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Autism and Alternative Medicine: Getting Real About the Benefits and Risks

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A new study published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics found that among parents of nearly 600 children between ages 2 and 5 with autism (453 kids) and developmental delays (125 kids), 40% reported using homeopathic remedies, mind-body medicine, melatonin and probiotics in an attempt to relieve some of their children’s symptoms and even prevent some of the condition’s behavioral problems from progressing.

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Obamacare Will Cover Breast Cancer Prevention Drugs

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The move comes after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)–a government commissioned panel of experts who review all available research on health issues–stated that women who are at a high risk for breast cancer can benefit from taking drugs like tamoxifen and raloxifene to prevent the disease. Based on this conclusion, under the Affordable Care Act, which emphasizes preventive care, these drugs must be covered by insurance, with no extra cost to female patients.

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Thank You, Surgeon General: Tobacco Control Has Saved 8 Million Lives

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On Jan. 11, 1964, Dr. Luther Terry, the U.S. surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service, released The Surgeon General’s report of 1964, the first such analysis that laid out the effects of tobacco and smoking, and spurred initiatives to lower tobacco use among Americans. Its conclusions were built on more than 7,000 studies on smoking and concluded for the first time that smoking caused lung cancer in men, and likely in women, and that lighting up was the most likely cause of chronic bronchitis.

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Feds Crack Down On Deceiving Weight Loss Products

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Another company, L’Occitane Inc., sold Almond Beautiful Shape and Almond Shaping Delight skin creams advertised as body slimming. The company will pay $450,000 to settle with the FTC. LeanSpa will also give $7.3 million to the FTC in its settlement over promoting acai berry and colon cleanse weight-loss supplements on fake news sites. And HCG Diet Direct, which marketed liquid drops with hormones advertised as helping users lose weight, will hand over $34 million to the FTC.

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Health Trends to Watch for in 2014

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“Regardless of where you get your health insurance from, there will be more of a focus on helping people improve their health and giving them more information,” says Amy Bergner, managing director, health care and benefits, at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She says consumers will have more access to information about different services and treatments, including cost, effectiveness and evaluations of different doctors and hospitals.

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“Estamos en el comienzo del final de la epidemia de VIH”

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La experta pasó unas horas por Argentina para dar una serie de conferencias magistrales tituladas: “El camino a la cura de sida; ¿Utopía o realidad?”. Durante su charla, Barré-Sinoussi remarcó los caminos más importantes para lograr la mejor prevención posible contra el avance de la epidemia. “Tenemos que mejorar y facilitar, en todos los países del mundo, el acceso de los portadores a los tratamientos. Y, además, todavía nos falta ser mucho más proactivos para ofrecer los tests de detección del virus a la máxima cantidad de personas posibles”.

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Por qué Jonas Salk no quiso patentar vacuna contra polio

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La poliomielitis (más conocida como \’polio\’ en su versión abreviada) es una enfermedad contagiosa que afecta principalmente al sistema nervioso. Producida por un poliovirus, está caracterizada en una de sus formas por producir dolor muscular, atrofia y parálisis flácida. En la lucha contra esta enfermedad, hoy os traemos las razones por las que un famoso investigador, Jonas Salk, rechazó patentar vacuna contra polio.

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