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Legionnaires' Death Toll in the Bronx Rises to Seven New York City health officials on Monday increased to seven the death toll from an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the South Bronx, and said more than 80 people had been diagnosed with the bacterial infection.
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Jessica Alba Replies to Claims Her 'Honest' Sunscreen Brand Is Faulty on Instagram Jessica Alba has responded to complaints that her eco-friendly Honest Company's sunscreen isn't effective, saying they are "taking every precaution to ensure that your product experience will keep you healthy and happy.
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What Picky Eating Might Mean for Children Later Children's picky eating may not be as harmless as is commonly believed. A new study found that moderate and severe cases of selective eating were associated with elevated symptoms of anxiety and depression in later years.
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Global vaccine fund could prevent deadly disease outbreak Creation of a $2 billion global vaccine-development fund could prevent the future outbreak of Ebola and such other deadly diseases, an international team of physicians has proposed.
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Extreme picky eating may portend mental health problems in preschoolers (Reuters Health) - Preschoolers who are extremely picky eaters may also be more prone to mental health problems, a study suggests.
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Vitamin D supplements don't protect bones of older women, study finds Low vitamin D levels are linked to a greater risk of bone fractures in women after menopause -- but taking high doses of supplements is not the answer, according to new research.
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Planned Parenthood defunding vote slated in Senate Washington (CNN) The Senate will vote Monday evening on a procedural motion to bring up legislation to strip all federal funding from Planned Parenthood, but the Republican push to debate the bill is expected to fail.
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New analysis underscores improving pharma R&D productivity LONDON Drug industry productivity is continuing to improve, with a bumper haul of new products being launched and companies proving more successful in the final stages of clinical testing, according to a new analysis.
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Study Ties Picky Eating In Preschoolers To Anxiety, Depression, ADHD And ... Countless parents have faced the implacable resistance of the picky eater. You struggle to assure that your kid's basic nutritional needs are met, while every day confronting an impenetrable wall of disgust.
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Don't Blame Medicaid for Rise in Health Care Spending Health care spending growth has moderated in recent years, but it's still putting tremendous strain on state and local governments.
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Puerto Ricans brace for more health-care cuts MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico -- The first visible sign that the health care system in Puerto Rico was seriously ailing was when a steady stream of doctors -- more than 3,000 in five years -- began to leave the island for more-lucrative, less-stressful jobs on ...
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Britain not sunny enough for healthy vitamin D levels, say experts A walker in the Peak District. Public Health England says more than one in five people have low levels of vitamin D, which is essential for healthy teeth and bones.
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Should everyone take a vitamin D pill? A balanced diet, rich in a wide range of fruit and vegetables will, according to the experts, provide us with all the vitamins and minerals we need to ensure the body's functioning.
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Cerebral palsy linked to genetic anomalies Cerebral palsy, the most common cause of physical disability in children, has long been thought to result from brain injury in the fetus.
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Everyone 'should take vitamin D pills' "It is proposed that the recommended nutrient intake is applicable throughout the year, as a precautionary measure, to cover population groups in the UK identified to be at risk of minimal sunshine exposure as well as unidentified individuals in the ...
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Cold war in battle of the sexes: Why women shiver more Women have won the right to the vote, to equal pay and to enter the board room - but it seems that there is a new front line in the battle of the sexes: the air conditioning unit.
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Your Cold, Drafty Office Is Biased Against Women, Researchers Claim Are you a woman who works in an office? Do you keep a blanket at work? Have you ever noticed that it's more often your female coworkers dressing as if they're expecting winter weather, even when it's a warm, sunny day outside?
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Soylent's founder hawks new drink in spiel on solar living Feel too busy to cook, or can't seem to master the art of not eating junk? You've probably heard of Soylent, then, the meal-replacement drink that promises to meet all your nutritional needs and not taste entirely terrible while doing so.
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Drinkable meals with audience appeal: Soylent's scene is people Rosa Labs' Soylent unveiled its pre-bottled, pre-mixed beverage version on Monday in Soylent 2.0. This meal replacement promises all the nutrition you would need in a meal in a beverage.
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To Sway Anti-Vaccine Beliefs, Focus on Consequences: Study MONDAY, Aug. 3, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Highlighting what might happen if children aren't vaccinated can change the thinking of some people who oppose vaccines, a new study suggests.
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UPDATE 2-Community Health to spin off 38 hospitals (Adds analyst comment, details of spinoff). By Susan Kelly. Aug 3 (Reuters) - Community Health Systems Inc, the No. 2 U.S. publicly traded hospital operator, said on Monday it plans to spin off 38 hospitals and a consulting business into a separate ...
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Star Trek-style home elevator could replace stairlifts For people living in a house with more than one storey, stairlifts or home elevators are often a necessity of life as they get older and find it harder to get up and down the stairs.
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Measles Vaccine: Images of Sick Kids May Convince Skeptics The best ways to convince people of the benefits of vaccinations may be to show them pictures of a child with measles or to have them read a description of the disease written by a mom whose child was infected, according to a new study.
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Effective Ovarian Cancer Treatment Is Underused, Study Finds In 2006, the National Cancer Institute took the rare step of issuing a "clinical announcement," a special alert it holds in reserve for advances so important that they should change medical practice.
