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04/24/2014
Young and otherwise healthy patients with symptoms of heart attack, stroke, cardiomyopathy and cardiac arrhythmia are often regular marijuana users, they say.
Young and otherwise healthy patients with symptoms of heart attack, stroke, cardiomyopathy and cardiac arrhythmia are often regular marijuana users, they say.
Young and otherwise healthy...
04/24/2014
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09/21/2016
The cellphone app would quickly bring lifesaving medication to the rescue of a person in the throes of a potentially deadly overdose
The cellphone app would quickly bring lifesaving medication to the rescue of a person in the throes of a potentially deadly overdose
The cellphone app would quickly...
09/21/2016
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04/08/2014
Paraplegic patients are learning to move previously immobilized ankles, toes and knees while utilizing electrical stimulation to the spinal cord.
Paraplegic patients are learning to move previously immobilized ankles, toes and knees while utilizing electrical stimulation to the spinal cord.
Paraplegic patients are learning...
04/08/2014
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06/15/2016
New research suggests that between the years 2000 and 2013, the injuries sustained by victims of firearms violence grew both more severe and more deadly
New research suggests that between the years 2000 and 2013, the injuries sustained by victims of firearms violence grew both more severe and more deadly
New research suggests that...
06/15/2016
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04/04/2014
Making this product available for use beyond an ambulance or hospital could save lives by facilitating earlier use of the drug, an FDA official said.
Making this product available for use beyond an ambulance or hospital could save lives by facilitating earlier use of the drug, an FDA official said.
Making this product available...
04/04/2014
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04/23/2016
Suicide rates in the United States jumped 24% in the years between 1999 and 2014, says a new government report
Suicide rates in the United States jumped 24% in the years between 1999 and 2014, says a new government report
Suicide rates in the United...
04/23/2016
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01/28/2014
The study in the journal Pediatrics provides one of the most comprehensive recent efforts to tally the number of kids hurt nationally in gun-related incidents.
The study in the journal Pediatrics provides one of the most comprehensive recent efforts to tally the number of kids hurt nationally in gun-related incidents.
The study in the journal...
01/28/2014
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07/25/2015
In the 10-year period that ended with the Washington Navy Yard attack, 285 people died in such events. In the 13 years before that, 151 people perished in mass shootings.
In the 10-year period that ended with the Washington Navy Yard attack, 285 people died in such events. In the 13 years before that, 151 people perished in mass shootings.
In the 10-year period that ended...
07/25/2015
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12/13/2013
Dec. 12--The risk that an American male will commit violence with a firearm is no easy thing to measure, says a comprehensive new report issued on the eve of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting's first anniversary. If he is to...
Dec. 12--The risk that an American male will commit violence with a firearm is no easy thing to measure, says a comprehensive new report issued on the eve of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting's first anniversary. If he is to...
Dec. 12--The risk that an...
12/13/2013
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04/01/2015
A discovery melds medieval potion-making with modern pharmacology. In its crosshairs: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, better known as MRSA.
A discovery melds medieval potion-making with modern pharmacology. In its crosshairs: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, better known as MRSA.
A discovery melds medieval...
04/01/2015
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