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Smoking's Toll on Health Is Even Worse Than Previously Thought, a Study Finds However bad you thought smoking was, it's even worse. A new study adds at least five diseases and 60,000 deaths a year to the toll taken by tobacco in the United States.
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San Francisco commuters possibly exposed to measles on train SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of commuters on San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit system may have been exposed to measles after an infectious Bay Area resident rode a train to and from work for three days last week, public health ...
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New Cholesterol Guidelines Mean These Foods Could Be Back on the Table Now that an influential group of nutrition scientists have indicated the U.S. Department of Agriculture may drop the cholesterol-guidelines-28876990">50-year-old warning against eating cholesterol-laden foods, some changes to the American diet may be in ...
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Experts 'Appalled' by Puerto Rican Bill to Fine Parents of Obese Children Obesity researchers say a Puerto Rican bill that would fine parents of obese children up to $800 is "unbelievable" and "unfair.
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US to Withdraw Nearly All Troops Fighting Ebola WASHINGTON - President Obama on Wednesday announced that the United States was withdrawing almost all of its troops from the fight against Ebola in West Africa, but he said the world needed to remain vigilant as it sought to eradicate the deadly ...
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Students sought who partied with Oregon man stricken by meningococcal disease PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Public health officials are working to identify and offer antibiotics to about 20 University of Oregon students who attended a fraternity party at the home of a man diagnosed this week with a potentially deadly meningococcemia ...
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Red Cross Ebola teams in Guinea attacked 10 times a month CONAKRY (Reuters) - Red Cross teams in Ebola-hit Guinea have been attacked on average 10 times a month over the past year, the charity said on Thursday, warning that the violence was hampering efforts to contain the disease.
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Measles outbreak highlights the importance of adult immunization Measles was once considered a childhood illness, spreading rapidly across schools, playgrounds and parks. But the national measles outbreak that began two months ago at Disneyland has showed another side of the highly infectious disease - that it is a ...
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For most strokes, clot-retrieval device boosts effectiveness of drug treatment In most patients suffering a potentially devastating ischemic stroke, the added use of a medical device designed to retrieve the blockage and restore flow of blood to the brain reduces rates of death and disability, four new studies have demonstrated.
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San Francisco Bay Area transit rider had measles on train SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Commuters on San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit system may have been exposed to measles last week after an East Bay resident with the disease rode a BART train to and from work in the city for three days while ...
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Obama uses war on Ebola to illustrate fight against non-conventional threats If there is to be war, the fight against Ebola is President Obama's type of war. The enemy fires no bullets and carries no bombs.
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Fatal smoking risks may be higher than thought A new study suggests that smoking may be responsible for 60,000 to 120,000 more deaths in the U.S. each year than previously thought.
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Four retailers pull some dietary aids off shelves after probe: NYT (Reuters) - Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, GNC Holdings Inc and Target Corp agreed to remove certain dietary supplements off their shelves in New York after receiving a threat of legal action from the state's attorney general, the New York ...
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Brain Stents Show Big Promise for Certain Stroke Patients Stroke experts are reporting a major advance: Stents similar to the ones used to open clogged heart arteries also can be used to clear a blood clot in the brain, greatly lowering the risk a patient will end up disabled.
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Cigarette smoking is even more deadly than you think, study says The U.S. surgeon general says about 480,000 Americans die each year as a result of smoking. But a new analysis suggests the true figure may be closer to 575,000.
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Measles reaches Contra Costa County; BART riders exposed BART riders commuting to San Francisco may have been exposed to measles, public health officials are warning after a passenger tested positive for the infectious virus.
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Clot Extractors Shown Beneficial In Stroke Patients Three new studies offer important additional evidence that early treatment with current thrombectomy devices that extract clots from blood vessels in the brain can lead to improved outcomes in carefully selected stroke patients.
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Dad donates liver but can only help one twin Twin toddlers Binh and Phuoc Wagner have a rare genetic disorder called Alagille syndrome that affects their liver, heart and other vital organs.
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Measles case raises questions on Elgin Community College campus The Elgin Community College student diagnosed with measles visited the library. Students studying on Wednesday were not worried about exposure to the disease.
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Cancer patients, doctors sue to allow physician-assisted death for terminally ill A group of cancer patients and physicians filed a lawsuit Wednesday to clarify the ability of mentally competent, terminally ill patients in California to obtain prescription drugs from their physician to hasten their death if they find their suffering unbearable.
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Studies Find More Genetic Links to Obesity WEDNESDAY, Feb. 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- New research offers more evidence that genes play a significant role in obesity. The findings may help explain why some people are more likely to put on extra pounds and develop obesity-linked conditions, ...
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West Africa sees spike in Ebola cases as decline stalls: WHO DAKAR (Reuters) - West Africa recorded 144 new confirmed cases of Ebola in the week to Feb. 8, the second weekly increase in a row highlighting lingering challenges to end the outbreak, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
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Mortality risk 'two times higher' in people with mental disorders A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry finds that the risk of mortality among people with mental health disorders is more than two times higher than that of individuals without such conditions and the general population.
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US Smoking Deaths May Be Underestimated: Study WEDNESDAY, Feb. 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking may be killing more people than even current estimates indicate, a new study suggests.
