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Breast Cancer's Costly Side Effect: Unemployment Jen Brodeur, right, Tufts Medical Center mammographer, prepares Yan Ling Zhong of Boston for a digital mammogram in 2010. Breast Cancer's Costly Side-Effect: Long-Term Unemployment. By Judy Silverman. Women who get chemotherapy for breast ...
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New York bill would bar condoms as proof of prostitution ALBANY, New York: New York City spends more than a million dollars every year to distribute free condoms to combat unintended pregnancies and diseases such as AIDS. Yet city police are allowed to confiscate those very condoms as evidence of ...
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Survivors of Ebola outbreak in West Africa battling new 'disease' of stigma CONAKRY, Guinea -- The doctor has beaten the odds and survived Ebola, but he still has one more problem: The stigma carried by the deadly disease. Even though he is completely healthy, people are afraid to come near him or to have anything to do with ...
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Experts to meet this weekend at 15th annual conference on Lyme disease, other ... Experts in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses are meeting next weekend in one of the nation's Lyme hot spots — Rhode Island. The 15th nnual Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Conference of the Lyme Disease Association ...
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Expert health committee recommends cervical screening overhaul Women would have their first screening for cervical cancer at 25 and would be tested only every five years under dramatic changes recommended by the Australian government's expert advisory committee on medical procedures. The Medical Services ...
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Relay for Life scheduled for Saturday The American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life honors cancer survivors and those who fight it daily. The team relay has been active in Brownsville for over 20 years. Brownsville resident and top participant in Relay for Life, Bob Mirrielees, was ...
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Sanofi successfully completes dengue vaccine study PARIS, April 28 (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi said the first of two Phase III clinical studies of a proposed dengue vaccine had been successfully completed, reaching its primary endpoint with a significant reduction in cases of the disease. Sanofi, which ...
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Perry technician falsified mammogram reports A woman in US named Sharon Holmes once found a lump in her left breast and she was surprised because just three months ago her doctor had given an all-clear sign to Holmes after a mammogram. Perry technician falsified mammogram reports. Holmes ...
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Biker searches highway for dentures launched by sneeze MADRID — A motorcyclist brought traffic to a standstill on one of Madrid's busiest highways after he pulled over to look for his false teeth, which flew out of his mouth when he sneezed, according to local media reports. Two municipal police officers ...
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A Memory Aid for Seniors: Laughter SUNDAY, April 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Humor and laughter may help combat memory loss in the elderly, a new study suggests. Previous research has found that the stress hormone cortisol can harm memory and learning ability in older adults.
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Rose Bowl hosts Los Angeles Walk Now for Autism Speaks Thousands of supporters, friends and parents of autistic children participate in the 12th annual Los Angeles Walk Now for Autism Speaks at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on Saturday. Mike Mullen. By Lauren Gold, Pasadena Star-News. Posted: 04/26/14, 10:59 ...
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Girl Athletes Need Training to Protect Knees, Doctors Advise More kids are tearing up their knees playing sports, pediatricians said Monday, and they have some advice for parents: consider extra training for your young athletes. There's been a rise in diagnoses of a specific injury to the anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL ...
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San Jose Participates in National Drug Take-Back Day Those with unwanted or expired drugs can drop them off in these bins, no questions asked. This is part of National Drug Take-Back Day. advertisement. Officers in San Jose worked with the Drug Enforcement Agency to collect expired or unwanted ...
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Giving Up On Its Obamacare Exchange No Cure For Oregon's Ills Oregon has been “all in” on health reform. Its embrace of the Affordable Care Act includes a very successful Medicaid expansion, a $2 billion federal experiment to show the state can save money by managing patients' care better, and, of course, the state's ...
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Massena teen remains in critical condition after severing arm in restaurant accident MASSENA — A Massena teenager remained in critical condition in a Boston hospital Saturday after he severed his arm in a kitchen accident at Violi's Restaurant while cleaning a large pasta-making machine. Brett M. Bouchard, 17, severed his right arm at the ...
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| Illness in Snowville remains 'isolated incident,' officials say The Virginia Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continued Saturday to investigate an as-of-yet unidentified illness that killed two people from Pulaski County on Friday and left four others hospitalized into Saturday.
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Middle East respiratory illness spooks Hong Kong, brings back memories of Sars News reports speak of a mysterious respiratory illness; scientists investigate; the anxious don face masks; and patients are ushered into quarantine: It's a scenario all too familiar to Hongkongers. The outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) is ...
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Stem cells made from adult skin cells Researchers have created human embryonic stem cells from adult skin cells for the first time. The lab created cells give scientists a potential tool to help patients. Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) have been grown from an adult's skin cells, according to a ...
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