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New antibiotic guidelines for livestock and horses THE Australian Veterinary Association and Animal Medicines Australia are joining forces to develop best practice antibiotic prescribing guidelines for livestock and horses.
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How One Man's Face Became Another Man's Face Patrick Hardison's face was not always his own. Three months ago, it belonged to a young Brooklyn bike mechanic. Photographs by Norman Jean Roy.
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Unprecedented Face Transplant Surgery Gives Former Firefighter Hope for a ... Being a volunteer firefighter meant everything to Pat Hardison, but when an accident during a rescue mission left his face severely burned, he thought he would never be the same again.
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Express Scripts Drops Pharmacy From Network, Sues Horizon Horizon PharmaHZNP -18.77 % PLC on Wednesday fired back a response at Express ScriptsESRX -0.86 % Holding Co.'s business practices after the largest USA pharmacy-benefit manager said it was cutting off a pharmacy that sold medications made by ...
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Express Scripts sues Horizon as fight over prescriptions grows So what: Pharmaceutical companies that acquire, rebrand, and reprice existing medications, such as Horizon Pharma, have been on the hot seat lately for practices that resemble price gouging.
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Rise in 'last-resort' antibiotics prescribed by hospitals Hospitals are increasingly turning to "last-resort" antibiotics as the number of drug-resistant infections continues to rise.
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US Smoking Rate Down By 17 Percent: How Tobacco Companies Keep Their Business ... Smoking rates in the United States have been reduced by 17 percent, according to the CDC. Despite the decline, tobacco companies still experience stability in sales, reports revealed.
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Type 2 Diabetes Can Begin as Early as 9 Children as young as 9 years old can already be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, a metabolic condition that normally occurs among adults many years ago.
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Diabetes cases up 65% in a decade Knowing your numbers - including your blood sugar, blood pressure and weight - and working to improve them by eating healthy and being active can make a big difference.
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Kids' Drug-Resistant Bacteria Blamed on Farm Antibiotic Use Children's health is suffering due to the excessive use of antibiotics in farm animals, according to a new report. Kids are becoming infected with bacteria that are resistant to treatment with the same antibiotics that are commonly used in raising farm ...
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FDA Approves Drug for Advanced Lung Cancer Early The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an accelerated approval for a pill that could treat people with advanced lung cancer and a specific gene mutation and who didn't respond to conventional therapies.
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Rise in kids diagnosed with autism Another still current government survey puts the estimate at one in 68. However, researchers say the increase is probably due to the new methods being used to ask questions.
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Don't give up your steak just yet: How to have red meat and prevent cancer, too A common-sense look at the frenzy surrounding the World Health Organization's findings about red and processed meat and cancer risks.
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Child's case serves as 'wake-up call' to drug-resistant TB, doctors say When a 2-year-old returned sick from a visit to India, doctors in the United States suspected tuberculosis even though standard tests said no.
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A husband's warning about 'crazy private messages' after 'overworked wife ... GARDENDALE, Ala. - An Alabama man's Facebook post about his wife, who is a trauma nurse, went viral on Facebook last week. Now, he's sharing a funny message with his fans about the "crazy private messages" he has received on Facebook.
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Transgender man discovers he is pregnant halfway through transition Kayden Coleman thought he was just out of shape when he began putting on weight. Coleman had been transitioning for the past decade and was about to get a double mastectomy, so he had to go off his hormone injections for several weeks in preparation ...
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Exclusive: US drug benefit managers clamp down on specialty pharmacies NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES In recent days, the largest U.S. managers of private prescription drug benefits have cut off at least eight pharmacies that work closely with drugmakers, intensifying scrutiny of a system that helps inflate drug prices, officials ...
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Eat red meat but learn how to eat it the right way The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that consuming processed meats and red meat could be related to colorectal cancer. Department of Health advises people who eat more than 90 grams (cooked weight) of red and processed meat a day to cut ...
