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Think the US Has a Measles Problem? Just Look at Europe. The case count for the measles outbreak linked to Disneyland is steadily ticking upwards. Health officials in more than a dozen states are tracking down thousands of people to try to make sure they don't spread the virus any further.
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Guinea to expand use of experimental anti-Ebola drugs CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's government has authorized the wider use of an experimental drug to treat Ebola in treatment centers after successful initial trials, officials said on Saturday.
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Woman Gives Birth to 14-Pound Baby Big Baby Florida St. Joseph's Womens Hospital/AP Mother Maxxzandra Ford, father Ford Allen Denton, and Avery Denton, the 14.1-pound baby born at the hospital in Tampa on Jan. 29, 2015.
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Woman Defends Herself After Husband Says She Gave up Newborn With Down ... A woman accused by her husband of divorcing him and giving up their newborn son after learning he was born with Down syndrome called the decision the "hardest moment" of her life.
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Your IUD and Implant Last Much Longer Than They Claim, Study Says Two highly effective contraceptives—the intrauterine device (IUD) and the implant—actually last much longer than they are currently recommended, according to new research.
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Florida Mom Gives Birth to 14.1-Pound Baby After Surprise Pregnancy A woman who didn't realize she was pregnant until her third trimester delivered a 14.1-pound baby boy in Florida on Friday, according to hospital officials.
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More than measles: Childhood vaccines aimed at preventing many diseases CHICAGO -- Measles is in the news, but it's just one of more than a dozen preventable -- and sometimes forgotten -- diseases targeted by vaccines for children.
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Measles outbreak turns attention to bounty of kids' vaccines and sometimes ... CHICAGO - Measles is in the news, but it's just one of more than a dozen preventable - and sometimes forgotten - diseases targeted by vaccines for children.
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Florida woman delivers 14-pound baby after surprise pregnancy This photo provided by the St. Joseph's Womens Hospital shows Avery Denton, who weighed 14.1 pounds when he was born on Jan. 29, 2015.
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Vaccine experts: It's time to 'nudge' hesitant parents A nationwide measles outbreak has spurred new action in Washington state and elsewhere to eliminate exemptions for parents who don't vaccinate their children.
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Measles outbreak spurs vaccination entry requirement at California university Students at all 10 campuses of the University of California will be required to be screened for tuberculosis and vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella and other diseases under a new health plan set to take effect in 2017, the university said on Friday.
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Study: Coffee May Lower Women's Risk of Endometiral Cancer LANHAM, Md. (WNEW/CBS News) - That daily cup of coffee does more than just perk you up - it may also reduce a woman's risk of endometrial cancer.
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Report: Low vaccination rates in Colorado result in illnesses, costs A low rate of vaccination in Colorado resulted in more preventable childhood illnesses and additional costs for hospitals in 2013, according to a local study released last week.
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Florida woman delivers 14-lb baby, didn't know she was pregnant A Florida woman who delivered a 14.1-pound (6.4-kilogram) baby says she didn't know she was pregnant until her third trimester.
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Mumps outbreak in Idaho spreads to Washington state BOISE, Idaho - A mumps outbreak that began in September at the University of Idaho in Moscow is continuing to spread, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
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E-cigarettes: A tool to quit or danger to youth? The health risks due to cigarette smoking have been well documented, but health experts aren't so sure about e-cigarette vaping.
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Missouri teen's 'miracle' recovery after underwater for 15 minutes A 14-year-old Missouri boy who fell through an icy lake and was underwater for 15 minutes, with no pulse for nearly 45 minutes, has made a "miraculous" recovery, doctors said.
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Guinea to widen use of experimental Ebola drug CONAKRY, Guinea - Guinea's government has authorized the expanded use of an experimental drug to treat Ebola after successful initial trials, officials said Saturday.
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Why The AIDS Epidemic Matters To Black Lives About a year ago I attended a gathering of activists who focus on issues for Black men related to mass incarceration, the war on drugs, police brutality, and stop-and-frisk issues, shape notions of masculinity for Black men and boys.
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E-Cigarettes in School RAWLINS - Though the number of cases is increasing, it's not the newest trend for Rawlins High School students to sneak e-cigarettes or vaporizers onto school grounds.
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John Smith: Teen has miraculous recovery after being submerged in icy waters ... Three 14-year-old boys fell through the ice on a frozen lake in Missouri on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. One of the teens, John Smith, stayed under water for 15 minutes, but since then has had a miraculous recovery.
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Health Officials In Delaware Valley Highlight Importance Of Measles Vaccine PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - With one potential case of measles in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and another confirmed in northern New Jersey, health officials are stressing the importance of vaccinations.
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Researchers Mopped Up NYC's Subways & Found Pathogenic Bacteria They're all among the rare set of substances DNA-hunting researchers distinguished in New York City's subway cars and stations as part of an extensive new study.
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Risk of endometrial cancer reduced by coffee intake, says study Four cups of coffee a day could reduce the risk of endometrial cancer by up to 19 percent. This according to a recent study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention.
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Florida Woman Births Big Honkin' Baby Boy Whoa there: After 18 hours of labor, a Florida woman reeled in this 14.1-pound whopper last week, one of the state's largest on record.
