromosomal microarray (CMA) a powerful test for diagnosing the genetic abnormalities causing some types of developmental delay and birth defects can be used in an evidence-based manner to provide important information for patient treatment, according to a pair of studies in the September issue...
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    I applied Bob Martins Spot On flea treatment to my cats.....?

    It didn't work and I have since learnt that Bob Martins can be dangerous. So I now want to apply Front line. How long do I wait before I can safely apply it again ?
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    A Noninvasive Deep Brain Treatment For Essential Tremor?

    In a presentation at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons today, University of Virginia neurosurgeon W. Jeffrey Elias, MD reported that preliminary results of a pilot clinical trial indicate that MR-guided focused ultrasound has the potential to safely and effectively control essential tremor...
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    Retinitis Pigmentosa Treatment Using Cell-Specific Mechanism-Based Gene Therapy Appro

    In a paper published in the October 2011 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine, a team of researchers at Columbia University Medical Center led by Stephen Tsang, MD, Ph.D have achieved temporary functional preservation of photoreceptors in a mouse model for retinitis pigmentosa (RP) using...
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    Reducing Blood Clots After Hip And Knee Replacement: New Clinical Treatment Guideline

    An updated clinical practice guideline released by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors recommends how to reduce the likelihood of blood clots after hip or knee replacement surgery, procedures that more than 800,000 Americans undergo each year. The new guideline...
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    Diabetes Treatment For Dogs

    Diabetes affects not only humans but also animals. While humans generally show some willingness to modify their behaviour to help their treatment, pet owners face additional problems in that animals generally do not understand the need for intervention. Treatment plans should be based on an...
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    REMICADE® Receives FDA Approval As First Biologic Treatment For Pediatric Ulcerative

    Janssen Biotech, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved REMICADE® (infliximab) for the treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) in pediatric patients who have had an inadequate response to conventional therapy. This marks the...
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