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UN calls for stronger workplace policies for nursing mothers UNITED NATIONS: The UN has called for better support systems and policies for working mothers to enable them breastfeed their babies as it marked the start of the annual World Breastfeeding Week.
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Legionnaires' disease: Here's what you need to know about the illness Legionnaires' disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by a bacteria found naturally in the environment, usually in water.
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Task force urges more research into child autism screening WASHINGTON - A government task force says more research is needed to determine if toddlers should be screened for autism even if check-ups or parents haven't spotted developmental problems - despite guidelines from other health groups that urge ...
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Feds: Popular Intravenous Pump Can Be Hacked; Warning Issued To Hospitals (CBS SF) - Federal agencies are sounding a warning over a widely-used medical device and its vulnerability to hackers. The U.S. Food and Drug administration on Friday issued an alert to hospitals not to use the Symbiq Infusion System, a pump that can ...
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'Body Beast' Steals 80 Pounds From Eminem If the Body Beast program looks to you like, um, exercise, then you haven't been following the trends in the billion dollar fitness business.
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This is what drug addiction did to Eminem's stomach The Real Slim Shady rapper saw his weight balloon to 230lbs at the height of his problems, and attributes the gain to trying to relieve stomach ache brought on by the discomfort caused by drugs such as Vicodin and Valium.
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ALS Ice Bucket Challenged relaunched! PORTLAND, Ore. -- The ALS Association is hoping to re-launch the Ice Bucket Challenge that exploded on social media last August. Last year's challenge, the first of its kind, helped raise an unprecedented $115 million for the organization.
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Viagra 'added to Chinese alcohol' Distillers in China added Viagra to thousands of bottles of spirits and told customers it had "health-preserving qualities", food safety officials say.
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Veterans seek more funding World War II veteran Curtis Sledge smiles while playing dominoes July 2 at Sharon's Adult Day Center. Photo by Angela Lewis /Times Free Press.
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Large Outflow of Money Witnessed in Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) traded on a positive note gaining 0.29 points or 0.73% to be valued at $39.94 per share. Intraday, the shares aggregated $90.12 million in upticks but saw an exodus of $110.62 million in downticks.
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Alzheimers Q&A: Why do people have such a hard time saying the word "Alzheimer's"? It is difficult for people to talk about a disease that is impacting 1 in 9 adults over the age of 65 and 50 percent of people over age 85.
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Caregivers work to manage high rate of Alzheimer's patients BISMARCK, N.D. - Moving back to Bismarck in 2007 after retirement brought an unexpected change to Jane Beauclair's life as she noticed her mother's memory slipping away.
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Community raises awareness again for Ice Bucket Challenge and ALS Foundation ALTON - The Alton Mayor Brant Walker and Fire Chief Bernie Sebold, other firefighters and community members were present to raise funds and awareness for another Ice Bucket Challenge for the ALS Foundation in Downtown Alton on Saturday.
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A.C. exhibit pioneered incubators for premature babies Nurse Hildegard Couney holds Absecon's Carol Boyce Heinisch, who was an incubator baby on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, in this 1942 photo.
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Technion biologists offer a new strategy to combat the HIV-1 virus Assistant Prof. Akram Alian said on Sunday that due to the partial failure of existing drugs, the strategy of medical research in this field is changing.
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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Top-Line Results For Pivotal Phase 3 ... THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX) today announced that the pivotal TELESTAR Phase 3 clinical trial met its primary endpoint, showing the benefit of oral telotristat etiprate in treating ...
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More Americans Have A Disability Than You'd Think Fred Maahs, poses for a photograph in Philadelphia on Monday, July 13, 2015. The Comcast executive has become a prominent disability-rights activist since being paralyzed from the chest down in a diving accident 35 years ago.
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Be Healthy: Immunizations Immunizations. August is National Immunization Awareness Month. Are you and your kids up to date? Recent false claims that childhood vaccines were linked to autism caused unsubstantiated fears amongst some parents.
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Simple explanation for patient who caused Kentucky ER lockdown DANVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky hospital locked down its emergency room for nine hours Saturday, after a patient arrived covered with sores and doctors feared a potential threat to the public's health.
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You Were Wondering: When to screen for prostate cancer? When do I need a prostate cancer screening? When to start screening is based on individual risk, but age 40 is a reasonable time to start screening for those at highest risk with genetic predispositions or strong family histories of prostate cancer at ...
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Michigan Medical Marijuana Panel Approves Autism, A Step Closer To Cannabis ... Supporters of medical marijuana in Michigan received some surprising and hopeful news. On Friday, the Michigan Medical Marijuana Review Panel voted to recommend that autism be added to the list of conditions that doctors can prescribe medical ...
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Salmonella illness outbreak may be linked to pork The outbreak of Salmonella infections that may be linked to pork products has grown to 90 cases in several counties around the state.
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Red Cross seeks blood donors in August The American Red Cross urges blood donors to give in the final weeks of summer to help prevent a blood shortage. Blood donations often decline in August as final summer vacations are planned and back-to-school activities ramp up.
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