Reuters - Scientists have found a "superbug" strain of gonorrhea in Japan that is resistant to all recommended antibiotics and say it could transform a once easily treatable infection into a global public health threat.
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Scientists find first superbug strain of gonorrhea (Reuters)
First drug-resistant gonorrhea strain emerges (AFP)
AFP - For the first time, international researchers have identified a strain of gonorrhea that is resistant to treatment with antibiotics, scientists announced at a sex disease research conference Monday.
Anxiety, Depression in Pregnancy May Raise Kids' Asthma Risk (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Children of women who experience
anxiety and depression during pregnancy may be at greater risk for asthma,
according to new research.
Behavioral Techniques a Better Value for Chronic Migraine Than Meds: Study (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Behavioral treatments such as
relaxation training, hypnosis and biofeedback to help prevent chronic
migraine headaches are cost-effective alternatives to prescription drugs,
a new study suggests.
Privately insured heart patients had best outcomes (Reuters)
Reuters - Patients who had heart valve replacement surgery who were privately insured had better medical outcomes than the uninsured and Medicaid patients undergoing the same procedure, researchers said on Friday.
Medicaid Coverage 'Substantially' Improves Access to Care: Study (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Expanding Medicaid coverage among
low-income adults increases health care use, improves health and
well-being and reduces the financial strain for people with the publicly
funded health coverage, according to new research.
Gonorrhea's Growing Resistance to Antibiotics Concerns CDC (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Gonorrhea appears to be
growing increasingly resistant to drugs called cephalosporins, the only
remaining class of antibiotics available to treat the sexually transmitted
disease, according to a new report.
Medicaid improves health and budgets of poor (Reuters)
Reuters - Medicaid, a government health insurance program designed to help the poorest of the poor, is giving people unprecedented access to doctors and also improving their finances, a study co-authored by the Harvard School of Public Health has found.
Pushing Western medicine with fear in India (Reuters)
Reuters - If you sleep less than six hours a night, you're increasing your risk of developing or dying from heart disease by 48 percent. At least, that's what U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant Abbott would have 1.2 billion people in India believe.
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