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Illinois says 11 now diagnosed with measles ELGIN, Ill. - Illinois public health officials are now reporting 11 people have diagnosed with measles. Cook County Department of Public Health spokeswoman Amy Poore confirmed Wednesday the most recent case involves an infant associated with ...
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Do these genes make me look fat? Scientists have found 97 different DNA mutations that affect obesity - and they are all over your body. Many are in the brain, which surprised the experts.
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BART measles alert: LinkedIn employee may have exposed riders BART officials warned riders Wednesday that they may have been exposed to measles after a passenger with the virus commuted to and from the LinkedIn offices in San Francisco from Feb. 4 to Feb. 6 - and urged those who think they have symptoms to see ...
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Officials Seek Students Who Partied With Man Stricken By Meningococcal Disease By Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND, Ore., Feb 11 (Reuters) - Public health officials are working to identify and offer antibiotics to about 20 University of Oregon students who attended a fraternity party at the home of a man diagnosed this week with a ...
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Health officials: Stay away from 'measles parties' Holding a "measles party" to naturally expose unvaccinated kids on purpose is a terrible idea, medical experts said, after reports a California mom got an invite.
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Why cholesterol might not be as bad as you think One egg is about 75 percent of your daily recommended cholesterol with the government's current guidelines, but that could change.
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Suit seeks to exempt physicians from assisted suicide law A group of cancer patients and doctors has filed a lawsuit seeking to exempt physicians who help terminally ill patients end their lives from California's ban on assisted suicide.
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Smoking May Be More Dangerous Than Previously Thought, Study Says A woman smokes a cigarette in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images A woman smokes a cigarette in New York, U.S.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is Real and is Now Called Systemic Exertion ... Sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome have long complained about what they regard as a trivializing name for their condition. Now, they can claim two victories: it was renamed systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID), and was proclaimed to be a real ...
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Study ties more deaths, types of disease, to smoking Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even routine infections. A new report ties these and other maladies to smoking and says an additional 60,000 to 120,000 deaths each year in the United States are probably due to tobacco use.
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Lawsuit seeks to exempt physicians from law against assisted suicide in California SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A cancer patient and five doctors filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to exempt physicians who help terminally ill patients end their lives from a California ban on assisted suicide.
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Removing Stroke-Causing Clots From the Brain Boosts Recovery (Bloomberg) -- Stroke patients are more likely to recover if doctors quickly restore blood flow to the brain by plucking out the clots that are causing damage, two new studies show.
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California: Lawsuit Seeks to Exempt Doctors From Assisted Suicide Ban A cancer patient and five doctors filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to exempt physicians who help terminally ill patients end their lives from a state ban on assisted suicide.
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Eggs Are In After Nutrition Panel Lifts Cholesterol Warning MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Something many of us have been trying to avoid is now okay to eat. The nation's top nutrition panel is dropping its guidelines about avoiding foods that are high in cholesterol.
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Is measles back to stay? Is measles really back? That's the question vexing everyone from pediatricians to policymakers to parents as the outbreak of the dangerous childhood disease that was declared eliminated from the United States 15 years ago continues to spread.
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Obama vow to 'extinguish' Ebola despite troop withdrawal WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said on Wednesday US military efforts to contain Ebola would give way to a civilian-led drive to "extinguish" the deadly virus, as he ordered home American troops in West Africa.
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Colorado Brings in $44 Million In Taxes On First Year Of Marijuana Sales Fears about potential negative effects of legalized recreational marijuana seem to have been exaggerated at the announcement Colorado's final haul in tax revenue after it's first fiscal year of sales: $44 million.
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Study: Smoking likely kills even more Americans than we think A new study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that more Americans die as a result of smoking than previously thought.
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Fat genes are to blame for a fifth of obesity Fat genes are to blame for more than a fifth of obesity meaning exercise and dieting are of little use to millions, a new study has found.
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Brain stents show big promise for certain stroke patients Footage of 1915 disaster found In this July 24, 1915, photo, passengers are rescued from atop the Eastland passenger ship that capsized in the Chicago River en route to a Western Electric company picnic, killing 844 people.
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School board sides with young leukemia patient on vaccinations 65°F San Francisco. antioch; concord; fairfield; hayward; livermore; mill valley; mountain view; napa; oakland; palo alto; richmond; san carlos; san francisco; san jose; santa rosa.
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New Dietary Guidelines May Lighten Caution Against Cholesterol New dietary advice is on its way. A panel of top experts - appointed by the federal government - is expected to update recommendations on what we should be eating.
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Health Highlights: Feb. 12, 2015 Transit users in Northern California are being told they may have been exposed to the measles by an infected passenger. A person diagnosed with the measles rode Bay Area Rapid Transit trains between Lafayette and San Francisco during the morning and ...
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With Ebola cases down dramatically, US military ends mission in West Africa (+ ... Between November and February, new cases of Ebola in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone plummeted from 2,032 to 371, according to data from the White House, which attributed the decline to 'US-led containment efforts.
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Authorities warn Northern California transit commuters after passenger ... SAN FRANCISCO - Officials in Northern California on Wednesday warned Bay Area Rapid Transit commuters that they may have been exposed to measles after an infected LinkedIn employee used the trains.
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New therapy improves end results for stroke patients Researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute are making international headlines once again but this time with a new therapy that promises to improve outcomes and reduce death in stroke patients.
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