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Medical News Today: How coffee might protect against Parkinson's

Coffee is thought to protect the brain against Parkinson’s disease. A recent study investigates which compounds might give coffee its neuroprotective powers. The findings may eventually lead to innovative new treatments. Understanding how coffee protects the brain could give Parkinson’s drug discovery a boost. More than 60,000 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in the… Read More: Medical News Today: How coffee might protect against Parkinson's »

Too Much Salt Might Help Spur A-Fib

By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — A high-salt diet could raise your risk for a common heart rhythm disorder, new research suggests. Atrial fibrillation (A-fib) is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots or other complications. It affects millions of people worldwide and puts them… Read More: Too Much Salt Might Help Spur A-Fib »

Novartis's pricing might be tested with costly eye therapy

ZURICH (Reuters) – Novartis’s price-setting muscle is about to be tested after it won European Union approval for a blindness-fighting gene therapy whose $ 850,000 list cost in the United States has been labeled too expensive by some groups. FILE PHOTO: A Novartis logo is pictured on its headquarters building in Mumbai April 1, 2013.… Read More: Novartis's pricing might be tested with costly eye therapy »

McConnell says Senate Republicans might revisit Obamacare repeal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans could try again to repeal Obamacare if they win enough seats in U.S. elections next month, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday, calling a failed 2017 push to repeal the healthcare law a “disappointment.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during an interview with Reuters in Washington, U.S.,… Read More: McConnell says Senate Republicans might revisit Obamacare repeal »