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Despised hospital gowns get fashion makeovers (CNN) Whether a patient is in the hospital for an organ transplant, an appendectomy or to have a baby, one complaint is common: the gown.
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Romance authors help to raise autism awareness April is National Autism Awareness Month. Authors Kennedy Ryan and Ginger Scott have organized Lift: Authors Raising Autism Awareness for the month, and Kennedy, author of Be Mine Forever, joins us here to share her experience raising a son with ...
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Military suicides aren't linked to deployment, study finds (Reuters Health) - Military suicides may be more likely after members leave the service than during active duty deployment, particularly if their time in uniform is brief, a U.S.
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Medicare Physician Payment: Seeking Control savesaved. by Richard Peck Contributing Writer, MedPage Today. This is the second of a four-part series looking back, and ahead, at Medicare as the 50th anniversary of its enactment approaches.
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Doctors Halt Squabbling And Agree How To Manage Hypertension In People ... There's been a lot of drama in the hypertension field over the past few years. Initially sparked by the decision of the National Institutes of Health to end its sponsorship of national guidelines, the subsequent appearance of multiple guidelines with divergent ...
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New York doctors accused of using free shoes offer to defraud Medicaid NEW YORK (Reuters) - Twenty-three New York City doctors and medical workers have been charged with running an insurance fraud scheme in which they persuaded homeless and poor people to get unnecessary medical testing with promises of free shoes ...
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1000-year-old onion and garlic eye remedy kills MRSA A 1,000-year-old treatment for eye infections could hold the key to killing antibiotic-resistant superbugs, experts have said. Scientists recreated a 9th Century Anglo-Saxon remedy using onion, garlic and part of a cow's stomach.
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Avril Lavigne and Lyme Disease: Your Questions Answered Singer Avril Lavigne revealed in the latest issue of People that she has been diagnosed with Lyme disease, which has left her bedridden and at times unable to talk -- or even move -- for more than five months.
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Doctors Ask Why Some Enterovirus 68 Patients Developed Polio-Like Paralysis When 4-year-old Allen Howe went from being a little goofball to being unable to move 80 percent of his body, his mother was in tears.
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Popular painkiller doesn't help low back pain, arthritis, study finds Acetaminophen -- best known as Tylenol in the United States -- does not appear to help ease lower back pain and offers little relief for the most common form of arthritis, according to a new report.
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Image Of 101-Year-Old With Baby Sparks Unbelievable Response (UPDATE) Even Patrick Quinn, co-founder of the popular Life of Dad social media network for dads, was shocked by the flood of photos the site received after posting this picture of a "101-year difference" between a new baby and the family's oldest living relative.
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US Boosts New Ebola Drug The U.S. government says it will help develop a new Ebola drug - one of five drugs that are being tested against the deadly virus.
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Should parents let kids taste alcohol? Children often see their parents crack open a bottle of wine or beer or mix a drink at some point early on in life when they're too young to understand what alcohol is.
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23 People Charged in 'Medicaid Mill' Scheme Twenty-three people, including nine doctors, were charged on Tuesday with taking part in a health-care-fraud scheme that raked in reimbursements from unnecessary medical services provided to poor New Yorkers.
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Common virus linked to children's partial paralysis At the end of last summer a common respiratory virus known as enterovirus D68 began to make the rounds in the U.S., landing more than 1,000 children in hospitals.
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Synthetic Pot Linked to Kidney Injury MONDAY, March 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that synthetic marijuana, also known as K2 or Spice, might harm the kidneys.
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Medieval remedy to treat eye infections found to kill MRSA superbug Researchers in Britain and the U.S. have found that a medieval concoction meant to treat eye infections also has the ability to kill the MRSA superbug.
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1000-Year-Old Eye Infection Salve May Kill MRSA Super Bug, Study Shows A relatively new super bug may have met its match in a 1,000-year-old eye treatment, according to researchers from the University of Nottingham.
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Genetic study boosts evidence for EV-D68 in polio-like cases A careful study of children at two Colorado and California hospitals who had polio-like illnesses strengthens the evidence that cases were related to enterovirus-D68, which caused a widespread outbreak of severe respiratory illnesses in US children last year, ...
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Study Links Letting Kids Sip Alcohol To Later Drinking PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CBS) - Letting children have even a sip of alcohol could lead to danger, according to a new study. Researchers at Brown University's Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies found that giving kids a taste of alcohol before the sixth grade ...
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USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Iron Deficiency Screening The US Preventive Services Task Force (UPSTF) has released two new draft recommendations: one on screening for iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and routine iron supplementation in pregnant women and one on screening for IDA and routine iron ...
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A conversation about the stigma of mental illness One in four adults, approximately 61.5 million Americans, experiences mental illness in a given year. About 13.6 million people live with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder in America, according to the National ...
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Chronic Fatigue 'Brain Fog' Clues in Spinal Fluid TUESDAY, March 31, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- People with chronic fatigue syndrome show a distinct pattern of immune system proteins in their spinal fluid -- a finding that could shed light on the "brain fog" that marks the condition, researchers say.
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GOP senator: Medicare deal must be offset A freshman Republican senator is urging GOP Senate leadership to take a tougher stand on the House Medicare "doc fix" deal, highlighting an split within the party that could hold up the bill's passage.
