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Marathon Bombing Survivor Rebekah Gregory Calls Finish Line Crossing A ... BOSTON (CBS) - Boston Marathon bombing survivor Rebekah Gregory knelt to the ground and cried after crossing the finish line, in an emotional moment she described as a "new beginning.
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Committee Sheds More Light On Controversial Mammogram Guidelines USPSTF guidelines recommend mammogram screening starts at 50 years old but acknowledges benefit of early screening for women between 40 and 49 years old at high risk of breast cancer.
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Boston Marathon after the bombs: Now a more emotional, coming together ... A spectator holds a sign saying, "We Never Run In Fear, We Are Boston, We run Marathons," as participants in the Boston Marathon run by, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston.
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Blue Bell Creameries Now Recalls All Products Over Listeria Risk Blue Bell Ice Cream of Brenham, Texas, is voluntarily recalling all of its products currently on the market made at all of its facilities due to possible contamination with the deadly bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.
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Blue Bell Ice Cream expands listeria-related recall US ice cream firm Blue Bell has expanded a recall to include all of its products because of a potentially lethal bacteria contamination.
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Listeria: What is it, how do you get it, and what's the risk? (CNN) The recalls have hit every corner of the grocery store: Ice cream. Pizza. Apples. Hummus. The latest on the list is Blue Bell Creameries, which has yanked every one of its products due to Listeria monocytogenes.
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Blue Bell recalls all of its products BRENHAM, Texas (AP) - Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries is recalling all of its products on the market after two samplings of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream tested positive for listeriosis.
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Blue Bell Recalls All Products After Listeria Outbreak Blue Bell Creameries, which distributes frozen desserts to about half of the United States, said that it was voluntarily recalling all of its products after the bacteria listeria was found in two cartons of ice cream.
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Blue Bell recalls all products BRENHAM, Texas -- Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries issued a voluntary recall Monday night for all of its products on the market after two samples of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream tested positive for listeria, a potentially deadly bacteria.
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Your daily 6: Don't eat that ice cream, 77 f-bombs and a meat-eating mom's record Whether it's ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet or other frozen treats, Blue Bell wants it all back. The company said Monday it was recalling all of its products because of threat of possible contamination with Listeria.
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MMR Vaccine and Autism: Yet Again, No Link Exists -- Even For Children At Risk ... You might have thought scientists were done studying the MMR (measles mumps rubella) vaccine and autism. After all, numerous studies show no link between the two.
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US Panel 'Clarifies' Mammogram Advice A committee that's been attacked for its controversial mammogram recommendations for half a decade clarified that advice Monday, saying they have been misunderstood.
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New Genetic Tests for Breast Cancer Hold Promise A Silicon Valley start-up with some big-name backers is threatening to upend genetic screening for breast and ovarian cancer by offering a test on a sample of saliva that is so inexpensive that most women could get it.
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Quest Diagnostics, French agency seek to expand breast cancer gene database NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) - Quest Diagnostics Inc , the world's largest provider of diagnostic testing services, is working with France's national health agency to build an expanded database for BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations to better determine ...
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Ex&Googlers' New Breast Cancer Gene Test Cuts The Cost To Women Color Genomics, founded by ex-Googlers, is an at-home test for BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 mutations. By Evie Nagy. Last month, the film star Angelina Jolie Pitt had her ovaries removed—a response to learning that she has a damaged BRCA1 gene, which ...
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MMR vaccine not linked to autism, even in high-risk kids (Reuters Health) - The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is not linked to development of autism spectrum disorders, even among children considered to be at risk, a large new study finds.
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Affordable testing for breast cancer, popularized by Angelina Jolie, may be here ... Genetic testing for breast cancer mutations, popularized by actress Angelina Jolie, who underwent a double mastectomy after learning she was a carrier, may become more widely available to women, a New York Times story today says.
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Do You Really Know The Differences Between Hemp and Weed? It is on trend these days to support the growing marijuana business model. There are two parts of the discussion - medical marijuana that is now legalized in twenty-three states and the District of Columbia; as well as the legalization of marijuana for ...
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Drug Harnesses Immune System to Fight Lung Cancer A new type of drug that launches the body's own immune system to fight tumors not only helps defeat melanoma, but lung cancer, too, researchers say.
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Breast Cancer Cases Estimated To Increase 50 Percent By 2030, Study Predicts Breast cancer diagnoses in the U.S. will grow by as much as 50 percent by 2030, according to a new analysis by researchers at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.
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Task force: Mammograms most beneficial starting at age 50, a personal choice ... WASHINGTON - Women should get a mammogram every two years starting at age 50 - and while routine screening brings little benefit in the 40s, beginning it that early should be a personal choice, a government task force said Monday.
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Breast cancer in South Asian women often diagnosed at later stage: study TORONTO -- Women of South Asian descent are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer in its later stages compared to the general population, while women of Chinese ethnicity tend to be diagnosed when the disease is at an early stage, an Ontario ...
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Startup Pledges To Cut Cost Of Breast Cancer Genetic Testing From $4000 To ... I believe this is biology's century. I've covered science and medicine for Forbes from the Human Genome Project through Vioxx to the blossoming DNA technology changing the world today.
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New US mammogram guidelines stick with screening from age 50 CHICAGO (Reuters) - New mammogram screening guidelines from an influential panel of U.S. experts reaffirm earlier guidance that breast cancer screening should begin at age 50 for most women, but they acknowledge that women in their 40s also benefit, ...