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Yale to Offer Treatment for Anyone Who Had Contact With Possible Meningitis ... Yale University and public health officials continue working to identify anyone who had contact with an undergraduate student hospitalized with "probable bacterial meningitis," according to the school.
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Michigan couple battling cancer 1 A Michigan couple is now battling cancer and their battle indeed touched the heart of the people around them. To support the couple, members of their community from West Michigan are rallying support to keep the couples fighting.
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Medicare Finally Decided To Cover CT Scans For Lung Cancer Medicare Finally Decided To Cover CT Scans For Lung Cancer Medicare has reported they have finally decided to cover computed tomography for lung cancer test, which aids providing highly predisposed elders access to medical services that could ...
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HIV and the Black Population Last month, a study published in the American Journal of Public Health examined the effect that HIV conspiracy theories has had over our society.
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Young Michigan parents both battling cancer A Michigan community is rallying support for a husband and wife who are both fighting cancer. Ben and Shelby Offrink have two daughters, 3-year-old Maeve and Hazel who turned 1 in December.
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Women in more danger from type 1 diabetes than men, study shows Although women typically live longer than men, new research shows that this trend may be reversed for patients with type 1 diabetes.
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Faecal Bacteria Transplant Leads Woman To Gain Severe Weight Woman suffered a severe and sudden weight gain, after undergoing a faecal bacteria transplant from her overweight daughter. The stool transplant is a medical procedure, and it is based on transplanting healthy bacteria into a sick gut.
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Colorado's low vaccination rate caused illnesses and increase medical costs 2 According to a recent study released last week, there had been a lot of preventable diseases that could have been prevented if only Colorado residents had their vaccines.
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Mom Becomes Obese After Stool Transplant From Daughter Makes Her Gain 35 ... A woman received donor stools from her overweight daughter. The mother became obese 16 months after the procedure despite having medically supervised diet and exercise.
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Woman Gains 35 Lbs after Fecal Transplant from her Overweight Daughter Woman Gains 35 Lbs after Fecal Transplant from her Overweight Daughter A woman that had her gut bacteria medically replaced with a new set of bacteria taken from the stool of her overweight daughter soon gained 35 pounds, making her clinically obese.
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A smartphone that can diagnose HIV and other illness? 6 Having a lab test is now easier using your smartphone and a smart device. A team of researchers from Columbia University just created a portable device that can diagnose HIV and syphilis in 15 minutes using a finger prick of blood.
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Saturday Marks National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Saturday marks the fifteenth National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This day is recognized across the country to encourage African Americans to get educated, get tested, and get PrEP, a pill taken daily that can prevent HIV infection.
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Woman Says Stool Transplant Made Her Obese A woman who was sick by a pesky bacterium got treated with a revolutionary transplant but gained a lot of weight in the process. The 32-year-old woman, who remains unidentified, was one of the thousands of people who suffered from a bacterium known as ...
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New Medicare Decision To Cover Lung Cancer CT Screenings Medicare has finally made a conclusive decision in favor of covering computed tomography (CT) scans for lung cancer screening. It is a monumental decision that will give many high-risk seniors access to diagnostic tools which could dramatically improve ...
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Red Wine Helps to Burn Fat, Study Suggests Latest study has unveiled that drinking red wine or red grape juice in moderation can help in burning fat. The study has been published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry.
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Scientists Swab NYC Subways With Surprising Results (Photo : Getty Images/Spencer Platt) Researchers swabbed NYC subways to create a pathogen map - and their results were surprising.
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Woman's Fecal Transplant Led her to Obesity After undergoing a stool trans plant from her daughter, woman suffered a dramatic weight gain according to doctors' report. This medical procedure infuses healthy bacteria into a diseased gut but according to the US doctors it might have affected her waistline ...
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Three to Four Cups of Coffee a Day, will Chase Endometrial Cancer Aaway Latest study revealed that a single cup of coffee a day won't be as effective in preventing endometrial cancer compared to drinking 4 cups.
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Four cups of coffee daily lowers risk of Endometrial Cancer in Women up to 18% A new study has shown that a cup coffee may be more than enough in reducing women's risk to endometrial cancer; researchers having evaluated dietary habits in more than 2,800 women diagnosed with the disease.
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New Study Confirms Health Benefits of Red Grapes (yes, including Red Wine) A new study published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry has exposed human liver and fat cells grown in a laboratory to extracts from the same chemicals found in Muscadine grapes.
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Medicare Will Cover Smokers' Yearly Lung Cancer CT Scans High medical costs and poor health outcomes in America compared to its global counterparts inspired our healthcare overhaul and the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2012 and now a significant provision has been added.
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Medicaere Announces It Will Cover Annual Lung Cancer Screenings, Even For ... Smoking is bad for you. We all know that. But it is hard to quit. Even though we know that quitting smoking provides such great health benefits, it is still one of the hardest things anyone will ever try to do.
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Medicare to Pay for Smokers' Lung Cancer Annual Screening Health officials announced Thursday that Medicare will also cover lung cancer annual screening in people aged 55 or older. The move is expected to save tens of thousands of lives in the U.S.
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Poisoned birds being found at Marion County Landfill Authority with local animal sanctuary informed that they have been picking sick birds from the Marion County Landfill and its areas close by that are being poisoned.
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Disturbing News from the NYC Subway System A team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College just released a new report about the hundreds of bacteria that live in New York's metro stations.
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