New Topic Page: Flu Shot
Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on Flu Shot.
Flu is a respiratory infection caused by a number of viruses. Most people with the flu get better on their own. But it can be serious... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - July 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Topic Page: Creatinine
Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on Creatinine.
Creatinine is a waste product in your blood. It comes from protein in your diet and the normal breakdown of muscles of your body... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - July 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: The $2.6 billion pill: Scrutiny of drug development cost estimates
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The revised, estimated $2.6 billion cost to develop a new drug merits scrutiny for overall accuracy as well as the inference that drug companies spend most developmental costs on research, finds an insightful editorial recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - July 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: NLM MedlinePlus Magazine Spring 2015
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The new edition of NIH MedlinePlus Magazine covers vaccinations, hearing loss, as well as celiac disease. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - July 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Appendicitis: Antibiotic treatment or surgery?
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Patients with uncomplicated appendicitis may recover similarly if they receive antibiotic treatments rather than surgery to remove their appendix, suggests a recent study from Finland and an accompanying editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - July 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Incentives help smokers quit
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Adult smokers may be more likely to quit if their incentive to stop stems from betting on their will power instead of receiving a delayed reward for smoking cessation, finds an interesting study and accompanying editorial recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - June 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Mediterranean diet improves memory and thinking?
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Seniors on a Mediterranean diet showed improvements in tests of memory and thinking compared to peers on a low fat diet, finds an interesting study from Spain recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - June 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Improved autopsies and global health
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Minimally invasive autopsies might fill the gap in needed medical knowledge that does not occur because of the time, cost, and capacity to do traditional autopsies, finds an insightful article recently published in Science. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - June 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
June Issue of NIH News in Health Now Available
The June issue of NIH News in Health is now available.
Featured stories include "HIV and AIDS: Know the Facts" and "Talking With Your Doctor: Make the Most of Your Appointment". Also, check out the health capsules and the featured Web site. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - June 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Are genetic tests more precise than standard screening?
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A genetic test is more clinically precise than standard screening for Down's syndrome and two other types of trisomy among pregnant women, finds a rare, comparative study recently published in New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - May 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Topic Page: Antibiotic Resistance
Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on Antibiotic Resistance.
Antibiotics are medicines that fight bacterial infections. Used properly, they can save lives... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - May 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Improved community health: The Franklin county success story
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A sustained community health intervention resulted in some desirable heart disease prevention outcomes in a low income, rural, Maine county, reports a pioneering study and an accompanying editorial recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - May 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Topic Page: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health
Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health.
Every racial or ethnic group has specific health concerns. On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - May 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Have a doctor's appointment?
Visit our Talking With Your Doctor page. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - May 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: C. diff: emerging health burden
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The magnitude and scope of clostridium difficile (or c. diff) infection continues to create a health care burden in the U.S., finds a comprehensive study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - May 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