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Dr. Oz to Respond on Show to Criticism by Physicians The celebrity talk show host Dr. Mehmet Oz plans to respond aggressively on Thursday to doctors who have criticized his medical advice and questioned his faculty position at Columbia University, a spokesman for the show said on Monday.
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Color Genomics Sells $249 Breast Cancer Gene Test to Masses Color Genomics is offering a $249 saliva test kit for women that will check for 19 genetic variants known to be correlated with a higher risk of breast cancer or ovarian cancer.
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CDC tells Ebola patients to abstain from sex, use condoms The CDC said Ebola patients should abstain from sex or use condoms until more research is done to determine if the virus can be transmitted through sex even after recovery.
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New Trials Show Promise For Future Skin Cancer Treatment Drugs that spur the immune system to target cancer cells may prove an effective skin cancer treatment, according to two clinical trials published Monday.
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Expert panel sticks with controversial advice on mammograms An expert panel convened by the federal government is standing by its controversial recommendation that most women should get mammograms to check for signs of breast cancer only once every two years, and that the tests need not begin until the age of ...
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Bits of Cancer, Floating in the Blood To tell whether patients' tumors have returned after treatment, physicians rely on CT scans or additional biopsies, but a newer approach is offering a less invasive way to gauge recurrence, the New York Times' Gina Kolata reports.
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Sierra Leone's Stray Dog Population Doubles During Ebola Crisis FREETOWN—. The Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone has sparked worries about another disease: rabies. Many dog owners fear their pets could infect them with the Ebola virus and have abandoned them, leading to an increase in the country's stray dog ...
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'Liquid Biopsy' can Find Cancer DNA in Blood A new blood test dubbed 'liquid biopsy' is set to revolutionize the way cancer is diagnosed and treated, as it could replace conventional tissue biopsy testing.
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With no fear, this Goan doctor treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone PANAJI: While he was accustomed to unusual assignments since he joined Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF) India, an international medical humanitarian organization in June 2009, a five week stay in Sierra Leone treating Ebola patients will have no parallel ...
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Mindfulness May Match Meds For Preventing Depression Relapse There's been an increasingly compelling pile of evidence that mindfulness training has effects on both brain and behavior—and its potential for treating depression is among its more promising uses.
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Your Furry Family Members Can Be A Source Of Serious Infection For At-Risk ... By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) - Pets can be a source of infection, and newborns, the elderly, children with leukemia and adults with cancer are especially vulnerable, according to a new review of data from previous research.
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Sierra Leone Pension Fund Invests in Mall as Yields Tumble Sierra Leone's state-owned pension fund, which oversees the equivalent of $184 million, is investing in property developments to boost returns as it shuns Treasury bills after yields fell to record lows.
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World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings end with hope for Ebola affected countries The Headquarters of the World Bank Group in Washington DC, USA was the centre of attention on Friday April 17th, 2015 as Presidents of the three West African countries most affected by the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak participated in an economic ...
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MLB's exemption rate for ADHD drugs 'highly suspicious' Baltimore Orioles slugger Chris Davis returns to the Rogers Centre Tuesday for the first time since he was slapped with a 25-game penalty for testing positive for a banned stimulant.
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Type, frequency of e-cigarette use linked to quitting smoking LONDON (Reuters) - Two new studies looking at whether electronic cigarettes help smokers to quit their deadly habit have found that while some of them can, it depends on the type and how often it is used.
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Sierra Leone schools open after Ebola closure After an eight-month break, children in Sierra Leone return to school for the first time since the beginning of the Ebola outbreak.
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Mercks Keytruda Tops Melanoma, Lung Cancer Studies Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK - Analyst Report) presented encouraging results at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research from studies evaluating its anti-PD-1 therapy, Keytruda.
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Regulators find white collar workers use ADHD drugs as stimulants to increase ... Regulators recently found out white-collar workers use a variety of prescription drugs given to patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to boost work performance in their workplace.
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ADHD Drugs More Commonly Use By White Collar Job Workers Trend has changed. Work pressures in white collar jobs have increased tremendously. To cope up with the situation and perform well, workers have started taking the support of ADHD drugs to increase productivity.
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Novartis solid tumor 'CAR T cell' still holds promise: researcher (Reuters) - A new type of immuno-oncology treatment from Novartis AG proved safe in a tiny study of three types of solid tumors, but the trial included too few patients and used too small a dose of the experimental product to prove effectiveness, according to ...
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Abuse of Adderall at workplace on the rise According to a new report published in the New York Times, adults misusing drug Adderall to enhance work performance have increased over the past few years.
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9 tips to stop pets from spreading infections to humans Pets can be a source of disease-causing bacteria, especially to young children, pregnant women, seniors and those with weak immune systems, but there are ways to reduce the risk.
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RPT-New US mammogram guidelines stick with screening from age 50 (Repeats story published Monday with no changes). By Julie Steenhuysen. CHICAGO, April 21 (Reuters) - New mammogram screening guidelines from an influential panel of U.S.
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Cancer Group Clarifies Confusing Mammography Recommendations Women between the ages of 40 to 49 should get a mammography to screen for breast cancer if they've weighed the risks and benefits, the United States Preventative Services Task Force said in a statement.
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Fasting reduces breast cancer risk Overnight fasting may reduce the risk of breast cancer among women, says a study. A decrease in the amount of time spent eating and an increase in overnight fasting reduces glucose levels and consequently may reduce the risk of breast cancer.
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New genetic testing for breast cancer holds promise A Silicon Valley startup with some big-name backers is threatening to upend genetic screening for breast and ovarian cancer by offering a test on a sample of saliva that is so inexpensive that most women could get it.
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