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New Health Warning Explained: How Processed Meat Is Linked to Cancer Monday was a rough day for bacon lovers, as well as for fans of hot dogs, sausage and salami. That's when a report by a cancer research group from the World Health Organization announced that there was sufficient evidence from epidemiological studies ...
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Alicia Keys on Fighting HIV/AIDS with Love: We Must 'Talk to Our Kids About ... "My mother's friend passed from AIDS," the singer, 34, tells PEOPLE. "I think I was 8 or 9 years old. I was old enough to know that he wasn't there anymore and to ask for him.
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San Francisco Bolsters Anti-AIDS, HIV Campaign With Additional $1.7 Million ... San Francisco aims to curb HIV/AIDS in the city by adding up $1.7 million in its funds. The city has shown progress over the past years but they would want to decrease the rates more.
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Mother's Preeclampsia Linked to Heart Defects in Babies Preeclampsia is a serious condition that can occur in the last weeks of pregnancy. It is characterized by high blood pressure and high levels of protein in the urine.
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Study: Antibiotic Use During Pregnancy Probably Won't Cause Birth Defects Taking two commonly used antibiotics during pregnancy won't cause birth defects, a new study suggests. J.K. Califf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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We Mapped the Uninsured. You'll Notice a Pattern. Two years into Obamacare, clear regional patterns are emerging about who has health insurance in America and who still doesn't.
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New Study: Two widely used antibiotics safe during pregnancy Azithromycin and clarithromycin, commonly used in place of penicillin for allergic patients, were found not to be associated with birth defects.
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Kids Meals, Toys and TV Ads Add Up to Frequent Fast Food: Study FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Television ads for fast-food restaurants that target children have a strong influence on families, especially if they offer a free toy, researchers say.
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UPMC pays $5.4M in Medicare claims case UPMC has reached a $5.4 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice for violations in Medicare billing rules involving implantible cardioverter defibrillators.
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New law in England, Wales demands teachers report female genital mutilation ... FILE - In is Monday, July 7, 2014 file photo, a British police officer arrests an activist from FEMEN group as she shouts slogans against female genital mutilation during a protest opposite the Houses of Parliament in central London.
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An Extraordinary Approach to Metastatic Breast Cancer Talk about this article with other patients, caregivers, and advocates in the Breast CURE discussion group. Imagine you are a big drug company, testing out a new drug.
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Notes From The 'Die-In,' A Demonstration For Metastatic Breast Cancer Die-in for metastatic breast cancer, Washington DC, October 13, 2015 (photo courtesy of Zachary Parker). On the west lawn of the U.S.
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Bubonic plague confirmed in Crook County teen East Aurora Police say Larwood's Pharmacy on Oakwood Ave. in the village was robbed at gunpoint. Gates Suspect · FBI offering $10,000 reward for carjacking, attempted murder suspect.
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Teenage Girl In Oregon Contracts Bubonic Plague After Hunting Trip A teenage girl was reported to have contracted the bubonic plague from a flea bite during an Oct. 16 hunting trip near the city of Heppner in Oregon.
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Oregon teenager diagnosed with bubonic plague A bubonic-plague smear, prepared from a lymph removed from an adenopathic lymph node, or bubo, of a plague patient, demonstrates the presence of the Yersinia pestis bacteria that causes the plague.
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Bacon fans embrace the hog on cancer report, but futures take fright CHICAGO Standing at the meat counter at a Mariano's grocery store in Chicago, a half-dozen customers bantered with the butchers about the recent World Health Organization report linking processed meat to colorectal cancer.
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World Health Organization sings red meat blues Monday, the World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research arm -- the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) -- issued a press release saying the consumption of red meat probably increases your chances of getting cancer, and processed ...
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Oregon Teen Has Bubonic Plague, State Officials Say A teenage girl is believed to have contracted bubonic plague from a flea on a hunting trip, according to Oregon health officials. The Crook County girl got sick five days after the trip started on Oct. 16; she's been hospitalized in Bend, Ore.
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Don't be afraid to let your kids gorge on Halloween sweets Just in time for Halloween there's another study telling parents sugar is bad for, well, just about everyone, but especially kids.
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UPDATE 3-Hospitals to pay $250 mln for cardiac device coverage violations -DOJ (Adds comments from Catholic Health Initiatives, paragraphs 10-11). By Suzanne Barlyn. Oct 30 (Reuters) - Hundreds of U.S. hospitals will pay a total of more than $250 million stemming from allegations that they implanted cardiac devices in Medicare ...
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(+Video) Interrupted sleep could result in bad mood A sound sleep can be responsible for overall health and some of the worst health issues could be a direct effect for disturbed sleep.
