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Bevers: Breast cancer screenings still best way to save lives Annual screenings starting at age 40 are still the best method to save lives, defeat this dread disease. By Theresa Bevers. October 29, 2015.
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Racial gap in breast cancer closes NEW YORK - For decades, breast cancer has been less common in black women than white women, yet killed black women at a higher rate.
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Breast cancer on the rise among black women Debrah Reid (center), with sister Audrey Anderson (left) and friend Travia Davis in Memphis, Tenn., received a breast cancer diagnosis in 2013.
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HIV/AIDS Programs Receive $2.2 Billion in Grants Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced that more than $2.2 billion in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grants was awarded in fiscal year (FY) 2015 to cities, states and local community-based organizations.
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$1.7 million added to SF campaign to eradicate AIDS, HIV San Francisco will dedicate $1.7 million in new funding to support the city's Getting to Zero program, an ongoing initiative aimed at making the city the first in the country to be free of AIDS and HIV infections.
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Researchers find gene linked to obesity in children, adults Boosting the protein may help treat obesity, but researchers said more work must be done before that is a possibility. By Stephen Feller | Oct. 29, 2015 at 4:56 PM.
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Obesity Gene: Boosting Appetite-Controlling Protein May Help New findings published in the journal Cell Reports reveal that a variation in the gene for brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) may cause less production of appetite-controlling proteins that play a vital role in children and adults who may develop ...
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BDNF gene can influence obesity According to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health, a single variation in the gene for brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) may influence obesity in children and adults.
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Treatment Of Severe Acne Hampered By Antibiotic Overuse And Delays In ... NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A medical records analysis by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center concludes that physicians who treat severe acne leave too many patients on ineffective antibiotics for far too long before ...
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There's New Evidence That Sugar Calories Are Much Worse Than Other Calories Everyone assumes this is the result of the obesity epidemic - too many calories in, too few out. Children and adults are getting fat, so they're getting sick.
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Reducing Sugar Intake can offer quick weight loss: Research A new research has termed sugar as a leading cause of obesity and has found that by reducing sugar consumption for just 10 days, obese study subjects registered encouraging results.
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Gene linked to obesity in kids, adults found A team of researchers has linked a single gene variation to obesity in children and adults. A single variation in the gene for brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) may influence obesity in children and adults, according to the study that suggests ...
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Excess sugar consumption: Regular cane sugar from a sugar bowl contributes only 29 pounds to the total of 156 pounds annually consumed by Americans. The rest is derived from the â hidden sugarsâ added to the foods and beverages we consume.
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Pregnancy antibiotics no cause for concern IMAGE: The four out of ten women who use antibiotics during pregnancy can breathe easy, as a comprehensive new study shows that the two most often prescribed drugs have no adverse... view more. Credit: Thomas van Ardenne. The four out of ten women ...
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Gene-targeted drug slowed growth of prostate cancer Tumors shrank in one-third of participants in a study, all of whom had untreatable cancer. By Stephen Feller | Oct. 29, 2015 at 4:04 PM.
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Fitness Instructor Writes Moving Essay After Being Body-Shamed in Letter Taryn Sisco wrote a moving post about being bodyshamed after she and her partner were sent a bullying letter. 1K Shares. Email. Two fitness instructors were stunned and horrified to get a piece of hate mail that they said made them feel bullied about ...
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Married people do better than most singles early after heart surgery Formerly married people may be at an increased risk of disability or death soon after heart surgery, suggests new U.S. research. In the two years after their surgery, patients who were divorced, separated or widowed were about 40 percent more likely ...
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How Startups Can Become The Unexpected Parental Leave Champs Work hard, write code, get rich. The technology business is rarely regarded as anything other than fast-paced and family phobic. But the last few months have felt like a summer of change, as companies' parental leave policies came under the spotlight ...
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Anorexic woman makes dramatic transformation (CNN) Earlier this year, Rachael Farrokh made a desperate plea to the world for help as she battled a severe form of anorexia. Now, she's working to help others.
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Face-lifts Seem to Do Little to Boost Self-Esteem: Study THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Face-lifts may smooth away years from a person's appearance, but they seem to do little to boost self-esteem, new research suggests.
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Novartis, Juno face production hurdles for new blood cancer drugs NEW YORK As drugmakers including Novartis, Juno Therapeutics and Kite Pharma race to launch what may be the most effective treatments ever seen for leukemia and other blood cancers, they are grappling with how to make them widely available in a ...
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Spooked by sugar, Americans search for healthier Halloween treats NEW YORK The so-called war on sugar has a new battleground: Halloween. Some Americans are so spooked about the harmful effects of sugar they are finding healthier ways to indulge during the holiday, without disappointing children by handing out ...
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Berginski: New Meat Report Needs Context A recent report by the World Health Organization places processed meats in the same category of carcinogenic (cancer-causing) as smoking and asbestos.
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Deaths From TB Globally Outnumber HIV/AIDS Hundreds of thousands more people world-wide suffer from tuberculosis than originally thought, and more now die from the infectious airborne disease than from HIV/AIDS, according to new data released Wednesday by the World Health Organization.
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Spooked by sugar, Americans search for healthier Halloween treats NEW YORK - The so-called war on sugar has a new battleground: Halloween. Some Americans are so spooked about the harmful effects of sugar they are finding healthier ways to indulge during the holiday, without disappointing children by handing out ...
