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Opioid treatment drugs have similar outcomes once patients initiate treatment

NIDA study compares buprenorphine/naloxone combination to extended release naltrexone.

A study comparing the effectiveness of two pharmacologically distinct medications used to treat opioid use disorder – a buprenorphine/naloxone combination and an extended release naltrexone formulation – shows similar outcomes once medication treatment is initiated.

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Healthier lifestyles and better health policies drive life expectancy gains

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Data from landmark NIH blood pressure study supports important part of new AHA/ACC hypertension guidelines

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This is a field of blood cells. The bi-concave disks are red blood cells or erythrocytes. The white cell with the dark purplish, multi-lobed nucleus is a neutrophil, a type of white blood cell or leukocyte. The smaller spikey objects are platelets.

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Antibiotic resistance is ‘crisis we cannot ignore,’ UN warns, calling for responsible use of these medicines

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Laboratory worker testing antibiotics on a resistant infection.

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Obesity during pregnancy may lead directly to fetal overgrowth, NIH study suggests

Obesity during pregnancy — independent of its health consequences such as diabetes — may account for the higher risk of giving birth to an atypically large infant, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health.

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Launch of special initiative to address climate change impact on health in Small Island Developing States

On November 12, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23), WHO, in collaboration with the UN Climate Change secretariat and in partnership with the Fijian Presidency of the twenty-third Conference of the Parties (COP23), has launched a special initiative to protect people living in Small Island Developing States from the heath impacts of climate change.

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NIH study finds donor corneas can be safely preserved for longer period

Results from a large, national clinical trial show that corneal donor tissue can be safely stored for 11 days without negatively impacting the success of transplantation surgery to restore vision in people with diseases of the cornea. The cornea is the eye's clear outer covering. Currently, donor corneas are generally not used for surgery in the United States if they have been preserved for longer than seven days.

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One in five US adults still using tobacco products in 2015

Of the nation’s nearly 49 million tobacco users, most are smokers

About 1 in 5 U.S. adults used some form of tobacco product in 2015, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

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Cellphone-based microscope leads to possible strategy for treating river blindness

River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is a disease caused by a parasitic worm found primarily in Africa. The worm (Onchocerca volvulus) is transmitted to humans as immature larvae through bites of infected black flies. Symptoms of infection include intense itching and skin nodules. Left untreated, infections in the eye can cause vision impairment that leads to blindness.

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Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance

WHO is recommending that farmers and the food industry stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals.