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How to Handle a Child's Seizure

First incident requires emergency medical care, expert says.

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Acrylamide: An Unwelcome Part of Your Diet

FDA offers tips on how to avoid too much exposure to the chemical.

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NIH statement: Family support key to diabetes prevention, management

Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for World Diabetes Day

Diabetes does not strike a person alone. It strikes families and communities. It strikes our nation and the world. During Thursday’s World Diabetes Day and National Diabetes Month this November, we at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, renew our efforts to prevent, manage and one day cure diabetes. As well, we encourage families to take steps to improve their health and work together to fight diabetes and its serious and sometimes fatal consequences.

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Needle-Free 'Breathalyzer' for Daily Diabetes Testing Shows Promise

But first, device must undergo clinical studies.

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Hormone Therapy May Work Only for Women With Hot Flashes

Study finds gains in memory, sleep and focus aren't universal.

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Very Early Preemies May Face Higher Risk of Future Eye Problem

Large Swedish study found more retinal detachment in those born at less than 32 weeks' gestation.

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New health resource to improve access to family planning for women after childbirth

Interventions address health service gaps for this often overlooked group of women

A new resource for health programme managers and policy makers released aims to improve access to family planning for women after childbirth and during the first 12 months of motherhood.

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Relief arriving in the Philippines, challenges for delivery persist

WHO and partners are getting people and supplies into the Philippines, but reaching those in need remains challenging.

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Pneumonia still responsible for one fifth of child deaths

On 5th World Pneumonia Day, global health bodies highlight essential interventions that will help reduce burden of disease

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WHO supporting Philippine Government with arrival of medical supplies after Typhoon Haiyan

Field hospitals, medical personnel, medicines and other medical supplies are arriving in the Philippines as countries and nongovernmental organizations around the world come to the support of the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.