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Untreated Sleep Apnea Puts Your Heart at High Risk

Untreated Sleep Apnea Puts Your Heart at High Risk

Latest Sleep News MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 30 million Americans have a chronic health problem that more than doubles their risk of death due to heart disease. The culprit is obstructive sleep apnea, a disease in which the upper airway collapses during sleep, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine […]

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Bedside ‘Sitters’ May Not Prevent Hospital Falls

Bedside ‘Sitters’ May Not Prevent Hospital Falls

Latest Senior Health News By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Many hospitals use bedside “sitters” to protect patients from falling, but a new review finds little evidence the tactic works. However, researchers said the problem is a lack of rigorous studies — and not proof that bedside sitters are ineffective. […]

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Cladribine Oral Tablets (10mg) for Multiple Sclerosis

Cladribine Oral Tablets (10mg) for Multiple Sclerosis

What are cladribine tablets, and what are they used for? The cladribine 10mg tablet is a prescription medicine used to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), to include relapsing-remitting disease and active secondary progressive disease, in adults. Because of its safety profile, oral cladribine is generally used in people who have tried another MS […]

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As Health Experts Fear Possible Pandemic, 2nd Death Reported Outside China

As Health Experts Fear Possible Pandemic, 2nd Death Reported Outside China

Latest Infectious Disease News TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) — While health experts fear that the coronavirus outbreak in China will become a pandemic as infections topped 20,600 worldwide, the second death outside China was reported in Hong Kong on Tuesday. On Monday, U.S. officials reported three more cases in California, bringing the total […]

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AHA News: Millions Are Learning to Live With Heart Failure

AHA News: Millions Are Learning to Live With Heart Failure

Latest Heart News MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — It was almost six years to the day after Aimee Rodriguez-Zepeda completed her chemotherapy that doctors listened to her heart and gave her the bad news. “I was exhausted,” she said. “They found my heart was only working at 20% capacity.” Her condition […]

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Meat Still Isn’t Healthy, Study Confirms

Meat Still Isn’t Healthy, Study Confirms

Latest Heart News By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — After a weekend of football-shaped pigs-in-a-blanket, you probably don’t want to hear that the latest study on red and processed meat found that these foods boost your risk of heart and blood vessel disease. The study also found that meat ups […]

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HIV Drug Costs Soaring, Jeopardizing Effort to End Epidemic

HIV Drug Costs Soaring, Jeopardizing Effort to End Epidemic

Latest HIV News By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government aims to end the HIV epidemic by 2030, but skyrocketing medication costs may make that a pipe dream, a new study suggests. Since 2012, the cost of antiviral treatment for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has jumped […]

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Medicare Could Save Billions If Allowed to Negotiate Insulin Prices

Medicare Could Save Billions If Allowed to Negotiate Insulin Prices

Latest Diabetes News By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) — If you don’t need insulin, you probably haven’t paid much attention to its skyrocketing cost, but new research shows that exorbitant drug pricing eventually affects everyone. The study found that in 2017, Medicare spent nearly $8 billion on insulin. The researchers […]