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Transgender man opens up on learning about shocking pregnancy halfway through ... Whoa, baby. A transgender man is speaking out about his shocking pregnancy, which came a decade after transitioning from womanhood - a process he was still undergoing when he learned he was carrying a 21-week-old baby.
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Uterus Transplant Gives Hope To Some Infertile Women: Other Fertility ... Women with uterine factor infertility are given hope to become mothers due to uterus transplants. There are several other treatments to restore or gain fertility, experts said.
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Scientists Found What Drives the Growth of Malaria Parasite Causing almost half a million death worldwide yearly, malaria is a serious medical concern. However, scientists found what drives the growth of malaria parasite, aiming towards developing a treatment that could halt the process.
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Belly Fat Is Dangerous, Here's Why While health risks associated with obesity are well documented, a new study has found that even for thin people, some extra weight around the midsection can be a problem.
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New produce safety rules aim to prevent illness outbreaks FILE - In this combo of file photos, an operator of a fruit and vegetable stand near Denver holds a cantaloupe, Sept. 16, 2011, and untainted spinach grows near Castroville, Calif.
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The Rate of Obesity rises again in United States Obesity rates are rising again among American grown-ups, regardless of national endeavors to advance sound ways of life. Rates of heftiness had been climbing significantly since the 1980s yet begun leveling off in around 2004.
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Pope Francis calls terror attacks "Not Human" Pope Francis condemned the attacks in Paris during a radio interview Saturday, saying the actions were "not human." The head of the Catholic Church said there was "neither religious reasons nor human reasons" for the deadly attacks in which at least ...
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Your Breakfast May Give You Cancer: Food Safety Watchdog Warns Dangers Of ... Some people want their toasts, chips and potatoes crispier than usual. Experts, however, warned that cooking these breakfast staples at high temperatures increases acrylamide contents, which can cause cancer.
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Kaiser, mental health workers avert strike OAKLAND -- Kaiser Permanente and its mental health workers have reached a tentative contract settlement, averting a strike that had been planned to start Monday, the union announced late Sunday.
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Students can get their flu shots at the ETSU Student Health Center ETSU students can get flu shots at the Student Health Center. (Photograph by Emma Hammer/East Tennessean). Students looking to stay healthy this season by getting their flu shot can make an appointment with the ETSU Student Health Center.
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Central Obesity is More Dangerous than Overall Obesity A new study suggests central obesity is more dangerous than overall obesity, despite the difference in body mass index (BMI). A new study suggests central obesity is more dangerous than overall obesity, despite the difference in body mass index (BMI).
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Suit: Protein Cheerios misleads consumers 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 Interest (CSPI), a consumer group.
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UPDATE: Missing Sarasota County horses found There were no more tears out on the pasture. Only the sounds of happy neighing. Three horses reported missing from a pasture in the 600 block of Dog Kennel Road in eastern Sarasota County earlier this week were located alive and well Saturday morning ...
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Season preview: Wisconsin deer hunters looking at another rebuilding year Wisconsin deer hunters have learned how to temper their expectations, and that's how most of them are likely to approach this fall's gun deer season.
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Suit: Protein Cheerios Misleads Consumers 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 last week by consumer group Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).
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FDA orders recall of 2800 scope-washing machines made by Custom Ultrasonics An investigation is going on into superbug outbreaks nationwide, and amid the same the US regulators have told a Pennsylvania company to recall the company's scope-cleaning machines that are used at UCLA and over 1,000 other hospitals and clinics.
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Abortion politics unlikely to abate for new University of Missouri leadership Amid the turmoil at the University of Missouri, the looming Dec. 1 end to "refer and follow" privileges at MU Health Care will add another source of pressure for the new administration as Planned Parenthood battles abortion rights foes about the ...
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Boston Marathon survivors plead for love and peace, not hate Survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings are calling for love and peace to replace hate in the wake of the deadly Paris terrorist attacks.
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