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Caffeine to inhale hits market
Worcester Telegram
Students try free samples of AeroShot, an inhalable caffeine packed in a lipstick-sized canister, on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston. Harvard University engineering professor David Edwards, created AeroShot, which went on the market in ...
Getting Caffeine Fix Through Your Nose?First Coast News
Inhalable caffeine a cheap buzz, but may have risksmsnbc.com
AeroShot caffeine inhalers: The next club drug?CBS News

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The government loses the first of a series of votes in the House of Lords on its controversial plans to overhaul the NHS in England.

CBC.ca
Depressed children targeted by bullies
CBC.ca
Children who cry easily and show other signs of depression are more likely to be bullied, but researchers suggest the depression may not necessarily be caused bullying. People often assume that being bullied leads to psychological problems such as ...
Are depressed kids bully magnets?CNN
Depression Leads to BullyingdailyRx
New study: Adolescents suffering from depression more likely to be bulliedMedical Xpress
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A severely disabled man with "locked-in syndrome" has urged a judge not to decide to halt his High Court action to let a doctor end his life.

More than half of doctors surveyed told patients an untruth and 20 percent didn't report a medical mistake, new research finds.

Study finds that, when offered, many restaurant patrons choose to consume less food and fewer calories.

WIVB
Doctors' Honesty Put to the Test
WebMD
By Kathleen Doheny Maybe not, according to a survey on doctor honesty. More than 1800 doctors nationwide answered anonymously. "Fifty-five percent said in the last year they described a patient's prognosis in a more positive way than was warranted," ...
Study finds MDs not always honest with patientsSan Francisco Chronicle
Doctors Not Always Open, Honest With Patients, Survey FindsWBUR

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Truckloads of alcohol wipes, tankers of bulk liquids and cartons of chemicals have been hauled to secure landfills and waste disposal centers as a Wisconsin medical products supplier works to recover from a year-long contamination scandal blamed for illness and death.

Daily Mail
Le Roy High School: Could chemical spill from 1970 train crash be cause of ...
Daily Mail
By Rachel Quigley As the Tourette's-like illness continues to plague Le Roy school and baffle health experts, questions are now arising around the cleanup of a 40-year-old chemical spill that contaminated some of the local water supply.
It Could Just Be Stress: The Teens of LeRoy and Conversion DisorderThe Atlantic
Is Social Media Fueling A Twitching Disorder?Here And Now
LeRoy Mystery Illness Symptoms May Be Spreading Through Social MediaHuffington Post
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BBC News
Lab-Made Neurons Allow Scientists To Study A Genetic Cause Of Parkinson's
Medical News Today
By reverse engineering human skin cells to become induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and then coaxing them to become neural dopamine cells, scientists in the US have developed a way to study a genetic cause of Parkinson's disease in lab-made ...
Parkinson's disease: Study of live human neurons reveals the disease's genetic ...PhysOrg.com
Genetic Parkinson's disease brain cells made in labBBC News
Science and Parkinson MutationsPrensa Latina
allvoices -Medical Daily -Doctors Lounge
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Daily Mail
Which foods contribute most to our sodium intake?
Washington Post
About 90 percent of Americans have a diet that contains too much sodium, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here are the 10 categories of food the CDC says account for much of our sodium consumption.
CDC Seeks Salt SolutionGoozNew
Americans getting too much sodium, but not from salty snacksCBS News
CDC: Bread beats out chips as biggest salt sourceUSA TODAY
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USA TODAY
Boehner: Obama birth control mandate 'will not stand'
USA TODAY
By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY Updated at 2:31 pm: President Obama takes religious concerns about his administration's policy on health coverage for contraception "very seriously" but won't back down from his insistence that all women have equal access, ...
US Republicans: Obama attacking religionAFP
GOP vows to reverse Obama birth control policyAtlanta Journal Constitution
Boehner calls for law to stop US contraception ruleBBC News
Nashua Telegraph
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Scientific American
Gene Therapy Improves Vision in Second Eye of 3 Adults
Medscape
February 8, 2012 — Three adults whose vision improved after gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis type 2 (LCA2) in the worse eyes have progressed further after receiving gene therapy in their second eyes, according to a report published online ...
Blindness-Busting Gene Therapy Works in Second Eye, Study FindsSan Francisco Chronicle
Gene therapy 'gave me sight back'BBC News
New advance in gene therapy for blindnessAFP
Bloomberg -U.S. News & World Report
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Three US citizens who lost their sight in childhood have reported a dramatic improvement in vision after having gene therapy in both eyes.

The Guardian
Drinking soda raises risk for asthma, COPD: Study
CBS News
(CBS) Soda drinkers can't seem to catch a break these days. A new study suggests drinking soda might raise the risk for respiratory diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For the study, published in the Feb.
Respiratory Problems Linked To Soda IntakeMedical News Today
Soda Consumption Linked To Asthma, COPD, Study SaysHuffington Post
Soft Drinks May Raise Odds for Respiratory Ills: StudyHealth.com
MedPage Today -Nursing Times -The Guardian
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The Susan G. Komen for the Cure charity defines its mission as finding a cure for breast cancer. In recent years, however, it has cut by nearly half the proportion of fund-raising dollars it spends on grants to scientists working to understand the causes and develop effective new treatments for the disease.

Telegraph.co.uk
Vending machine dispenses emergency contraception
CNN International
By Julie Cannold, CNN (CNN) -- Vending machine offerings at a Pennsylvania university are expanding beyond the world of junk food and into the world of contraception. Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania now offers the emergency contraceptive Plan B ...
Morning-After Pill Offered In Vending MachineNBC Montana
College vending machine dispenses 'morning-after' pillmsnbc.com
Pennsylvania College Sells 'Morning After' Pills in Vending MachineTIME
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Study finds that Americancs have experienced a decline in their blood levels of trans fat, which could mean a decreased risk of heart disease.

Politico
Urgent action needed to retain health insurance agent commissions!
IFAwebnews.com
By Tony Ondrusek As a direct result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) – also known as ObamaCare – health insurance agent and broker commissions have been slashed by as much as 50%. Agencies have been forced to lay off employees, ...
Health reform law saves $2.1 billion for 3.6 million Americans with MedicareCrossville Chronicle
Medical Debt Toll in California Highlights Need for Affordable Health CareeMaxHealth
Constitutional fairy tales and the Affordable Care ActPolitico
Los Angeles Times -Salt Lake Tribune -California Healthline
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FDA warns that people taking drugs that suppress stomach acid production may be at an increased risk for intestinal bacteria infections.