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4 things you may not have known about Halloween Candy, costumes and Jack-o'-lanterns are staples of Halloween holiday - which is relatively new to America, having only become popular in the early 1900s - but the modern celebration is quite different from the traditions a century ago.
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FDA Approves Expanded Use for Melanoma Drug We will provide you with a dropdown of all your saved articles when you are registered and signed in. {shareThisContent}. {fontSizerContent}.
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Why Interrupted Sleep Is Worse Than Short Sleep We're a nation of unhealthy sleepers. Ten percent of us are insomniacs, many more wake up constantly throughout the night and a growing number are simply too enthralled with our smartphones to put them down and go to bed.
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FDA Approves Expanded Use for Melanoma Drug THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The melanoma drug Yervoy (ipilimumab) can now be used to reduce the risk of the deadly skin cancer returning after surgery, the U.S.
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California doctor convicted in overdose deaths of 3 patients The second-degree murder convictions this week of a Los Angeles-area physician were the first against a U.S. doctor for recklessly prescribing drugs, the Los Angeles district attorney's office said.
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The Narrative Frays for Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes Few people, let alone those just 31 years old, have amassed the accolades and riches bestowed on Elizabeth Holmes, founder and chief executive of the blood-testing start-up Theranos.
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CMS' proposed discharge changes would hit home health agencies The CMS is proposing a massive overhaul of the discharge process for hospitals, rehabilitation facilities and home health agencies.
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SMH scores 'A' on hospital safety score; best grade in metro area Slidell Memorial Hospital was honored with an "A" grade in the Fall 2015 update to the Hospital Safety Score, released yesterday, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from accidents, errors, injuries and infections.
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DOH confirms 2 cases of locally-acquired dengue fever; investigating 4 others For the first time since 2011, health officials are investigating cases of locally-acquired dengue fever in the islands. Two cases have been confirmed; four other cases were described as probable.
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Drug prices top Americans' list of health care concerns Activists hold signs containing the image of Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli in front of the building that houses Turing's offices, during a protest in New York highlighting pharmaceutical drug pricing.
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A $9 Billion Dollar Startup Pauses -- Lessons Learned From The Stumble Of Theranos The company, valued at $9 billion, is one of the hottest startups in the burgeoning healthcare technology scene. Its leader evokes the image of Steve Jobs in her black turtlenecks and bold vision.
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Studies indicate statins could dampen flu vaccine effect Statin drugs are widely used to lower lipids and battle cholesterol, but other actions of the drugs may blunt the immune response to flu vaccination, making it less effective in seniors, the main users of the drugs and among the most vulnerable to flu ...
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Hormel Foods recalls some Skippy peanut butter over metal shavings contamination The maker of Skippy peanut butter announced on Thursday it is voluntarily recalling certain jars of peanut butter that could contain metal shavings.
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Student Stuns Mom And Toddler With Surprise Birthday Gift In Target After a college football player surprised her young daughter with a special birthday gift last week, an Indiana mom has praised the 19-year-old for teaching her and her children a priceless life lesson.
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Deadline again extended for St. Joseph hospital after shooting St. Joseph Medical Center, in jeopardy of losing its Medicare and Medicaid funding as a result of the shooting of a patient this summer, has received another reprieve from the federal government.
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Theranos Battled in Courtroom Over Name of Its Chief Product SAN FRANCISCO - For the past two weeks, the blood-testing start-up Theranos has faced a battery of questions about its most visible product, called the nanotainer, a tiny vial used to collect finger-pricked blood from patients.
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Dengue Fever Cases Confirmed On Hawaii Island HAWAII - State health officials have confirmed two cases of "locally-acquired" dengue fever on Hawaii Island, and are also investigating four more probable cases.
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Sick child chooses heaven over hospital A mother asks her five-year-old daughter again and again and again: If you get sick again, do you want to go back to the hospital, or do you want to go to heaven?
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Drug prices top Americans' list of health care concerns Activists in October hold signs containing the image of Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli in front the building that houses Turing's offices, during a protest in New York highlighting pharmaceutical drug pricing.
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Apple Health for Kids and Affordable Care Act insuring Washington Children A report released by Children's Alliance and Georgetown University Center for Children and Families reported that more kids in Washington are now insured, and Apple Health for Kids and the Affordable Care Act for the children are responsible for new ...
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Former Gwinnett high school football player's random act of kindness goes viral Tario Fuller, a football player at Purdue University and Gwinnett native, with a doll he bought for two-year-old Kinley for her birthday at a Target in Indiana.
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Court ruling highlights federal, state discord over medical marijuana In 1991, amid the AIDS crisis in San Francisco, a former jazz and blues singer named Lynnette Shaw was hired as the intake officer at the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club, California's first medical marijuana dispensary.
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