Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Osteoporosis drugs may make bones weaker

BBC News - Health
New evidence suggests bisphosphonates are linked to microscopic cracks in the bones.
Algorithms are being used to offer help to Facebook users who appear to be considering killing themselves.
Reuters: Health News
(Reuters) - Facebook plans to use artificial intelligence and update its tools and services to help prevent suicides among its users.
LONDON (Reuters) - There is a low risk of sustained human-to-human transmission of bird flu in China, where an outbreak of the H7N9 strain is infecting and killing people, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, although avian viruses need constant monitoring.
FOX News
Poor women undergoing breast cancer treatment are four times more likely to lose their jobs than their high-income peers, a new study suggests.
Most people aren't aware that surgeons are sometimes involved in multiple operations happening at the same time, and many patients might object to the practice if they knew about it, a recent U.S. study suggests.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Pfizer Inc's process for manufacturing sterile injectable drugs at a plant in McPherson, Kansas was "out of control" and put patients at risk, according to a warning letter made public on Tuesday.

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