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14 Emotional Dispatches From Key Ebola Fighters It's been a full year since the Ebola virus first caught fire and medical groups started ringing the alarm that this was no ordinary outbreak.
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Many With Alzheimer's Never Get the Diagnosis: Report More than half a million Americans will develop Alzheimer's disease this year, but as many as half will never be told their diagnosis, according to a new report.
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Jolie reveals she had ovaries removed Two years after Angelina Jolie revealed she'd undergone a preventative double mastectomy, the actress delivered another bombshell: last week she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed.
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US developing bird flu vaccine, no distribution plans yet CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. government is developing a vaccine to protect poultry from new strains of avian flu that have recently killed birds from Arkansas to Washington state.
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LA Fast Food Ban No Fix For Obesity savesaved. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. by Parker Brown Staff Writer, MedPage Today.
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Views of terminally-ill children should be heard: new UK guidelines LONDON (Reuters) - Britain issued new guidance on Tuesday for doctors treating severely or terminally ill children, strongly advising that children's own views on whether they want to live or die should be taken into account.
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Merck says melanoma drug meets goal; study halted (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc said on Tuesday that it would stop a large study of its Keytruda melanoma treatment early because an independent monitoring committee determined the drug succeeded in its goal of prolonging survival in previously untreated ...
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Angelina Jolie reveals she has removed her ovaries in preventative surgery Nearly two years after writing a much-discussed essay in the New York Times detailing her decision to have a double mastectomy, Angelina Jolie has followed up with more health news: Last week she underwent surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian ...
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Even in nursing, no equal pay for women (Reuters Health) - Even though nine out of 10 nurses are women, men in the profession earn higher salaries, and the pay gap has remained constant over the past quarter century, a study finds.
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How to induce kids to eat more fruits and veggies? Hire a chef This news will not blow back any foodies' aprons, but is a useful reminder to lunch ladies and school boards everywhere: When it comes to making the good-for-you parts of school lunches delicious enough to actually eat, chefs really do earn their keep.
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Angelina Jolie Underwent Surgery to Have Ovaries Removed Angelina Jolie underwent preventative surgery to have her ovaries and Fallopian tubes removed due to cancer fears, she wrote in a New York Times op-ed.
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Exercise, Not Vitamin D, Cuts Injuries From Falls MONDAY, March 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Neither routine exercise nor vitamin D supplementation does anything to lower the overall risk for accidental falls among older women, a new Finnish study says.
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America has fallen out of love with diet sodas, and possibly for good According to reports July 22, 2014, The Coca-Cola Company posted mixed results in the second quarter, beating estimated earnings, but missing on the estimated revenues.
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Metals, Fungus Found in Colorado's Marijuana March 24, 2015 -- Legal marijuana grown in Colorado is two to three times as potent as what was sold on the black market 30 years ago, according to test results released this week at a scientific meeting in Denver.
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Pot Evolution: How The Makeup Of Marijuana Has Changed Over Time Marijuana has definitely evolved in the last few decades. Its potency is higher than ever: A lab in Colorado has just analyzed 600 samples of marijuana, both recreational and medical, and found that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content has risen markedly, ...
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UPDATE 1-US developing bird flu vaccine, no distribution plans yet (Adds comment from Zoetis Inc, paragraph 9). By Tom Polansek. CHICAGO, March 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. government is developing a vaccine to protect poultry from new strains of avian flu that have recently killed birds from Arkansas to Washington state.
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California officials say traveler does not have Ebola (Reuters) - Health officials in Southern California said on Monday a "low-risk" traveler who was being monitored and assessed for Ebola after developing a fever and showing signs of illness does not have the disease and is being released from hospital.
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Marijuana media is buzzing as legal pot gains territory Cannabis-focused media is on the rise as the spread of legalization creates a demand for cannabis industry news. Last month, a new local magazine premiered in San Francisco filled with stories about pot-friendly politicians and a comic book starring a ...
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UPDATE 2-Angelina Jolie has ovaries removed over cancer concern (Adds details, reaction, quotes). By Patricia Reaney. March 24 (Reuters) - Two years after her double mastectomy, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie said she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to avoid the risk of ovarian cancer.
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Ebola fades in Liberia, but residents face a new crisis Survivors face an unstable economy and a dearth of jobs. One woman's story speaks to the misery. Jan. 15, 2015 Constance, one of the six children Josephine Dolley adopted, is bathed by another child in Monrovia, Liberia.
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Angelina Jolie had surgery to remove ovaries, Fallopian tubes due to cancer risk March 28: Angelina Jolie sits for a meeting with members of the Bosnian Presidency and British Foreign Secretary William Hague in Sarajevo.
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Dr. Manny: Angelina Jolie's latest surgery may inspire future ovarian cancer ... Angelina Jolie never ceases to amaze me, not by the choices that she makes, but rather how she uses them to inform women on health issues.
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How Ebola changed the world One year ago the World Health Organization officially declared there was an outbreak of Ebola across Guinea. The disease had already claimed dozens of lives and was on its way to neighbouring countries.
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Amy's Kitchen Recalls Possibly Tainted Food Over Contamination Fears Amy's Kitchen, a best-selling natural and organic food brand, announced a voluntary recall today of more than 73,000 cases of its products over worries of possible listeria contamination, the company said in a statement today.
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Amy's Kitchen, Wegmans recall spinach products for possible listeria Two companies are recalling frozen food products containing spinach that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Amy's Kitchen, Inc., and Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., announced the two separate recalls Monday.
