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Vomiting is the process the body uses to eject some or all of the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

Physicians use pyridostigmine to reverse pediatric complications from botulinum toxin therapy

Physicians at the Medical University of South Carolina report the first pediatric use of a treatment to reverse complications from botulinum toxin therapy.

27 Jan 2018

Artificial sweetener could lead to development of cancer therapies with less side effects

Artificial sweeteners are used in diet drinks and foods but also could someday be used as treatments targeting carbonic anhydrase IX (CA IX), a protein associated with aggressive cancers.

24 Jan 2018

New report takes comprehensive look at health effects of e-cigarettes

A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine takes a comprehensive look at evidence on the human health effects of e-cigarettes.

23 Jan 2018

Expert discusses how to stay healthy during flu season

This year's influenza outbreak is already the most widespread on record since health officials began keeping track about a dozen years ago, with millions of Americans being infected by emerging and current strains such as the dominant H3N2.

18 Jan 2018

Doctors warn against holding your nose and closing your mouth to contain a sneeze

Pinching your nose while clamping your mouth shut to contain a forceful sneeze isn't a good idea, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports.

15 Jan 2018

FDA grants approval for first drug to treat inherited breast cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Lynparza (olaparib tablets) to include the treatment of patients with certain types of breast cancer that have spread (metastasized) and whose tumors have a specific inherited (germline) genetic mutation, making it the first drug in its class (PARP inhibitor) approved to treat breast cancer, and it is the first time any drug has been approved to treat certain patients with metastatic breast cancer who have a "BRCA" gene mutation.

15 Jan 2018

Aztec apocalypse found to be Salmonella outbreak

There was an epidemic in the Mexican highlands in 1545 and then again in 1576 that killed between 7 and 17 million people. These people had fever and vomiting and developed red spots over their skin before they died.

15 Jan 2018

Energy drinks can have adverse health effects on youth, study reveals

Over half of Canadian youth and young adults who have consumed energy drinks have experienced negative health effects as a result, according to a study from the University of Waterloo.

15 Jan 2018

U.S. FDA approves first drug for patients with germline BRCA-mutated metastatic breast cancer

AstraZeneca and Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved LYNPARZA (olaparib) for use in patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative metastatic breast cancer who have been previously treated with chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant or metastatic setting.

12 Jan 2018

Cross-sex hormone therapy may improve eating disorder symptoms in transgender people

New research has shown that receiving cross-sex hormone therapy (CHT) can help to reduce the feelings of body dissatisfaction associated with eating disorders including anorexia and bulimia in transgender people.

11 Jan 2018

Malnutrition remains underdiagnosed, undertreated for decades among hospitalized patients

Malnutrition among hospitalized patients remains a serious issue that has been underdiagnosed and undertreated for decades.

9 Jan 2018

VA clears the air on talking to patients about marijuana use

"Don't ask, don't tell" is how many veterans have approached health care conversations about marijuana use with the doctors they see from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

9 Jan 2018

Wrecked and retching: Obscure vomiting illness linked to long-term pot use

For 17 years, Chalfonte LeNee Queen suffered periodic episodes of violent retching and abdominal pain that would knock her off her feet for days, sometimes leaving her writhing on the floor in pain.

2 Jan 2018

Alcohol related hangovers may soon be passé with the advent of “safer” alternatives

Professor David Nutt, previously chairman of the United Kingdom’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and now teaching at Imperial College, believes that having a hangover after a an episode of binge drinking would soon be a thing of the past. A new synthetic alcohol called “alcosynth” could provide the pleasures of alcohol consumption without the harmful side effects.

19 Dec 2017

Non-ionizing radiation from magnetic fields could have adverse biological impacts on health

A study of real-world exposure to non-ionizing radiation from magnetic fields in pregnant women found a significantly higher rate of miscarriage, providing new evidence regarding their potential health risks.

13 Dec 2017

Opioids after surgery left her addicted. Is that a medical error?

In April this year, Katie Herzog checked into a Boston teaching hospital for what turned out to be a nine-hour-long back surgery.

11 Dec 2017

Excessive vomiting linked to prolonged and heavy marijuana use

There have been some reports of chronic vomiting and retching due to long term marijuana use. In a new study, researchers find that long term heavy marijuana use especially in regions where marijuana is legalized, the cases of unexplained and difficult-to-treat vomiting and nausea are on the rise.

30 Nov 2017

Adults as likely to develop type 1 diabetes as children, research finds

Type 1 diabetes is not predominantly a 'disease of childhood' as previously believed, but is similarly prevalent in adults, new research published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology shows.

30 Nov 2017

Synthetic cannabis-like drug found to be safe and effective in treating sleep apnea

A synthetic cannabis-like drug in a pill was safe and effective in treating obstructive sleep apnea in the first large multi-site study of a drug for apnea funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study was conducted at Northwestern Medicine and the University of Illinois at Chicago.

28 Nov 2017

Tiny markers in saliva can be used to diagnose duration of a concussion in kids

Researchers at the Penn State College of Medicine have found that tiny molecules present in the saliva can predict the occurrence, length and duration of a concussion in a child. The study titled, “Association of Salivary MicroRNA Changes With Prolonged Concussion Symptoms”, was published in the latest issue of JAMA Pediatrics on the 20th of November 2017.

20 Nov 2017

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Physicians use pyridostigmine to reverse pediatric complications from botulinum toxin therapy

Artificial sweetener could lead to development of cancer therapies with less side effects

New report takes comprehensive look at health effects of e-cigarettes

Expert discusses how to stay healthy during flu season

Doctors warn against holding your nose and closing your mouth to contain a sneeze

FDA grants approval for first drug to treat inherited breast cancer

Aztec apocalypse found to be Salmonella outbreak

Energy drinks can have adverse health effects on youth, study reveals

U.S. FDA approves first drug for patients with germline BRCA-mutated metastatic breast cancer

Cross-sex hormone therapy may improve eating disorder symptoms in transgender people

Malnutrition remains underdiagnosed, undertreated for decades among hospitalized patients

VA clears the air on talking to patients about marijuana use

Wrecked and retching: Obscure vomiting illness linked to long-term pot use

Alcohol related hangovers may soon be passé with the advent of “safer” alternatives

Non-ionizing radiation from magnetic fields could have adverse biological impacts on health

Opioids after surgery left her addicted. Is that a medical error?

Excessive vomiting linked to prolonged and heavy marijuana use

Adults as likely to develop type 1 diabetes as children, research finds

Synthetic cannabis-like drug found to be safe and effective in treating sleep apnea

Tiny markers in saliva can be used to diagnose duration of a concussion in kids

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