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FDA Mulls Fate of Avastin as Breast Cancer Drug

The FDA is hearing testimony from doctors and patients about whether it should reconsider a decision to withdraw approval of Avastin as a treatment for advanced breast cancer.

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11 Breathing Tips for People With COPD

WebMD discusses what people with COPD can do for better breathing.

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Report: Some Drugs Sold Without Safety Information

Drug labels often lack crucial safety warnings, according to a new investigation by Consumer Reports.

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Treating Adult ADHD

WebMD talks to experts about treatment for adult ADHD.

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Drug May Treat Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes

The drug teplizumab shows promise for delaying the progression of type 1 diabetes in people newly diagnosed with it, researchers say.

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Is Your Diet Aging You? Principles of an Anti-Aging Diet

WebMD discusses the diet habits that may help you stay as young as possible inside and out.

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Gastric Banding: Cheaper Weight Loss Surgery?

In people with diabetes, laparoscopic gastric banding is associated with fewer complications and lower costs over the long run than gastric bypass, the most commonly performed surgery for obesity in the U.S., researchers say.

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Metformin: Safer for Heart Than Older Diabetes Drugs?

Older people with type 2 diabetes who take an older class of oral diabetes drugs called sulfonylureas may have a higher risk of developing heart problems than those who take metformin.

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New federal rules are now in effect that ban the manufacture and sale of baby cribs with drop-down side rails.

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Sprouts Linked to Salmonella Outbreak in U.S.

The FDA is warning people to not eat alfalfa sprouts or spicy sprouts produced by Evergreen Produce due to a danger of salmonella contamination.

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