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Health: Look for Teal Pumpkins for Allergy-Free Halloween Treats PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Halloween can be seriously dangerous for the millions of children who have allergies. Many of them can't have Halloween candy.
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Family hopes to raise awareness of food allergies at Halloween Oliver Nelson, 3, paints his pumpkin teal as part of the Teal Pumpkin Project to raise awareness of food allergies, particularly during Halloween.
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Tigers' Daniel Norris says he's cancer-free after thyroid surgery Tigers left-hander Daniel Norris says he is cancer-free. The 22-year-old player who pitched this season despite having a malignant tumor on his thyroid announced via Instagram that his treatment, which included surgery that he saved for the postseason ...
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Tigers' Daniel Norris says surgery successful on cancerous growth DETROIT -- Tigers left-hander Daniel Norris says he's had successful surgery on the cancerous growth on his thyroid. Norris said on Twitter and Instagram on Thursday that he is "Cancer Free" -- he had announced last week that he was having the ...
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Is A Walgreens-Rite Aid Merger Good Medicine For Consumers? Two of the nation's largest drug store chains want to merge, a deal that's certain to face intense scrutiny from federal regulators worried about its potential harm to consumers.
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Tigers pitcher Daniel Norris says he's cancer-free after surgery Tigers pitcher Daniel Norris revealed this month that he was diagnosed with a malignant growth in his thyroid earlier this year and would require surgery.
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Glowing terms often used for new cancer drugs in health news (Reuters Health) - Health news stories often use overly optimistic terms to describe new cancer drugs, according to a new study. "Each year it seems, you read about a new drug that's labeled as a 'game changer' or another grandiose word," said senior ...
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Low-Fat Diets Are Not Better for Weight Loss Low-fat diets are unlikely to result in greater weight loss than higher-fat diets that have the same amount of calories, a new study finds.
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Halloween can be scary for kids with food allergies Beth Cecil, a registered dietitian and nutritionist with Owensboro Health, said holidays are always scary for parents who have children with food allergies, but "especially Halloween, because it's so focused on candy and a lot of candy contains a lot ...
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A Most British Response to the WHO Study on Processed Meats LONDON - It has been a staple for as long as anyone can remember at bed-and-breakfast establishments and greasy spoon cafes, offered alike to travelers in five-star hotels and bleary-eyed passengers at the tail end of overnight flights to London.
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Happily Married Couples Have Healthy Heart: Study A team of researchers through a recent study has found that people living a happy married life are more likely to have a healthy heart.
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Injected drug approved for melanoma skin cancer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the use of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's skin cancer drug, Yervoy, as an additional therapy for patients with advanced melanoma.
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Science Agrees With Your Mom, Says TV Is Linked To Several Diseases In a new study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine that's sure to rattle the minds of hypochondriacs, television-watching has been linked to eight leading causes of death, including cancer and heart disease.
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Yes, your job may be killing you A study by researchers at Harvard and Stanford has quantified just how many years a stressful workplace can shave off Americans' lives.
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Mental health in the spotlight Thursday on Capitol Hill This post has been updated. The federal government's top mental health researcher told lawmakers Thursday that the country needs to do much more to apply research to improve treatments, as a Senate committee heard testimony to address comprehensive ...
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Terminally ill Julianna Snow, 5, wants to go to 'heaven, not hospital' Like many five-year-olds, Julianna Snow loves dressing as a princess. But each day when she wears her favourite Disney outfit, she also has to wear a mask so she can breathe.
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Walgreens Store Sales Seen as Hurdle for Rite Aid Approval Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.'s deal to acquire Rite Aid Corp. is expected to draw antitrust scrutiny not only because the company would grow to 12,700 locations, but because of what goes on behind the scenes with drug payments.
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Rihanna's Silver Locks, Harry Styles' Man Bun and More of the Most-Googled ... Trying to get bae to master the man bun? Lusting after some rainbow locks? You're not alone. The geniuses over at Google analyzed beauty-related searches from January 2013 to August 2015.
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Theranos Authorizes New Shares That Could Raise Valuation Theranos Inc. authorized new shares that would value the laboratory startup at more than $10 billion, a regulatory filing shows, three days before a Wall Street Journal article detailed the company's struggles to turn excitement over its reported ...
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Shigella outbreak reaches 190 reported cases SAN JOSE -- The number of people affected by a recent outbreak of Shigella increased to 190 cases Wednesday, the Santa Clara County Public Health Department confirmed.
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Pennsylvania schools taking out more loans amid state budget impasse HARRISBURG, Penn. Pennsylvania school districts have had to take out more loans to survive the state's budget impasse, with total borrowing now at $431 million, Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said on Wednesday.
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N.J. ranks 5th for safest hospitals in the U.S., report says TRENTON - New Jersey scored fifth best in the nation for having the safest hospitals, including eight that have earned straight A's since the Leapfrog Group started its biannual survey hospital performance in 2012.
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Teal pumpkins promote safety for children with food allergies The Fairmount neighborhood had a Teal pumpkin painting party at the Fairmount Community Library. Joyce Marshall Star-Telegram. Project aims to prevent peanut allergies, other health scares, at Halloween Joyce Marshall Star-Telegram.
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'Modern Family' episode riles up mental health advocates ABC's Modern Family's rebroadcast of a Halloween special has a group of advocates calling the network's actions callous and cruel.
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Pottery Barn Kids recalling water bottles over lead paint The Consumer Product Safety Commission posted a recall notice Wednesday for water bottles sold by Pottery Barn over excess levels of lead in the paint.
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