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Undocumented Status Blocking Mom's Kidney Transplant, She Says A mother of three with failing kidneys is trying to raise money so she can get a life-saving kidney transplant. Socorro Neri Vergara, 42, had no idea her kidneys were failing until she went in for a routine physical two years ago, according to her ...
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Can't Buy Me Love, Can Buy Me a Heart Transplant A new study presented this week at the American Heart Association's annual meeting in Orlando shows that wealthy organ transplant candidates can and do use their resources to game the system and jump in line on transplant wait lists, reports the ...
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British Ebola nurse released Colourised scanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus particles (blue) budding from a chronically infected VERO E6 cell (yellow-green).
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Congress Won't Act On Guns, But It Might Help Mental Health Remember all that empty political talk about improving mental health care? It may not be so empty after all. Responding to the outrage over gun violence, both houses of Congress are considering bills designed to make treatment for serious psychiatric ...
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Chest compressions interrupted for rescue breathing saves more lives Although the difference was slight, 1 percent of patients fared better after getting CPR with ventilation -- a significant amount when considering life and death.
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AstraZeneca lupus drug impresses in mid-stage trial LONDONAstraZeneca's experimental lupus drug anifrolumab significantly cut disease activity in a mid-stage clinical trial, boosting hopes for a medicine the company believes could become a $1 billion-a-year seller.
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Frequent weight checks tied to less self-esteem for young women Teens who often weigh themselves may be more likely to have mental health problems, according to a new study. Girls who said they often weigh themselves were more likely to have depression, weight concerns and self esteem issues, researchers found.
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Antibiotics May Make Superbug MRSA Even Stronger Researchers say mice infected with the MRSA superbug got sicker when they were treated with beta-lactam antibiotics. MRSA. A mighty superbug may become even more powerful when a patient is treated with antibiotics.
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Mental health: Warning over lack of crisis care Cuts to mental health services in England have started damaging the quality of care given to patients, a report suggests. The review by the King's Fund think-tank found there was now "widespread evidence of poor quality care".
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Kids Who Lose a Parent More Likely to Commit Suicide In what would definitely win the prize for Saddest Health Discovery of the Week, a new study has found that kids whose parents die while they are young are more likely to commit suicide later in life than kids whose parents survive until they are adults.
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Man In Brazil May Have Contracted Ebola After Recent Guinea Trip Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Costa said on Wednesday (November 11) that a 46-year-old man coming from Guinea is being tested for Ebola after officials shut down a public health unit where he first got medical attention.
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New Cholesterol Vaccine Shows Promise, But Don't Eat Extra Bacon Just Yet A new vaccine developed by the University of New Mexico and the National Institutes of Health shows promise as a cholesterol-lowering agent, one potentially more effective than the statins millions of Americans currently take to keep their cholesterol ...
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Fitness versus fatness: which matters more? The Starts at 60 writers team seek out interesting topics and write them specially for you.... VIEW PROFILE. shutterstock_221145469_swimming.
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Diabetes experts tell G20 to tax sugar to save lives and money Diabetes experts called on world leaders on Thursday to use sugar taxes to fight obesity, arguing such a move would save lives and slash healthcare budgets.
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Mom Knits Disney Princess Wigs For Little Girls Battling Cancer — So Amazing Do you believe in magic? One amazing mom came up with a wonderful idea, handmade yarn wigs for little girls who are fighting cancer.
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Woman creates Disney princess wigs out of yarn for children battling cancer A former cancer nurse who made a Disney princess wig out of yarn for a friend's sick child never imagined her creation would spread nationwide.
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Wisconsin Mom's Life Saved After Attempting to Donate Liver to Son A Wisconsin woman hoping to save the life of her son by becoming a living donor instead saved her own life because of routine testing for the planned donation.
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Obesity Rises Despite All Efforts to Fight It, US Health Officials Say WASHINGTON - Despite years of efforts to reduce obesity in America, including a major push by Michelle Obama, federal health officials reported Thursday that the share of Americans who were obese had not declined in recent years, and had edged up ...
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You Are Not Paying For The Cholesterol Drugs Of Others -- Yet! "You may not know it, but you could be on the hook to pay at least $124 this year for a drug that you probably don't take." So started a provocative New York Times op-ed piece by Dr.
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What's 'Natural' Food? The Government Isn't Sure And Wants Your Input The Food and Drug Administration is seeking your input to answer a question: How should the agency define "natural" on food labels?
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Permanent flu vaccine in the works INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The annual flu shot could be a thing of the past. A breakthrough in medicine could provide life-long immunity from influenza.
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Why People Were Scared of IUDs More women are using long-acting forms of birth control, according to new federal survey data released Tuesday, which found 11.6% of women who used birth control in the U.S.
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Caleb Bratayley's Cause of Death Confirmed by Doctors Doctors confirmed today that Caleb Logan Bratayley died of an undetected heart condition called Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, according to Caleb's mother Katie.
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Army Vet Faces Felony For Helping Other Veterans Treat PTSD With Cannabis "Marijuana is illegal because it makes people rich," said Sean Kiernan, who turned to marijuana to treat his PTSD after pharmaceuticals failed him.
