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War on coal, not so much in Kentucky and doctors say cancer drug prices ... Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Molly Riley).
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Brain-eating amoebas confirmed in Louisiana drinking water A Louisiana parish has confirmed the presence of Naegleria fowleri, a deadly amoeba that eats the brains of its hosts, in their water supply.
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Study Charges Hospitals for Overestimating their Speed of Providing Clot ... In a recent research study, published in the journal of the American Heart Association, researchers have made an interesting revelation that mostly hospitals overestimate their ability, when it comes to the provision of clot-busting treatment for ...
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Study closely links harmful drinking to success London: People who are in their 50s and are "successful agers" - healthy, active, sociable and well off - are more at the risk of harmful drinking than their less successful peers, researchers have warned.
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Sanofi's Cholesterol drug approved by FDA would cost $15000 per year U.S. FDA has recently approved Praluent, a breakthrough treatment for cholesterol, developed by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. The treatment can be used by millions of people who have not been helped by existing treatments to control ...
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First direct evidence that autism is not rising It leapt to one in 150 in 2002, and reached one in 68 in 2012, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "For quite some time, researchers have been struggling to sort disorders into categories based on observable clinical ...
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Toxic algal bloom spreading rapidly in Lake Erie This high-resolution satellite image taken over Lake Erie Friday shows the greenish color of the algae in the western basin of the lake near Toledo.
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Lifestyle Changes May Guard Aging Brain Against Memory Loss The latest Alzheimer's research has a clear theme: Change your lifestyle to protect your brain. It will take several years for scientists to prove whether some experimental drugs could at least delay Alzheimer's disease, and an aging population is at ...
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FDA Proposes Placing Sugar Guide on Food Labels The Food and Drug Administration on Friday formally proposed requiring nutrition labels to list amounts of added sugar and recommended consumption levels, a move long promoted by health advocates but opposed by many food and beverage companies.
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Organ donation: Faces at the front line New Zealand has one of the developed world's lowest organ donation rates, sparking concerns more must be done to save lives. In this series Susan Edmunds explores the importance of having a life-giving conversation with your loved ones.
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E-cigarettes may be just as addictive as the real thing While electronic cigarettes, commonly known as "e-cigs," have a reputation as a tool to help smokers quit, new research suggests they may be just as addictive as traditional cigarettes.
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Video gaming organization to start testing gamers for drugs San Francisco: A competitive video-gaming organisation will begin testing players for performance-enhancing drugs next month, as the field of so-called eSports moves further into the mainstream and prize pools climb.
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Quitting smoking could decrease hot flashes New research shows that ex-smokers have fewer and less severe hot flashes than women who continue smoking during menopause. The study revealed that women who had not smoked for over five years were highly less likely to have severe or even ...
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Brain-eating amoeba contaminates water supply in New Orleans Brain-eating amoeba causing worries in New Orleans as it contaminates the area's water supply that serves 44,000 individuals at the minimum.
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Louisiana State Health Officials Warn of Naegleria Fowleri Amoeba Found in ... Health officials in Louisiana have confirmed that an amoeba is infecting the water system in the St. Bernard parish. According to the LA State Department of Health, they found the organism via leaky sample station and has since asked the Parish to ...
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Malaria vaccine gets regulatory nod The world's most advanced malaria vaccine got the nod Friday from European regulators, despite mixed trial results, for eventual use in children in African countries plagued by the killer disease.
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Relay For Life Celebrate... Remember... Fight back... Was the mantra for the relay for life in Casper today. Cancer survivors, supporters, and caregivers went to Kelly Walsh Field,all in hopes to raise enough money to fund better treatment and eventually end cancer.
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Relay for Life honors with luminaries Cancer's story is told through the people it affects. That story uplifts when Kandiyohi County Relay for Life volunteers gather for their annual fundraising event at Willmar Middle School.
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Regional Hospice and Home Care Center for Comfort Care and Healing (Danbury, Conn.) - Regional Hospice and Home Care has been selected to participate in the Medicare Care Choices Model, announced recently by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell.
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Relay for Life of White Bear Lake is July 31 An address by San Clemente High School's former principal, Mike Halt, and a tribute to cancer victim Saylor Voris are among planned highlights for this weekend's American Cancer Society Relay for Life in San Clemente.
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Health officials: Horses need protection for West Nile virus GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - Health officials in central Nebraska are encouraging people to protect not only themselves from West Nile virus, but their horses, too.
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One year with no new polio cases Once stigmatised as the world's polio epicentre, Nigeria last Friday celebrated its first year with no reported case of the crippling disease, having overcome obstacles ranging from Islamic extremists who assassinated vaccinators to rumours that the ...
