us-hotdailynews: 2015-09-26 U.S. Health

New Drugs Prove More Effective in Treatment of Kidney Cancer, Studies Find
New York Times
New studies of two drugs, showing that each works better than the standard treatment for advanced kidney cancer, should lead to changes in patient care, researchers said on Friday. One study, of the drug nivolumab (sold as Opdivo), was stopped ahead of ...

Bristol's Opdivo boosts kidney cancer survival beyond two years   Reuters
Exelixis Announces Positive Results from METEOR Phase 3 Pivotal Trial of ...   MarketWatch
Nivolumab Extends Survival in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma   OncLive
Medscape
Medical Xpress
MedPage Today
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Nigeria Reaches Milestone: No Polio Cases for a Year
Voice of America
September 25, 2015 10:24 PM. The World Health Organization announced Friday that Nigeria has been removed from the list of polio endemic countries, a key step in the eradication of the disease. The organization said Nigeria had gone more than a year ...

Nigeria Has Stopped Polio, WHO Says   Wall Street Journal
Polio is Gone From Nigeria, WHO Says   NBCNews.com
Polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria – UN health agency   UN News Centre
Yahoo News
New York Times
UNICEF (press release)
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Teen Girl Develops Hepatitis After Drinking Green Tea Bought Online
ABC News
A teen girl ended up with acute hepatitis after drinking too much green tea, according to a medical case study. 309 Shares. Email. Doctors said a teen's bid to lose weight by drinking tea left her with serious health complications, including acute ...
Teen Girl Gets Hepatitis from Online Green Tea   Youth Health Magzine
Drinking green tea for weight loss leads to hepatitis for one teen   ModVive
Teen gets hepatitis from drinking too much green tea   AOL News
Steelers Lounge (blog)
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FDA approves Bayer's electronic autoinjector for MS therapy
Reuters
The first electronic automatic injector to deliver a drug for the most common form of multiple sclerosis received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday. The injection delivers Betaseron, a disease-modifying drug approved 22 ...
Bayer Receives FDA Approval for BETACONNECT - First and Only Electronic ...   PR Newswire (press release)

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Diabetes Risk Lower With Nighttime BP Meds
MedPage Today
savesaved. by Jeff Minerd Contributing Writer, MedPage Today. This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today® and: Medpage Today. Dosing antihypertensives before sleep instead of upon waking lowered risk of incident diabetes in a randomized ...

Study: Taking blood pressure meds before bed lowers diabetes risk   UPI.com
Hypertension medication before bedtime reduces diabetes risk   Healio
Timing Your Blood Pressure Meds Right Might Prevent Diabetes   Health.com
MedicalResearch.com (blog)
Endocrinology Advisor
WebMD
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Weight Loss Boosts Fertility in Overweight Women With PCOS
MedPage Today
savesaved. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. by Jeff Minerd Contributing Writer, MedPage Today. This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today® and: Medpage Today. Action Points.
Weight Loss Enhances Fertility among Overweight Women with PCOS   Youth Health Magzine
Weight Loss improves fertility among overweight women after PCOS   NYC Today
Weight Loss, Exercise May Boost Fertility   University Herald
Science World Report
Medical Daily
EurekAlert (press release)
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UPDATE 3-FDA approves Novo Nordisk's long-awaited diabetes drug
Reuters
(Adds Novo Nordisk comment, byline). By Deena Beasley and Vidya L Nathan. Sept 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Tresiba, two years after rejecting the long-acting ...

FDA Approves Long-Lasting Insulin Drugs Tresiba and Ryzodeg   Medscape
Novo Nordisk Receives FDA Approval for Tresiba® (insulin degludec injection ...   MarketWatch
FDA Approves 2 Previously Rejected Diabetes Drugs   Pharmacy Times
NYSE Post
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Why Women Are Rallying The FDA To Pull This Contraceptive Device
Huffington Post
Dozens of women attended a Food and Drug Administration panel on Thursday, pressing for the withdrawal of the permanent contraceptive device known as Essure. The FDA's Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Panel weighed complaints about the ...

FDA Panel Urges New Label, More Guidance on Female Sterilization Device   MedPage Today
Sterilization method under fire after unintended pregnancies and stillbirths   FOX43.com
21st Century Cures: Safety Concerns About Bayer's Essure Female Sterility ...   International Business Times
Medscape
Albany Times Union
WJLA
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Old-Drug Price Hike 'Perversion of the System,' Biogen CEO Says
Bloomberg
Turing Pharmaceuticals AG's decision to raise the price of a decades-old drug it company acquired by 50-fold was a “perversion of the system,” said the leader of one of the U.S. largest biotechnology companies and the incoming head of the drug industry ...
Drug Price Gouging?   Reason (blog)
Multiple Factors Cause High Prescription Drug Prices in US   New York Times
The drug industry wants us to think Martin Shkreli is a rogue CEO. He isn't.   Washington Post (blog)
Lexington Herald Leader
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The real reason babies smile
Deseret News
When it comes to smiling, babies expect a little something in return — especially from mom and dad, according to a new study. What do they seek? Newser reported babies beam to make others do the same and use "sophisticated timing" in the process.
What This Robotic Baby Can Teach Us About How Infants Communicate   Huffington Post
UCSD's smiling robot baby will haunt your dreams   The San Diego Union-Tribune
Why Do Babies Smile?   U.S. News & World Report
PsychCentral.com (blog)
New York Magazine
Bulletin Leader
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