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What You Need to Know About Uterus Transplants Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic said this week they will attempt to give 10 women the chance to be pregnant by providing them with a uterine transplant.
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Possible Alzheimer's drug cut mice aging symptoms A potential anti-Alzheimer's drug tested in mice unexpectedly reduced general symptoms of aging, according to a study led by Salk Institute researchers.
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FDA approves Baxalta's drug for rare bleeding disorder Nov 13 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it approved Baxalta Inc's drug for use in patients with a type of rare bleeding disorder.
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Friday Feedback: How Will the SPRINT Trial Impact Practice? savesaved. by Molly Walker Contributing Writer. The most important news to come out of this week's American Heart Association meeting was the results of the SPRINT study (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial), which confirmed that lowering ...
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Computer model outlines spread of Ebola Analysts recently created a computer model that outlines how the Ebola outbreak spread, which may help researchers anticipate the spread of the disease in the future.
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Colombia to legalize medical cannabis BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia's justice minister said Thursday the country plans to legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
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Colombia to legalize commercial sale of medical marijuana BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia's government plans to legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana for medicinal and scientific purposes, officials said Thursday in a surprise shift by the longtime U.S.
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Type 1 Diabetes: An Unrelenting Disease FRIDAY, Nov. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Although more than one million Americans have type 1 diabetes, most people don't understand the toll it can take on daily living.
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Proposed public housing smoking ban would affect thousands of local homes The 56-year-old retired city worker smokes half a pack a day, a habit he got into at 17. Lighting up the $4-a-pack cigarettes he buys from a nearby convenience store is a daily pleasure.
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All Public Housing Complexes Soon Could Be Smoke-Free The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development is seeking to ban residents of public housing complexes from smoking indoors.
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Public housing faces smoking ban BATON ROUGE - People who rely on government help to pay their rent could be told to quit smoking, or live somewhere else. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, is considering banning smoking on all of its properties across the ...
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Area housing ahead in going smoke-free North Attleboro Housing Authority Building on South Washington. Street near downtown. (Staff photo by Mike George). Posted: Saturday, November 14, 2015 1:32 am | Updated: 1:59 am, Sat Nov 14, 2015.
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Permanent flu vaccine could soon be a reality Flu Vaccine (Photo : Flickr/CC) The flu shot reduces the risk of suffering a stroke, according to a recent study. Two separate studies have claimed that researchers are close to developing a universal, and perhaps even a permanent, influenza vaccine ...
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5 Myths About the Flu Nearly everyone knows something about the flu–but not everyone knows the whole truth about the flu. Influenza, commonly known as "the flu," is a respiratory viral illness that can cause sickness and death.
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Autism cases in US jump to 1 in 45: Who gets the diagnosis, in 8 simple charts The number of autism cases in the United States appeared to jump dramatically in 2014 according to new estimates released Friday, but researchers said that changes in the format of the questionnaire likely affected the numbers.
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Utah experts explain why autism appears to be on the rise SALT LAKE CITY - New data show that 1 in 45 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, a large jump from previous estimates and one that brings Utah closer to the national average.
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General Mills Sued Over Cheerios Protein Health Claims Between 2011 and 2014, more than 150 class-action lawsuits were filed over misleading claims on food packages. In an effort to meet consumer demand for health conscious products, food companies arbitrarily label their items "natural," "wholesome," and ...
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Flu Scan for Nov 12, 2015 Flu vaccination might alleviate symptoms of the H3N2 influenza strain, according to a small study in Vaccine. US military researchers studied 155 patients with lab-confirmed flu from five military hospitals from 2009 through 2014.
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Obesity Rates Continue To Climb, But More Among A Certain Populations Than Others It is pretty common knowledge these days that obesity continues to be a big problem in the United States. Despite this knowledge, though, and a great, valiant, communal effort, the problem does not seem to be improving.
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This is how gullible General Mills thinks Americans are Macho men and women, beware. General Mills, the maker of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Fiber One, and Cheerios, has a clever new trick, according to a lawsuit brought against the company this week by consumer group Center for Science in the ...
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FDA approves AstraZeneca drug for advanced lung cancer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug from AstraZeneca for patients with lung cancer that has spread despite earlier treatments.
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Lawsuit: Protein Cheerios misleads consumers Macho men and women, beware. General Mills, the maker of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Fiber One and Cheerios, has a clever new trick, according to a lawsuit brought against the company this week by the Center for Science in the Public ...
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The False Claim That Soda And Junk Food Don't Matter in Obesity It was an irresistible news nugget for watercooler chit chat: A press release from Cornell University announced "Candy, soda and fast food are not driving the rising obesity trend in the U.S.
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AstraZeneca's Lung Cancer Drug Tagrisso Gets FDA Approval LONDON— AstraZeneca AZN 1.43 % PLC said Friday it won approval in the U.S. for a potential lung-cancer treatment, after an unusually quick development process that took just 2½ years.
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AstraZeneca's potential $3 billion cancer pill wins early approval LONDON A new lung cancer pill from AstraZeneca (AZN.L), designed for patients whose disease has worsened after treatment with other therapies, won early U.S.
