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- Report: 20-Somethings Can Go 2 Years Between Cervical Cancer Tests
New medical guidelines are calling for fewer Pap smears for most women in their 20s.
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- FDA Panel Backs Stronger Benefits Of Spiriva
Federal health experts say an inhaler drug from a German drugmaker works well enough to carry bolder claims about reducing coughing, wheezing and other respiratory problems.
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- Task Force Doctor Stands By Mammogram Advice
A member of the panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion is defending the task force's report.
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- Wichita Named Top Salad City
Hold the steak. A study by the world's largest producer of fresh fruits and vegetables suggests that Wichita residents may actually prefer salad.
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- FDA Panel Backs Pfizer's Enhanced Vaccine For Kids
Federal health experts say an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine is safe and effective for infants and toddlers, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.
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- HHS Secretary Says Mammograms Still Vital
Sebelius called mammograms "an important lifesaving tool." She said women should "keep doing what you have been doing for years."
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- Study: CT Scans Rule Out Heart Attacks Faster
A new study suggests that a type of "super X-ray" can give a faster, cheaper way to tell whether a chest pain sufferer is really having a heart attack.
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- Medtronic Responds To FDA Warning On Heart Implant Unit
Medtronic says it is responding to a warning letter it received from the Food and Drug Administration about procedures at the Minnesota headquarters of its heart implants division.
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- Santas Lobby For H1N1 Flu Vaccine
Never mind flying, steep roofs and shinnying down chimneys, some Santas are worried about catching H1N1 flu from kids.
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- Vaccines On Horizon For AIDS, Alzheimer's, Herpes
Vaccines, once relegated to back burner status at pharmaceutical companies, are starting to become big business for ailing drugmakers.
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- FDA Says Prilosec Can Block Benefits Of Plavix
Federal health officials say a popular heartburn medication can block the blood thinning effect of Plavix, which is taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of heart attack and stroke.
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- Kansas Says Flu Activity Is Twice Normal Level
Kansas health officials say the state is seeing more than twice as many reports of people with flu-like symptoms than is normal at this time of year.
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- Alzheimer’s Association Goes High-Tech To Track Patients
The Alzheimer's Association is adapting technology developed for monitoring prisoners to let caregivers track where their loved ones drive or walk — and alert them if they go beyond the virtual fences each family can set.
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- Study: New Device Improves Heart Failure Survival
Doctors say that a new type of heart pump greatly improves survival of people with severe heart failure. It could become the first one of these devices to be widely used as a permanent treatment.
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- New Mammogram Advice Causes Controversy
For the first time since 2002, the government is releasing new guidelines for breast cancer screening, creating controversy among doctors.
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- FDA Reviews Update To Pfizer Vaccine For Kids
The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to approve an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine for children, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.
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- Study Raises New Questions About Merck Pill Zetia
Two cholesterol drugs still taken by millions of Americans are the subject of concern for a second time, according to a new study.
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- STDs Up, Better Testing Cited
Health officials say sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008.
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- FDA Questions Safety Of Alcoholic Energy Drinks
The Food and Drug Administration is challenging makers of alcohol-infused energy drinks to prove their beverages are safe, citing complaints that the products can cause dangerous behavior and injury.
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- US Adult Smoking Rate Rises Slightly
A new survey suggests cigarette smoking has risen slightly for the first time in almost 15 years.
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- Drug Industry Presses FDA To Allow More Online Ads
As federal regulators take their first tentative steps toward policing the wild west of medical information online, pharmaceutical companies are pressing their case to market drugs via Google, Twitter and other Web sites.
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- Study: Kidney Angioplasty Brings Risks, No Benefit
Researchers are offering advice to hundreds of thousands of Americans with clogged kidney arteries: consider medication over angioplasty. They say the pricey procedure is riskier and is no more effective.
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- Virginia Girl Can't Stop Sneezing, Doctors Baffled
A 12-year-old girl in Virginia is suffering from sneezing that will not stop, up to 16 sneezes a minute, all day until she falls asleep. Doctors are struggling with a diagnosis.
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- Nearly 200 Million Children Undernourished, Have Stunted Growth
A new U.N. report says there are nearly 200 million children around the world who have stunted growth because they don't get enough to eat.
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- AMA Votes To Seek Repeal Of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
The nation's largest doctors' group has agreed to join efforts to repeal the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.
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- KDHE Working On E-Health Information Network
A plan to connect Kansas health care systems electronically is moving forward under the direction of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
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- Fighting The Flu
H1N1 is hitting young adults and children hard.
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- FDA Launches Plan To Curb Accidental Overdoses
The Food and Drug Administration is launching a program to try and prevent millions of accidental drug overdoses that occur each year due to medication errors, misuse and other problems.
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- Family Doctors Group Loses Members Over Coke Deal
Advice about soft drinks and health from one of the nation's largest doctors groups will soon be brought to you by Coke.
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- Doctors Group Loses Members Over Coca-Cola Deal
One of the nation's largest doctors' groups is getting criticized and losing members over its six-figure alliance with the Coca-Cola Co.
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- FDA Launches Plan To Curb Accidental Overdoses
The Food and Drug Administration is launching a program to try and prevent millions of accidental drug overdoses that occur each year due to medication errors, misuse and other problems.
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- KU Hospital Performs Rare Surgery
A rare surgery performed at the University of Kansas Hospital may help a 19-year-old man have better use of a prosthetic after his arm was amputated.
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- Premature Births Worsen US Infant Death Rate
Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday.
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- Low Cholesterol May Prevent Some Prostate Cancers
A new study suggests that men may be able to lower their risk of getting the most aggressive form of prostate cancer by keeping their cholesterol in a healthy range.
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- Sedgwick County To Offer Expanded H1N1 Vaccination Clinic
Clinic will reopen Wednesday.
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- FDA Won't Accept Merck's Application for New Drug
U.S. regulators have refused to accept drugmaker Merck & Co.'s application for a new, combination cholesterol pill that includes rival Pfizer's Lipitor, the world's top-selling drug.
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- Kansas Reports Additional H1N1 Deaths
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment today confirmed the deaths of two people who were infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus.
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- Human Genome, Glaxo Cite Positive Lupus Drug Study
Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline say their experimental lupus drug passed another key treatment goal and they plan on asking for regulatory approval in the first half of 2010.
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- Experts: HS Football Concussions Merit More Study
Some studies suggest that head injuries can set up professional football players for later mental problems. Now congressmen and experts want to know more about injuries to high school players.
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- 3 More Kansans Die From H1N1
Deaths include a woman from the Wichita area.
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- FDA Panel Backs First Non-Drug Asthma Treatment
Federal health advisers are recommending a novel technology from Asthmatx be approved as the first non-drug treatment for asthma.
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- Kan. Medical Board To Discuss Search For Director
The board that regulates doctors in Kansas scheduled a meeting Wednesday evening to discuss its search for a new executive director.
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- Kansas Medical Board's Top Staffer Resigns
The executive director for the Kansas board that licenses and regulates doctors has resigned.
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- Ambulances Start Charging Extra For Obese Patients
As America battles the obesity crisis, ambulance companies increasingly are charging extra to transport patients who weigh several hundred pounds.
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- Kansas Applies For E-Health Records Grant
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has applied for $9 million in federal grants to encourage physicians to switch patient records to computers.
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