Immune-based drug may ease chronic eye condition and other top stories.

• Immune-based drug may ease chronic eye condition

  

  WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7, 2016 -- People with chronic eye inflammation known as uveitis may be able to keep the condition at bay with the immune-suppressing drug Humira (adalimumab), a new study finds. "Humira doesn't cure uveitis, but it does cause it to become quiet," said lead researcher Dr. Glenn Jaffe. He's a professor of ophthalmology at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C., and a consultant for Humira's maker, AbbVie. "The hope is while the disease is in a quiet state, the diseas..

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• Early Life Antibiotic Use Tied to Future Allergy Risk

  

  Action Points This research was published in an abstract and presented at a conference. The findings should be considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. LONDON -- Early life exposure to antibiotics was associated with an increased risk for both hay fever and eczema later in life in a pooled analysis reported here that included more than half a million people. Findings from the analysis of 32 observational studies indicated that antibiotic use during the fir..

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• Arthritic Elephant At National Zoo Gets Pachyderm Pedicures And Giant Teva Boots

  

  Enlarge this image Asian elephant Shanthi plays in an enclosure at the Elephant Community Center during the unveiling of the major expansion of the elephant house at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in 2013. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Asian elephant Shanthi plays in an enclosure at the Elephant Community Cen..

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• News at Noon: Zika vote bugs Florida lawmakers; complaint filed over Trump donation; mall worker chases thief ...

  

  Senate Democrats blocked a $1.1 billion bill over objections to a provision aimed at preventing funding to Planned Parenthood. The ire played out among Florida lawmakers — including Rep. David Jolly making his point on the House floor with a container of 100 Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae and Sen. Bill Nelson saying, "Let's stop these political games." GROUP FILES IRS COMPLAINT OVER TRUMP-BONDI DONATION A watchdog group has filed an IRS complaint calling for an investigation into Donald Tr..

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• Suicide Is Not About Statistics. Here's My Story.

  

  Trigger Warning: This post contains graphic details about suicide attempts. September is a difficult month. It signals the fading of summer and the incoming, sometimes delightful, stress of school. With the changing of the leaves and the gradual shortening of the days, it often feels as though the world is tightening its grip, the sickly gravity of winter crouching on the horizon, approaching deliberately and unavoidably. September is also National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, durin..

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