Pioglitazone use and risk of bladder cancer: population based cohort study Marco Tuccori. Kristian B Filion. Hui Yin. Oriana H Yu. Robert W Platt. Laurent Azoulay. BMJ. The authors conclude, "The results of this large population based study indicate that
pioglitazone is associated with an increased...
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Mount Fuji : Image of the Day: The highest peak in Japan is one of the nation’s most striking symbols.
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Biosimilar drugs could save up to $110 billion by 2020 - IMS : Lower-cost copies of complex biotech drugs, known as biosimilars, could save the United States and Europe's five top markets as much as 98 billion euros ($110 bln) by 2020, a new analysis showed on Tuesday.
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Weaker drinks 'to solve health problems', say councils - BBC News: Weaker beers, ciders, wines and spirits are what is needed to tackle drink-related health problems, local councils in England and Wales say.
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Andrew Herxheimer obituary: Pharmacologist who helped patients talk to each other about their illnesses
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A&E now 'overwhelmed' says royal college presidents and calls for more staff - Hospital Dr
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Ignition lock laws cut alcohol-related crash deaths
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Doctors training as specialists at all-time low, leaked figures show - Hospital Dr
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Dramatic remissions in blood cancer in immunotherapy treatment trial | KurzweilAI
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Drone to police massive UK marine reserve - BBC News: An ocean-going drone will be helping to spot illegal fishing in the world's largest, continuous marine reserve.
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Junk food ads face online ban in UK - BBC News: Advertising junk food could soon be banned from children's content online, according to the UK's advertising watchdog.
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First drug to reverse Huntington's disease begins human trials : The new drug, called IONIS-HTTRx, silences the gene known to be responsible for the production of a protein which causes Huntington’s
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Law firm in new legal threat over UK air pollution - BBC News: Environmental law firm ClientEarth warns the government to drastically reduce air pollution or face renewed legal action.
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Colombia doctor reports first case of Zika-linked microcephaly: The first case of birth defect microcephaly linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus has appeared in Colombia, a doctor said on Friday, although the national health institute said it had no information on the case and could not confirm it....
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Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes: Synopsis of the 2016 American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes James J. Chamberlain. Andrew S. Rhinehart. Charles F. Shaefer. Annie Neuman. Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Berwick: "You cannot achieve excellence in combat with your future workforce" - Hospital Dr article on comments after the imposition of the junior doctor contract.
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"to truly improve health equity, we need to swim even further upstream and engage in advocacy for an entire population. The WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health was explicit that to achieve health equity, we need to tackle the inequitable distribution of power, money and resources". Swimming...
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Royal colleges say that 40,000 deaths a year linked to air pollution and costs UK £20bn a year - Hospital Dr
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Establishing hydrogen infrastructure is not an insurmountable problem. Whatever you may have heard. Riversimple’s Finance Director, Jeff Loo, likens the current Hydrogen infrastructure to the (lack of) early cell phone masts. This is an exciting Welsh start-up, in Llandrindod Wells, is aiming to build...
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