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Less Education May Reduce Lifespan, Study Suggests The findings of a new study suggest that a low level of education might actually reduce your lifespan. In the study, which was published July 8 in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers analyzed over 1 million Americans.
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Terminal cancer patient Keith Borum weds long time girlfriend from NY hospital ... This is the touching moment a man with terminal cancer was able to enjoy the best 'day of his life' when he got married to his partner of three years in his hospital bed.
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Twitter Pulls Flashing Ads Condemned By Epilepsy Charity Twitter Bird (Photo : Flickr/CC) Posting information about personal health on Twitter could be helpful for hospitals. Twitter has pulled two online advertisements after receiving complaints from an epilepsy group.
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Mosquito control agencies already hard at work The late snow melt and dry spring kept the early-season mosquito population normal to light in most places. But the downpours that spotted late May and June brought a spike of summer mosquitoes in floodwater areas that were soaked.
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Medicare plans big payment changes for knee and hip replacements Federal officials want to change how Medicare pays for hip and knee replacement surgeries at hospitals across the country. The Obama administration is proposing bundled payments for these common joint replacements that inject more financial risk, and ...
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COPD risk heightens for children who are exposed to tobacco smoke A recent study showed that passive smoking can indeed jumpstart Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) among adolescents, and while there it has been established that progressive lung function decline starts COPD, there are many cases that it ...
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Harvard researchers tested 23 online 'symptom checkers.' Most got failing ... Ever asked the Internet what your symptoms mean and gotten a response that seemed wacky or totally off base? It's not your imagination.
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Local Muslims celebrate faith and country EDMONDS - The group of marchers in the July 4 parade conveyed a clear message with T-shirts and banners. "Muslims for Loyalty." "Muslims for Peace.
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In Crayons and The Toys Asbestos is Found in abundance When you give a child crayons to color with or a crime-scene fingerprinting set to nurture his or her inner investigator, the last thing you probably consider is that these toys may be harming the child.
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Asbestos found in children's crayons and toys Tests of boxes of crayons and "crime scene fingerprint kits" has revealed asbestos as an ingredient. This substance has long been known to cause cancer and other deadly lung diseases.
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Publisher's Notebook: 15-year-olds can legally do what? While some states are upping the minimum age for buying a pack of cigarettes to 21, Oregon is allowing 15-year-olds to get a sex change operation without parental permission.
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Oregon is Now Allowing 15-Year-Olds to Make This Life-Altering Decision ... Teenagers as young as 15 years old can now get sex change operations in the state of Oregon without their parents' consent - and at taxpayers' expense.
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Online 'symptom checkers' often miss diagnosis (HealthDay News) -- Automated online "symptom checkers" that seem to offer patients a quick opportunity for self-diagnosis provide the right diagnosis in only about one-third of cases, a new analysis reveals.
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Dermatologists throw some shade on new tanning trend Some sunbathers are searching for more than a golden glow in a new social media trend that's baffling dermatologists, cancer experts and other clinicians.
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Behind Sunscreens' Confusing Figures It has been two years since new Food and Drug Administration rules regarding sunscreen labeling went into full effect. But many consumers are still in the dark about what those labels say.
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An Evolving report Hints at the diabolic Health Problems of the using Safe ... According to recent study, two chemicals widely considered safe, and it is used in hundreds of consumer products including plastics, cosmetics, and soap—has been linked to increased blood pressure, insulin resistance, and other dangerous health ...
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The Latest Salmonella Outbreak Is a Result of People Kissing Chickens But the uptick in chicken ownership has created some problems - a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control shows that our intimacy with chickens (and ducks, and chicks, and ducklings) has lead to an increase in Salmonella infections, and the ...
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Chemicals in Plastics Continue to Increase Risk for a Several Health Conditions There is a pair of chemicals used in a wide variety of plastic substances throughout society that has been regarded as safe for a very long time.
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Skin cancer group issues warning about 'sunburn art' The Skin Cancer Foundation is warning about the dangers of "sunburn art," a social media-fueled fad gaining popularity among young people.
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Bat tests positive for rabies in Syracuse The rabid bat was the first bat of 2015 to test positive for the deadly virus and the first positive rabies test of the season, Onondaga County Health Commissioner Indu Gupta announced Friday.
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3 German men Almost Die Because Of Squirrels Three people in Germany who worked as squirrel breeders and who all died from brain inflammation may have contracted a new strain of virus from their squirrels, according to a new report of the cases.
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CDC reports: Cuddling with chickens can be dangerous, Salmonella is likely to ... At least 181 people in 40 states have been infected in a major salmonella outbreak in the US, and many of the cases have been caused in part by people getting a little too friendly with live poultry such as chicken and ducks.
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Researchers link smoking to mental illness risk Researchers have revealed through a new study that smoking may trigger development of psychotic illnesses like schizophrenia. The study, published in the Lancet Psychiatry journal and conducted by researchers from Kings College London, was a ...
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Don't kiss your chickens, CDC warns The Center for Disease Control is reporting a salmonella outbreak was partly caused by people kissing chickens. (Bob Sandrick, Northeast Ohio Media Group).
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Experts: Raising tobacco sale age to 21 could have big health benefit locally ... According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3 out of every 4 American adults, including 7 in 10 cigarette smokers, favor raising the minimum age of sale for all tobacco products to 21.
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Breeders die from deadly new brain virus contracted from squirrels The men, who were all squirrel breeders in Germany, are thought to have been scratched or bitten by the animals and developed encephalitis.
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Chemicals in plastic increase risk of hypertension, diabetes Researchers have revealed that two replacement chemicals for DEHP in plastic are not as safe as they were considered nearly a decade ago.
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Is fish oil the new snake oil of the health world? The "accrual of high-level evidence" indicates "that the supplements lack efficacy across a range of health outcomes for which their use is advocated.
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Mike Copeland: Johnny Carino's update, Backstage Pass closing, Greg May ... Fans of Blue Bell ice cream, take heart.The Brenham-based company, forced to pull its products off shelves four months ago because of a deadly listeria outbreak, soon will launch test production runs at its plant in Sylacauga, Alabama.
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Town centered around Blue Bell struggling after recall It's been tough for businesses in Brenham, where Blue Bell is headquartered, after the company ceased production entirely after the listeria outbreak.
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American Red Cross and Herbalife Partner to Encourage Blood Donations Global nutrition company to provide nutrition bars at blood drives and encourage blood donation from the expected 25,000 attendees at its annual North America member meeting in St. Louis.
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: COPD Risk May Occur In Adolescence Here is a picture of human lungs flank the heart and great vessels in the chest cavity. (Photo : wikipedia commons ). New findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveal that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is not always ...
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