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FDA OK's Odomzo from Novartis for common skin cancer type EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - A new drug for advanced basal cell carcinoma, an increasingly common cancer in the skin's top layer, has won Food and Drug Administration approval.
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Nigeria marks polio-free year, raising global eradication hopes A local health worker carries vaccination kits into a vehicle at a distribution centre ahead of the start of a nationwide polio immunization campaign on Wednesday, in Lagos February 21, 2011.
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FDA approves Novartis's advanced skin cancer drug The U.S. Food and Drug Administration accredited Novartis AG's oral capsule to deal with the most typical type of advanced skin cancer.
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Inside the story of Colorado's first legal pot death (NEWSER) - There's a saying in the healthcare world: dose matters. It certainly did in the case of 19-year-old Levy Thamba, a native of the.
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Home Health Care Faces Steep Medicare Cuts Home Health Care Faces Steep Medicare Cuts During this historical time when more Americans are becoming seniors than ever before, as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), serious reductions in Medicare payments for home health care puts the entire ...
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Boulder County horse diagnosed with West Nile virus Boulder County horse diagnosed with West Nile virus First West Nile virus infection case involving livestock tested by Colorado State University's laboratory, but city officials do not implement control efforts.
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Study Links Meat to Klebsiella Pathogen A study in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases links the Klebsiella pneumoniae pathogen to retail meat products for the first time.
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US confirms live anthrax shipments to seven countries including S. Korea The US Department Defense has confirmed inadvertent shipments of live anthrax to seven different countries over the past ten years, including South Korea.
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Researchers find one of the missing links in Klebsiella spread Researchers have suggested that disease-causing bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae is spreading in humans through chicken, turkey and pork sold in retail stores across the US.
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Beverage Industry Sues to Stop San Francisco Health Warnings on Sugary Drinks The beverage industry sued in federal court Friday to try to halt ordinances in San Francisco that would require health warnings for soda and other sugar-added drinks.
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Reports of Lyme disease mixed across region Reports of Lyme disease appear mixed across the region, and come at the time of year when individuals are more prone to getting bit by infected blacklegged ticks.
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Water chiefs cast wary eye on Lake Erie Water-treatment officials are keeping a close eye on the large algal bloom hovering around Port Clinton, but they reported no detected levels of microcystin at area treatment plants Friday and said they are ready if the bloom heads west toward the ...
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FDA Approves Amgen's Kyprolis as a Second-Line Multiple Myeloma Treatment Amgen Inc. AMGN -3.36 % said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval for its Kyprolis combination therapy as a second-line treatment for patients with relapsed cases of multiple myeloma.
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A Look Back at the Special Olympics ESPN Films takes a look back at the start of the Special Olympics in a special 30 for 30 Short, 'Brave in the Attempt,' airing Saturday, July 25, on ESPN.
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Rabid bat in house prompts health warning in Oregon A bat found inside a home in Marion County tested positive for rabies, prompting a health warning. Loading… Post to Facebook. Rabid bat in house prompts health warning in Oregon A bat found inside a home in Marion County tested positive for rabies, ...
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Trust Your Sunscreen, Not Your Skin Color! You've probably heard that UV rays can increase the risk of skin cancer. Think your skin color can protect you from skin cancer?
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Report Details New Recommendations After Live Anthrax Were Sent To Md. Lab WASHINGTON (WJZ)–New recommendations for the handling of anthrax spores are out, following news that samples of supposedly dead bacteria shipped by a Department of Defense lab were alive.
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Medical College wins $500000 grant in GE-NFL Head Health Challenge GE and the NFL has awarded a Medical College of Wisconsin research team a $500,000 award to advance its work to accelerate the diagnosis and improve treatment for mild traumatic brain injury.
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Winsten: Facts about the armadillo/leprosy connection We had a little excitement at the Brevard Zoo last week when we received a call from a producer of the "Today Show" asking to film our armadillos.
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GE and NFL team up to fund research into concussion detection General Electric and the National Football League have handed a firm $500,000 to continue research into a portable system that can detect traumatic brain injury.
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We're Destroying Armadillos' Habitats, so They're Giving Us Leprosy Everything you need to know about leprosy—and the armadillos that have caused recent cases in Florida. —By Gabrielle Canon. | Fri Jul. 24, 2015 6:00 AM EDT.
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OSF Hospice Services selected to participate in the Medicare Care Choices Model OSF Hospice Services has been selected to participate in the Medicare Care Choices Model, announced July 20 by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell.
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Girl's school science project saves grandpa A 10-year-old U.S. girl is being credited for helping save her grandfather's life after noticing, thanks to her science fair project, that he was having a stroke.
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Happy Birthday Medicare Medicare turns fifty next week. It was signed into law July 30, 1965 -- the crowning achievement of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society.
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