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Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Oakland, CA, United States (AHN) – Drugs used to treat attention deficit disorder, including Ritalin and Adderall, are safe for adults’ hearts even though they can increase blood pressure and heart rate, a new study finds. Researchers from Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA., found in a review of health [...]

Washington, D.C., United States (KaiserHealth) – While the health care law has survived Republican efforts to repeal it, some of its individual initiatives are in limbo or limping along because of funding problems. The law authorized the new efforts but didn’t provide appropriations for them. That has to occur separately – and given current deficit [...]

Only approximately half of drugs that are newly approved by the US FDA include data which compares the new medication with existing alternatives – known as comparative effectiveness (efficacy) data – thus hindering a doctor’s ability to make the best treatment decisions, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School reported in JAMA [...]

According to a study by the Journal of the American Medical Association , sexual problems were reported in 43 percent of women surveyed — which means you’re not alone! From pain during intercourse due to vaginal dryness to difficulty achieving an orgasm, learn more about the three most common sex issues for women. Lack of [...]

David Goodhue – AHN News Reporter Baltimore, MD, United States (AHN) – Children living in areas with fewer pediatricians are at a higher risk of suffering life-threatening appendix ruptures than children living in areas with more pediatricians, according to a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study. The researchers said the trend holds true even when accounting [...]