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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve AstraZeneca Plc's combination therapy to treat smoker's lung, the drugmaker said on Tuesday. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2o2GaKe

The Philippines' Department of Agriculture on Tuesday threatened legal action against hog traders ignoring strict animal quarantine rules as it confirmed new cases of African swine fever infections in metropolitan Manila and a northern province. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2naiCDh

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve AstraZeneca Plc's combo therapy to treat a form of lung disease, the drugmaker said on Tuesday. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2nmOODc

GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca both reported trial results that will likely make their competing drugs available to a wider group of ovarian cancer patients, possibly helping GSK catch its rival in a highly contested drug class. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2nmOMv4

Britain's Prince Harry will on Tuesday visit a health centre in Malawi before leaving later in the day to join his family in Johannesburg, South Africa. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2oawOvR

Malaysia is planning to introduce strict regulations on the sale and use of electronic cigarettes and vaporisers, health officials said on Tuesday, as countries around the world move to ban devices that have been linked to deaths and youth addiction. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2o45lfo

Several vape shop owners are suing the state of Massachusetts for implementing a four-month ban on sales of all vaping products and asked the court to deem it "unconstitutional." from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2neVIKQ

Endo International Plc, Johnson & Johnson and other drugmakers that face litigation over the opioid crisis are exploring a way to settle the cases by participating in Purdue Pharma LP's bankruptcy, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing internal documents and a person familiar with the matter. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2neV0NG

NHS nurses in the UK said they are being 'worked to the bone', unable to even take a needed toilet break. A trade union said it was 'inhumane' of the NHS to allow such working conditions. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2mk61gg

London School of Economics researchers looked at 2,400 students sitting a total of more than 10,000 papers and found it can decrease achievement by several per cent. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2mPSbCI

East Timor is imposing restrictions on the movement of livestock to contain African Swine flu, its agriculture ministry said on Monday after reporting multiple outbreaks to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2oCZzBR

The Batwoman star needed emergency surgery after two injured discs came close to severing her spinal cord. View Entire Post › from BuzzFeed News https://ift.tt/2mfklGI

Test results from nine samples of cannabidiol products show some surprising results that could produce serious health side-effects from Health - CBSNews.com https://ift.tt/2nQI5S9

CBD products have skyrocketed in popularity and seem to be for sale everywhere, from grocery stores, to coffee shops and gas stations. CBS is a compound found in marijuana, but it does not get you high. Advocates say it can help with anything from muscle aches to anxiety. It is forecast to become a $22 billion industry by 2024 but without wide federal oversight, there is no way of really knowing what's inside CBD. Barry Petersen reports. from Health - CBSNews.com https://ift.tt/2ml6ChK

East Timor reported outbreaks of African swine fever last week, the first occurrence near its border with giant neighbor Indonesia of a virus that killed millions of pigs around Asia, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2nO6APS

New blood test could detect 20 types of cancer Dr. Nichole Saphier on a new medical development in cancer detection. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2nN79t8

The use of both cocaine and alcohol in cases where the man or woman went on to  take their own lives were indicated in at least 13 deaths in the period between April 2018 and March 2019. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2mgjMfZ

Dr Todd Brennan, 35, was filmed scraping at the wound with a scalpel to clear dead skin as blood oozed out before bandaging the gash up at his clinic in Wesley Chapel, Florida. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2miJvo0

Parents can feel inadequate if they fall short of the idealized view of intensive parenting, in which they act directly and decisively in the child’s life. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/2n0FJjs

As with people, probably the most important measure for keeping dogs healthy and promoting a long, active and happy life is to keep them trim. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/2nQRWqQ

Lori Nedescu is a board-certified sports dietitian, pro athlete and personal coach. She has revealed the foods she eats in a day which ensures she stays in peak physical condition. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2mWx15C

Sydney-based mother Rhian Allen runs diet and fitness blog The Healthy Mummy, and recently revealed the nine foods to ditch to lose belly fat before summer. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2nw1qaZ

Janet Ellis says her dog Angela taught her and her husband John how to live with to the full after he was diagnosed with cancer. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2m7oxZ4

Leading Australian nutritionist and TV chef Zoe Bingley-Pullin revealed the five changes everyone should make this spring - and why they will give you your dream summer body. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2nEWL6s

DR MAX PEMBERTON: Increasingly - and cynically - some people now use their 'mental health issues' as an excuse for bad behaviour. Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone (pictured). from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2lOJnMM

An Oregon court canceled a surgery the state had ordered for Kylee Dixon, 13, of Wilsonville, to treat a rare liver cancer, undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma, which she was diagnosed with in 2018. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2lJQy8Y

Dr Norm Campbell, University of Calgary, said 'urgent action' is needed now to raise awareness of the dangers of high salt consumption. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2nj4yqo

AstraZeneca Plc and Merck & Co Inc said on Monday their treatment for newly diagnosed advanced ovarian from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2mcqZgV

GlaxoSmithKline plc said on Monday its maintenance therapy for a form of ovarian cancer reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 38% in a late-stage study in cancer patients. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2nP9nIE