16 worst birth control mistakes
When it comes to birth control, many people want to just set it and forget it. It's there, it does its job, who wants to think about it, right?
But bungling birth control is all too common. In fact, half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended. Yikes.
To make sure you can count on your contraceptive, here are the potential pitfalls from our friends at Health.com...
Device may allow Hawking to talk by thinking
The iBrain device, which is the size of a matchbox, is worn using this headband
(Credit: NeuroVigil)Hawking tested out the iBrain last summer, but the results - that the device can decipher different human brain wave patterns - were only revealed recently.
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(CBS News) A cancer diagnosis does not guarantee death from cancer. A new study shows that patients diagnosed with cancer are at higher risk of death from heart problems or suicide.
The traumatic experience of being diagnosed with cancer may trigger other health consequences beyond the effects of the disease, researchers found.
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The study, led by epidemiologists at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik, involved more than 6 million Swedes. After examining 1991 to 2006 data of patients' cancer diagnoses and risk of suicide or death from cardiovascular disease, researchers found that patients who had recently been diagnosed with cancer had increased risks of both suicide and death from heart problems.
Continue »Analysis: High prevalence of U.S. painkiller sales
(AP) NEW YORK - Sales of the two most popular prescription painkillers in the United States have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients' suffering is spawning an addiction epidemic.
Drug Enforcement Administration figures show dramatic rises between 2000 and 2010 in the distribution of oxycodone, the key ingredient in OxyContin, Percocet and Percodan. Some places saw sales increase sixteenfold.
Meanwhile, the distribution of hydrocodone, the key ingredient in Vicodin, Norco and Lortab, is rising in Appalachia, the original epicenter of the U.S. painkiller epidemic, as well as in the Midwest.
Continue »Fake avastin hits market for the second time
The FDA is alerting healthcare professionals that 120 vials of fake Altuzan - a cancer fighting drug - have entered the U.S.
(CBS News) Another batch of counterfeit cancer drugs have been discovered in the United States.
A batch of 120 vials of fake Avastin, labeled under its Turkish name Alzutan, was shipped through the U.K. from Turkey. The pattern mimics the first time phony Avastin was found in the U.S. in February.
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"What we're seeing is a pattern of this risky practice of purchasing unapproved drugs from foreign suppliers," Connie Jung, a pharmacologist with the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Drug Security, Integrity and Recalls, told CBS News.
Continue »Taller women at risk for ovarian cancer
Tall female models walk the runway at the 2012 HOSA Swimwear Trend Fashion Show during the China Fashion Week in Beijing, China, on March 29, 2012.
(Credit: AP / Alexander F. Yuan)(CBS News) Being a tall woman can have its disadvantages. Every additional 5 centimeters - or about 2 inches - of height equals a slight increase in the risk of getting ovarian cancer.
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A new study in Public of Library Science Medicine looked at 47 epidemiological studies in 14 countries involving about 25,000 women with ovarian cancer and more than 81,000 women without ovarian cancer.
They found that the taller the woman, the higher the chance she would get ovarian cancer. Each 5 centimeters of height equaled a 7 percent higher risk.
Continue »Links between autism and gene mutations found
(CBS News) Autism is still a mystery to many, but researchers have uncovered three gene mutations that may be linked to the disorder.
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Half of cancer survivors die of other illnesses
A patient receives cancer treatment
(Credit: CBS)(CBS News) Almost half of people who have cancer die of another disease, according to a new study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.
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Continue »Wash. reaches epidemic levels of whooping cough
Nurse Susan Peel gives a whooping cough vaccination to a student at Inderkum High School on Sept. 19, 2011, in Sacramento, Calif.
(Credit: AP/Rich Pedroncelli)"We're very concerned about the continued rapid increase in reported cases," said Secretary of Health Mary Selecky said in the press release. "This disease can be very serious for young babies, who often get whooping cough from adults and other family members. We want all teens and adults who haven't had Tdap to be vaccinated to help protect babies that are too young for the vaccine."
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"Mad Men" shines light on cancer in the 1960s
January Jones as Betty Draper on "Mad Men."
(Credit: AMC)(CBS News) - Fans of "Mad Men" were saddled with two big revelations about Betty Draper's character on the April 1 episode (SPOILERS): Not only did Mrs. Francis (formerly Draper) gain a lot of weight, she had developed a tumor on her thyroid.
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The icy Betty cracked and revealed a softer, maternal side when she thought she was going to die, and Don Draper fretted about the future of his children and the woman he once loved (or at least strongly liked).
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