NewsBeat SocialTag: medicine
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Prominent Doctors Call Out Dr. Oz, Columbia University
04/17/15 10:45 AM PST
In an email sent on April 15th, ten doctors from across the U.S. wrote they are 'surprised and dismayed' that Dr. Mehmet Oz, star of 'The Dr. Oz Show', is a member of Columbia University's faculty
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Study: An Apple A Day Actually Doesn't Keep Doctor Away
04/03/15 4:42 PM PST
Researchers discover people who eat apples daily are not less likely to visit a doctor
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4 Sentenced to Death in Tanzania For Killing Albino Woman
03/09/15 9:53 AM PST
The body parts albino people in Tanzania are thought to contain special power that when made into potions bring about wealth and good luck
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McDonald's to Pull Human Antibiotics From Chicken
03/05/15 2:06 PM PST
In the next two years, McDonald's fast food chains will no longer contain serve chicken that contains antibiotics important to human medicine
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Scientists Inject Drug-Carrying Nanobots into Mice
02/26/15 2:31 PM PST
For the first time, researchers have successfully sent microscopic "machines" into a living animal to deliver medicine
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Drug-Resistant Malaria Appears in Myanmar, Poses Global Threat
02/25/15 1:24 PM PST
A new strain of malaria that is resistant to Artemisinin has emerged near Myanmar's border with India
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10 Exotic Animals Killed at NYC Clinic
02/19/15 9:22 AM PST
A tragic accident inside a veterinary clinic in Manhattan kills rabbits, birds, and a hedgehog
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Scientists Discover First New Antibiotic in Decades
01/14/15 8:58 AM PST
The new antibiotic 'teixobactin' targets fats essential for building bacterial walls and is unlikely to become resistant – prompting it to be called a 'game changer' for antibacterial medicine
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This is Your Brain on Prayer
12/24/14 1:14 PM PST
A doctor who has studied the effects of prayer on the brain for 20 years believes that religion and medicine should go hand in hand
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Experimental Drug Helps Heal Spinal Cord Injuries
12/17/14 11:20 AM PST
Researchers are working on a new drug that could dramatically help people with spinal cord injuries regain function
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Friend's Medication 'Burns' Woman from Inside Out
12/11/14 1:12 PM PST
A California woman is in intensive care after a friend's prescription antibiotic caused a reaction that made her seemingly burn from the inside out
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South African Bicycle Delivery Service Brings Medication to Low-Income Areas
11/26/14 1:46 PM PST
Sizwe Nzima started a bicycle-based delivery business that brings medication to poor and elderly people living in the-low income areas of Cape Town, South Africa