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Struggle and hope with pancreatic cancer David and Heidi Smothers, aunt and uncle of 9NEWS reporter Brandon Rittiman. David died of pancreatic cancer. (Photo: Family photo).
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Guangzhou Continues Fight Against HIV/AIDS Cases Among Students In 2002, students infected with HIV/AIDS in Guangzhou reflected 0.74 percent of the total infected population in the city. (Photo : Reuters).
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Housing Authorities smoking ban on could go nationwide Smoking may be banned nationwide in all housing authorities. That means smoking in homes, apartments, even offices and public common areas.
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Arizona health agency launches AIDS-prevention campaign The Department of Health Service says the campaign launched by the Bureau of Tobacco and Chronic Disease is designed to promote and support prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS.
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Jack Yufe, who achieved fame along with separated twin brother, dies at 82 The boys grew up in opposite hemispheres and on opposing sides of World War II - Jack in what was then the British colony of Trinidad and Oskar in Nazi Germany.
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This Perfume Can Repel Mosquitoes It turns out that Victoria Secret's "Bombshell" may actually double as an insect repellent, according to new research.
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The Dentist's Chair: Water pipe smoking a risk to oral health According to the World Health Organization, tobacco use causes more than 5 million deaths annually, and trends suggest that number will increase to 8 million deaths annually by 2030.
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Woman's Death at Cleveland-Area Jail Ruled Accidental The death of a Cleveland woman in a holding cell at a suburban jail was accidental and related to her medical conditions, a medical examiner said Friday.
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Spending on drugs tops health-care concerns The price of drugs is the U.S. public's top health-care concern in opinion polls, and the 2016 presidential candidates are increasingly paying attention.
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Merck Continuing Study of Cholesterol Drug in New Class TRENTON, N.J. - Merck & Co. said Friday that it will continue a huge patient study of an experimental cholesterol medicine, the last one standing in a once-promising class of drugs being developed to prevent heart attacks, after an independent ...
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Taking on the No. 1 cancer killer On the heels of the brilliantly marketed and vastly impactful Breast Cancer Awareness Month, breast cancer would be a very solid assumption.
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Antibiotics May Make 'Superbug' MRSA Stronger The antibiotic most commonly used to treat MRSA may actually make the infection worse, a new study finds. The bacterium Staphylococcus aureus -- known to cause "staph" infections, a type of soft tissue bacterial infection -- is a major public health ...
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Diabetes Experts Calls On World Leaders To Tax Sugar To Save Lives And Cut ... The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) sought for the growing epidemics of obesity and diabetes to be placed on the global agenda.
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Giant Eagle recalls mislabeled bakery logs Giant Eagle tonight recalled two of its bakery logs because their product labels omitted milk, putting people with milk allergies at risk.
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FDA Recalls Endoscope Reprocessors Over Infection Risks The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it has ordered Custom Ultrasonics to recall all of its automated endoscope reprocessors (AERs) because of persistent regulatory violations that "could result in the increased risk of ...
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Second Annual Your Brain Matters Luncheon Will Honor Maria Shriver & Award ... To celebrate and honor exceptional dementia caregivers the Alzheimer's Women's Initiative, led by co-chairs Gerd Jordano and Anne Towbes, of the Alzheimer's Association California Central Chapter, presents the Second AnnualYour Brain Matters ...
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Theranos Fails to Deliver as Safeway Deal Unravels Theranos, the embattled Silicon Valley startup struggling to disrupt the $76 billion laboratory diagnostic industry, was dealt another blow Tuesday when the Wall Street Journal revealed that Safeway is abandoning plans to offer the company's ...
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November is Alzheimer's awareness month In 1983, President Ronald Reagan designated November as National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month. At the time, fewer than 2 million Americans had Alzheimer's; today, the number of people with the disease has increased to nearly 5.4 million, ...
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Senator Durbin: Senate Approves Bill to Fund Department of Veterans Affairs ... WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—November 12, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that, earlier this week, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to fund the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and support military construction projects in Illinois ...
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3 Ways Resilient Caregivers Handle Stress According to Caregiving in the U.S.--a 2015 report conducted by the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP--the typical nonprofessional American caregiver spends more than 24 hours each week caring for a family member while holding down a full-time ...
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Turkey Trot is Springfield's Thanksgiving tradition Consider this your official reminder: You have less than two weeks to register for the Turkey Trot. The 21st annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk returns to downtown Springfield on Thursday, Nov. 26, at 8 a.m.. If you've never been a part of ...
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'Spare Tire' Worse Than Obesity, Study Says In the course of the study period of 14 years, there were 3,222 deaths with 1,404 caused by cardiovascular disease. "The numerator in the BMI calculation is total body weight and does not distinguish between lean and fat mass".
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Medical marijuana harvest begins in Fulton County Vireo Health of New York held its first harvest of medical cannabis plants at the company's production facility at Tryon Technology Park and Incubator Center in Johnstown on Thursday November 12, 2015.
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