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'Widespread and dangerous': Facing medical uncertainty, doctors tell patients it's all in their heads

But that doctor was proved wrong when an MRI showed that the girl had acute flaccid myelitis or AFM, a polio-like disease that’s struck hundreds of children since 2014. Erin Olivera, mother of a child with AFM and founder of a private Facebook page for parents of 400 children with the disease, says Bailey’s experience… Read More »

AstraZeneca, Merck's Lynparza plows ahead in ovarian cancer with $1B-plus approval, phase 3 data

The year may be winding down, but AstraZeneca and Merck’s Lynparza sure isn’t. It picked up a blockbuster new approval late Wednesday and followed up the act by posting positive phase 3 data Thursday morning. U.S. regulators green-lighted the fast-growing PARP inhibitor in BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer patients who’ve responded partially or completely to an initial… Read More »

Dietician-Approved Post-Workout High-Fibre High-Protein Smoothie

Dietician-Approved Post-Workout High-Fibre High-Protein Smoothie It’s summer time and mangoes are in season! Amy Hopkins | 23 December 2018 SHARE THIS ON Total Time5 minutes Ingredients7 Count Dietician Sumaiya Essa is one of our #WHNextFitFoodie Top 10 contenders and she has an awesome post-workout smoothie! Check out her Instagram: @sumaiyadietitian for some helpful healthy food… Read More »