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3D scans can now reveal a person's biological age But our biological age - which can vary significantly from our real age - often remains a mystery. Now scientists say they can accurately estimate biological age by creating a 3D scan of wrinkles and other facial features.
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Study: Letting Children Taste Alcohol May Promote Early Drinking PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CBS Connecticut) - Children who try alcohol before sixth grade are more likely to start drinking when they are in high school, a new study finds.
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Study warns of danger of allowing kids to sip booze Children whose parents allow them to sip alcohol are more likely to abuse booze when they are older. That's the conclusion of a new study, which casts doubt on the old wives' tale that giving kids a taste of alcohol reduces their desire for it as they grow older.
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Smokescreen? Madison vapers say e-cigarettes help them quit smoking, but ... 2015-04-01T06:00:00Z Smokescreen? Madison vapers say e-cigarettes help them quit smoking, but health effects remain largely unknownBRYNA GODAR | The Capital Times | bgodar@madison.
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Pesticides on fruits, veggies linked with poorer semen quality (Story refiled to add additional affiliation for editorial coauthor introduced in paragraph 10.) By Kathryn Doyle. (Reuters Health) - Men who eat more fruits and vegetables with pesticide residue have lower sperm counts and a lower percentage of normal sperm ...
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An apple a day won't keep the doctor away Put down your apple and grab a packet of chips. No, wait don't. But, an alarming new study addressing an old wives tale hasn't come up apples for apples.
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From a medieval text, a weapon against a modern superbug emerges At the University of Nottingham in Britain, researchers have rediscovered an ancient medicinal elixir that appears to fight a very modern scourge: a deadly drug-resistant bacterial infection rampant in hospitals.
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Study Helps Explain 'Brain Fog' in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome A new study shows abnormal immune proteins in the spinal fluid of people with chronic fatigue syndrome. Study Helps Explain 'Brain Fog' in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
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Angelina Jolie, 39, in forced menopause Angelina Jolie has had her ovaries removed, just two years after she had a double mastectomy. In a diary entry that she wrote for the New York Times last week, she said that her will to survive is strong.
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KIXE Series Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies Cancer has always been with us. Our first written records of cases date from ancient Egypt, and physicians in each era have struggled to understand and treat the disease.
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Trapani: Vision an overlooked aspect of autism Cayuga Centers staff will read the book "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon in observance of Autism Awareness Month.
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Morning Break: Ebola Patient Improves, Feraheme Warning savesaved. by MedPage Today Staff. The healthcare worker being treated for Ebola at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda is now listed in fair condition, an upgrade from the last few days.
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Nebraska hospital releases 5 Americans found Ebola-free Five American health workers have been released from a Nebraska hospital after completing a 21-day quarantine and being found Ebola-free.
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Social media reacts to "Emperor of All Maladies" – Ripples of conversation flow ... The following is a guest blog post from one of our contributors, Sally James of Seattle, an active observer of, and participant in, health/medicine/science-related social media.
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HHS Contracts with BioCryst Pharmaceuticals to Develop New Ebola Drug The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) awarded approximately $12 million today to BioCryst Pharmaceuticals of Durham, N.C.
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No correlation between time spent with mom and overall success, study says Contrary to popular belief, the amount of time a mother spends with her children does not have a significant impact on a child's overall achievements later in life.
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What does Angelina Jolie's news teach us about cancer prevention? Angelina Jolie's recent revelation about having her ovaries removed once again has had women thinking about cancer risk, cancer prevention and genetic testing.
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China increases number of Doctors to cure Health care problems by 2020 By 2020, China announced the double in the number of general doctors they'll be having. Aside from that, they also target to trim the public sector and improve the country's technology.
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Hear That? Exploding Head Syndrome More Common Than You Thought Well, this makes me not want want to complain of headaches waking me up almost on a nightly basis. If you have ever heard a loud 'boom' in the night that wasn't there, you're not alone.
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Exploding Head Syndrome Goes Hand in Hand with Isolated Sleep Paralysis Nah, hear me out. It's a very distressing psychological phenomenon in which the sufferer is awaken by sudden loud noises, sometimes with the feeling that there's an explosion happening inside their head.
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Interesting facts about exploding head syndrome According to the study is published in the Journal of Sleep Research, nearly one in five college students may suffer from "exploding head syndrome.
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Poorer Children Have Smaller Brains Researchers Say Children with richer parents have larger brains compared to children with poorer parents, according to a new study. The differences in the brain were most marked in the areas that control language, reading, decision making and memory, the study found.
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Exploding Head Syndrome – Frequently Affecting Young People Exploding Head Syndrome - Frequently Affecting Young People Some might not know what exploding head syndrome is but according to a new research paper many young people (about 1 in 5) suffer from this psychological condition.
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China Aims To Double Doctor Numbers As Cure For Health Hoping to repair associate poorly health care service laid low with long wait times and poor service in rural areas, China says it's embarking on a program to double the quantity of doctors within the country.
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What is exploding head syndrome? Odd sensation is relatively common and may be linked to sleep paralysis and open-eyed dreaming. By: Ali Berman. Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 10:39 AM.
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Quintiles and Quest Diagnostics to form JV Quintiles and Quest Diagnostics recently announced a definitive agreement to form a global clinical trials laboratory services business.
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