Tag: tuesday
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New insurance policy: Abandon ACA exchanges to avoid losses
Aetna became the latest health insurer to cast doubt upon its future in the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges after it called off a planned expansion Tuesday and suggested it could abandon that market completely.
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Mosquitoes suspected in 2 new mysterious Florida Zika cases
NEW YORK (AP) — Florida health officials are investigating two more mysterious cases of Zika infection that do not appear to be related to travel, bringing the total to four.
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Mosquitoes suspected in 2 new mysterious Florida Zika cases
NEW YORK (AP) — Florida health officials are investigating two more mysterious cases of Zika infection that do not appear to be related to travel, bringing the total to four.
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Mosquitoes suspected in 2 new mysterious Florida Zika cases
NEW YORK (AP) — Florida health officials are investigating two more mysterious cases of Zika infection that do not appear to be related to travel, bringing the total to four.
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Mosquitoes suspected in 2 new mysterious Florida Zika cases
NEW YORK (AP) — Florida health officials are investigating two more mysterious cases of Zika infection that do not appear to be related to travel, bringing the total to four.
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Lack of exercise costs world $67.5 bln and 5 million lives a year
* Physical inactivity linked to 5 million deaths a year * Sitting for eight hours or more raises mortality risk * Experts say at least an hour a day of exercise is ideal By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) – A study of one million people has found that physical…
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Utah Zika case raising new questions about how virus spreads
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The case of a Utah man who contracted the Zika virus after caring for his infected father raised new questions for health experts who said Tuesday that the investigation could guide new research into the way the disease spreads.
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Zafgen to scrap lead obesity drug, shares slide
(Reuters) – Zafgen Inc said it was suspending the development of its lead obesity drug, beloranib, more than six months after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked the company to halt all tests on the drug following the death of two patients. Zafgen’s shares tumbled more than 40 percent in extended trading on Tuesday…
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Surgeon general calls for greater investment in opioid fight
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Tuesday called for more government investment in addressing the nation's opioid epidemic, saying only half of the 2 million people who need treatment for addictions have access to it.
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Second study this week links whole grains with long life
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Bumping up whole grain intake even slightly may lower the risk of death from heart disease, cancer and other chronic diseases, according to review published Tuesday in The BMJ. The new report echoes a study released Monday in the journal Circulation in which every additional serving of whole grains…