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Amy's recalls frozen meals because of possible listeria contamination Amy's Kitchen is recalling nearly 73,900 cases of frozen meals including vegetable lasagna due to to possible listeria contamination, becoming the latest food maker to recall spinach products because of the bacteria.
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Photos of Louisville cop helping woman finish 10k go viral A woman who was photographed being helped to the finish line of a 10K race by a Louisville, Kentucky police officer will be honored along with the officer by the city's mayor.
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Angelina Jolie Details Ovarian Surgery We'll keep everybody updated. That announcement from Angelina Jolie revealing she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to prevent cancer.
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Marijuana tripled in strength in the last 30 years: study A Colorado marijuana research lab reported that today's marijuana is three times more potent than illegal pot from the 1980s. These potency levels are high.
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Angelina Jolie Pitt Undergoes Surgery To Remove Ovaries, Fallopian Tubes To ... Angelina Jolie Pitt has revealed that she underwent preventative surgery to have her ovaries and Fallopian tubes removed last week after tests found inflammatory markers that could be an indication of cancer.
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FDA Grants Premarket Approval To AbioMed Heart Pump The FDA said today that it had approved Abiomed's Impella 2.5 System. According to the company it is is the first hemodynamic support device to gain FDA premarket approval for use during high risk PCI procedures.
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Amy's Kitchen recalls frozen meals with spinach, citing Listeria concern Amy's Kitchen is recalling more than 73,000 cases of products containing organic spinach because of possible Listeria contamination.
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Keytruda Meets Study Goals as Advanced Melanoma Treatment, Merck Says Cancer drug Keytruda met its two primary endpoints in a phase III study as a first-line treatment for patients with advanced melanoma, Merck & Co.
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Tests confirm Santa Barbara County woman does not have Ebola Santa Barbara County public health officials confirmed Monday that a woman who traveled overseas and was taken to a Los Angeles-area hospital for close monitoring does not have Ebola.
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Angelina Jolie Pitt shares her bold surgery choice Two years ago, when Angelina Jolie Pitt went public with her decision to have a double mastectomy after her doctors informed her she had "an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer," she vowed she would continue the ...
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Here's One Way to Improve School Lunches If everyone had a personal chef, we'd all eat better. And if every school had a chef overseeing its recipes and menus, then kids would eat better too, right?
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When the school lunch lady works with a chef, kids eat their fruits and vegetables In schools where trained chefs jazzed up fare, children ate more fruits and vegetables--and the schools themselves saved money, according to a study released online Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
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Aid Group: Poor Global Response Worsened Ebola Epidemic GENEVA—. On the first anniversary of the worst Ebola outbreak in history, a leading medical group is decrying the missed opportunities for preventing this deadly disease from spinning out of control in West Africa.
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Chef's Input Helps Make School Meals Healthier (HealthDay News) -- Getting a professional chef's input improves the fruit and vegetable selection in school cafeterias, leading students to eat more of those healthy foods, a new study finds.
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Worldwide Use Of Antibiotics In Livestock Is Fueling Risk Of Drug-Resistant ... By Chris Arsenault ROME, March 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Developing countries are pumping livestock full of antibiotics at such a startling rate that they are dramatically increasing the risk of creating drug-resistant "super bugs," scientists warned ...
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Should You Get Blood Tests To Check Your Thyroid, Even If You Have No ... The scenario is fairly common: you are in your medical provider's office for a checkup and also happen to be getting lab work done.
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Colorado Marijuana Study Finds Legal Weed Contains Potent THC Levels This is not your father's weed. Colorado marijuana is nearly twice as potent as illegal pot of past decades, and some modern cannabis packs triple the punch of vintage ganja, lab tests reveal for the first time.
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Stop & Shop Issues Recall of Amy's Kitchen Items (CBS Connecticut) Following a recall by Amy's Kitchen, Inc., The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company announced it removed from sale select Amy's Kitchen frozen food items due to the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
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UPDATE 1-Slow Ebola response cost thousands of lives - MSF - TRFN (Updates with WHO quotes, and government responses). By Misha Hussain. DAKAR, March 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The slow international response to the West Africa Ebola outbreak created an avoidable tragedy that cost thousands of lives, ...
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Amy's Kitchen recalls products that could contain listeria (CNN) Amy's Kitchen Inc. says it's recalling nearly 74,000 cases of its products that could contain listeria. In a statement released through the Food and Drug Administration on Sunday, Amy's Kitchen said that it was voluntarily recalling the products after ...
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Santa Barbara Woman Tests Negative For Ebola LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) - A Santa Barbara County woman Monday hospitalized for Ebola symptoms has tested negative for the virus, according to officials.
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Study: School Chefs Can Get Kids To Eat Healthier BOSTON (CBS) - Getting kids to eat healthy school lunches is all about taste and presentation, a new study finds. A study from Harvard's T.H.
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Doctors don't tell half of Alzheimer's patients they have the disease, study finds More than half of Americans with Alzheimer's do not learn of the diagnosis from their doctors, according to a new study from the Alzheimer's Association.
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Deep Brain Stimulation May Ease Some Parkinson's Pain for Years MONDAY, March 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- People with Parkinson's disease who undergo deep brain stimulation may experience long-term pain relief, a small, new study from Korea suggests.
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Listeria Link Forces Blue Bell Ice Cream Recall BRENHAM (CBSDFW.COM) - Blue Bell Ice Cream is recalling more products that may potentially be contaminated with Listeria. The Texas company and the Food and Drug Administration announced the recall on Monday.
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