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SD flu activity is low, vaccine appears effective Flu activity in San Diego County, and across the nation, is low so far this year and tests are showing that this the latest influenza vaccine is a good match for the viral strains in circulation.
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Food and Drug Administration calls for cap on sugar intake For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration has recommended a cap on sugar consumption for Americans. The goal is to limit added sugar to no more than 10% of daily calories, according to the proposed guidelines.
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White Middle-Aged Americans Are Dying Earlier Than Before—But That's Not All A new study finds that mortality among white, middle-aged Americans increased dramatically in the 21st century. But there's more to the study than death rates.
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Safeway retreating from Theranos deal, report says SAN FRANCISCO - A reported $350 million deal that would have put Theranos finger-prick blood-testing facilities in Safeway grocery stores has unraveled, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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Express Scripts Sues Horizon, Fight Over Prescriptions Grows Picture taken on January 15, 2012 in Lille, northern France, of drug capsules. AFP PHOTO PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images).
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After more than 30 years, the US government may finally define "natural" food I don't think that word means what you think it means. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg). Share. Written by. Deena Shanker. November 10, 2015.
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Lawsuit Alleges Birth Control Packing Error Led to Unwanted Pregnancies More than 100 women are suing Qualitest Pharmaceuticals for allegedly mispackaged birth control pills that they say resulted in unwanted pregnancies.
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Michigan and Ohio State put aside rivalry for Lloyd Carr's grandson The Michigan-Ohio State rivalry is one of the most intense rivalries in college sports. But, at least for a night, it didn't seem that way.
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Prince George's future face predicted by scientists Prince George may still only be a toddler but computer scientists say they can now offer a glimpse of how the third in line to the British throne will look in the coming years.
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Cheerios Cereal Under Fire Over Protein Claims Cereal claims to have more protein but critics say there is also more sugar added to the Cheerios protein version of the cereal. 1:13 | 11/10/15.
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UN taps crowdfunding app to tackle refugee camp food shortages BERLINThe United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) has responded to a funding crunch by developing a mobile app that lets people around the world donate money to help feed the 4 million displaced Syrians living in neighbouring countries.
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Maine is bringing a civil rights suit against a Planned Parenthood protester The 26-year-old man stood on a street curb shouting about abortion. "Don't continue in your sin," he said over the summer in a video posted on YouTube.
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Heart disease at age 8? Researchers find troubling signs in obese children. The imaging tests left little room for doubt. They showed thickened heart muscles and increased muscle mass in the left ventricle - both signs of heart disease.
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Google goes straight for the heart in new venture with Heart Association Together, Google and AHA are throwing $50 million over the course of five years into one team tasked with innovative new research, with the end goal of giving medical science a deeper and richer look at cardiovascular disease in particular, by ...
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Texas Veterans Want Access to Medical Marijuana AUSTIN, TX - Texas veterans and their supporters will gather in front of the Vietnam Veterans Monument at the Texas State Capitol at 1 p.m.
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Bratayley family reveals cause of death for son Caleb Last month, YouTube star Caleb Logan Bratayley died at the age of 13, shocking millions of fans. At the time, the Bratayley family (not their real name) asked fans to focus on Caleb's life instead of his death, but they did say that their son was ...
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Atlantic Health to pay Morristown $15.5M to settle tax case Morristown and the Atlantic Health System, owners of the Morristown Medical Center, Tuesday ended a long-running and closely-watched property tax battle as the health system agreed to pay the town $15.5 million over the next 10 years.
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Could PTSD Be Prevented Post-Trauma? Animal research seeks to understand what causes the disorder in people - and how to stop it. Depressed soldier alone on train. While experts are searching for ways to stop PTSD after traumatic events, much remains unknown about why some people ...
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American Girl Magazine Faces Criticism for Photo of Adopted Daughter and Two Dads A magazine for young girls is facing criticism from a conservative mother's group over a photo of an 11-year-old with her two fathers.
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NINA RADCLIFF: Hospice care: dignity, comfort, support For my college minor in Ethics and Morals, my thesis was on death and dying in America. My field research involved the privilege of spending precious time with people who were terminally ill, including some who were in hospice care.
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Dita von Teese Says 'Natural' Makeup Is Just As Much Work Femme fatale and glamour champion Dita von Teese spent two years as a M.A.C Viva Glam spokesperson and is back in the family again with a new, exclusive lipstick launch.
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Medical marijuana debate heats up in Warren THEY ARE REPORTING NO SURVIVORS. WE KNOW NO ONE ON THE GROUND WAS HURT. Anchor: MEDICAL MARIJUANA ISSUES LIGHTING UP IN WARREN. MAYOR FAUTZ WANTS TO REGULATE WHERE IT CAN BE GROWN.
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Many Americans 30 and Older Find Happiness Elusive TUESDAY, Nov. 10, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Americans 30 and older are less happy than generations past, while teens and 20-somethings seem more satisfied with their lives than ever, a new study finds.
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Sickest states do little to snuff out smoking deadly culture of smoking lingers, which officials say is fueled relentlessly by tobacco companies targeting minorities and the poor.
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