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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requiring a new boxed warning on sleep medications such as Ambien

FDA Puts Tough Warning Label on Ambien, Lunesta, Other Sleep Aids

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Move spurred by 66 cases of 'complex sleep behaviors' after taking the insomnia medications
Despite thousands of lawsuits from people claiming that the weed killer glyphosate caused their cancer

EPA Says Weed Killer in Roundup Is Safe

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EPA states that glyphosate 'is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans'
Two people may have contracted HIV after undergoing so-called "vampire facials" at a New Mexico spa

‘Vampire Facials’ at New Mexico Spa Linked to HIV Infections

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Facial involves injecting nutrient-rich plasma into the face using a microneedling pen
Living alone is positively associated with common mental disorders in the general population in England

Living Alone Tied to Increased Risk for Mental Disorders

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Loneliness explains majority of the association with common mental disorders
Women with early

Radiotherapy Tied to Lower Recurrence of Early, Hormone-Driven Breast Cancer

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Antihormone treatment also recommended in conjunction with radiotherapy
Mavyret (glecaprevir and pibrentasvir) tablets are now approved to treat all six genotypes of hepatitis C virus in children ages 12 to 17 years

FDA Approves Mavyret for Children, Adolescents With Hep C

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Drug approved for treatment of all six genotypes of hepatitis C virus in children ages 12 to 17
For patients with Dravet syndrome and drug-resistant seizures

AAN: Cannabidiol Tied to Drop in Seizures in Dravet Syndrome

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Percentage reduction in convulsive seizures higher for cannabidiol 10 and 20 mg/kg/day versus placebo
For patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

Radical Hemithoracic Radiation Tx Ups Survival in Mesothelioma

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Higher overall survival seen at two years in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma
Progress has been made toward developing diagnostic criteria for limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy

Diagnostic Criteria Proposed for Advanced-Age Proteinopathy

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Gaps remain in understanding of limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy
The prevalence of current cigarette smoking is lower among pregnant women

E-Cigarette Use Similar for Pregnant, Nonpregnant Women

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Prevalence of current cigarette smoking lower among pregnant women than nonpregnant women