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Chipotle E. Coli Outbreak Widens In Washington And Orgeon Chipotle continues to face the fallout of an E. coli outbreak as health officials said the number of people sickened by the bacteria in Oregon and Washington has risen, and one woman filed a lawsuit against the company on Monday.
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Doctors find tapeworm larva in Northern California man's brain A California man went to an emergency room with a terrible headache and nausea, slipped into a coma, and was told a tapeworm larva had been living in his brain when he woke up.
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Can the HPV Vaccine Really Kill You? Since June 2006 when the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination was first approved and recommended by the Food and Drug Administration, there's been a 56% decrease in HPV infections among teen girls according to the Centers for Disease Control ...
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Man's Headache Caused by Tapeworm in Brain Sheds Light on Rare Condition A man's headache that turned out to be the result of a parasitic infection has shed light on a rare condition caused by tapeworm infections.
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Viewpoint Therapeutics sees the way to cataract drugs Scientists reported Thursday on a class of molecules that could partially dissolve cataracts in mice, as well as human cataracts that had been surgically removed.
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High-spending doctors less likely to be sued Providing more care than necessary may work to lower a doctor's risk of being accused of malpractice, suggests a new U.S. study.
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Therapy Over Lamps for Seasonal Depression 'Tis the season of darkness. The clocks are turned back, the biological clock on those pretty leaves outside is a-tickin', and soon it will be nothing but bare branches and 4:45 p.m.
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A Cell Therapy Untested in Humans Saves a Baby With Cancer A baby girl who was close to dying from cancer has been rescued by a cell therapy envisioned as a "one size fits all" treatment that had never been tested in people, doctors reported on Thursday.
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Alzheimer's is a young(er) person's disease While he couldn't possibly have known, Sandy Halperin was likely around 35 years old when his brain began slowly accumulating the plaques and tangles of Alzheimer's disease.
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Swallowed Bobby Pin Ends Up in Child's Kidney Kids will put anything in their mouths, and this usually this doesn't cause serious harm. But for one 4-year-old boy in Saudi Arabia, swallowing a bobby pin led to a perforated intestine, a pierced kidney and surgery to fix it all, according to a new ...
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House Democrats: GOP blocking investigation into high drug prices Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are chastising Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) for rebuffing their efforts to investigate price hikes by two pharmaceutical companies.
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Your DNA May Explain High-Calorie Food Cravings THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Can't resist high-fat, sugary foods? Your genetic makeup may be to blame. Researchers say they've identified a pair of genetic variants that interact to boost the brain's reward responses to foods high in fat ...
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Genes May Be To Blame For Our Love of High-Calorie Foods Two genetic variants may alter the brain's response to high-calorie foods, according to a recent study. (Photo : Flickr). Two genetic variants may alter the brain's response to high-calorie foods, according to a recent study.
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Closed! Recreational Dungeness crab season postponed by state authorities Crab pots sit idle at Moss Landing Harbor on Wednesday after a high level of a naturally occurring toxin was found in crab caught along the California coast.
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No Proof Omega-3 Supplements Work For Depression There is insufficient evidence for whether Omega-3 fatty acid supplements are effective in treating major depressive disorder, according to research published in the Cochrane Library.
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March of Dimes rates US, cities, states on preterm births Babies born before 37 weeks can have serious health problems, yet too often, women in the U.S. are still giving birth preterm, earning the nation only a "C" on the latest report card from the March of Dimes.
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High local premature birth rates linked to obesity, care access premature babies at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children's Memorial Herman Hospital Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Houston.
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Religion Makes Children More Selfish, Say Scientists Praying (Image CC BY 2.0: Salvation Army USA West / https://flic.kr/p/bUTv4s). Morality is often associated with religion, but new research reveals that children from religious households are actually less generous than kids from a secular background.
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Researchers discover tapeworm transmitted cancerous cells to human host As if a tapeworm infection wasn't bad enough, researchers have identified a bizarre and fatal case where a man sprouted cancerous tumors generated by the parasite.
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Gilead Sciences, Inc: Why FDA Approval For New HIV Drug Is A Major Win Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) won approval from the Food and Drug Administration for the world's first TAF-based single-tablet HIV-1 treatment regimen, Genvoya.
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Is junk food to blame for the obesity epidemic? Fast food, soft drinks and candy are often painted as the driving forces behind America's obesity epidemic, but new research suggests there's more to it than that.
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Human-animal chimeras: Stanford scientists condemn funding ban STANFORD -- The Obama administration has quietly clamped a moratorium on a new type of stem-cell research, triggering a letter from a group of Stanford scientists condemning the move and saying that it could delay discoveries in a promising field of ...
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40 cases of E. coli in Northwest outbreak linked to Chipotle SEATTLE (AP) - Health officials in Washington and Oregon say a total of 40 people are now on the list of people sickened by E. coli in an outbreak linked to Chipotle restaurants in the two states.
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China's One-Child Policy: Redundant And Now Go Here I discuss the end of China's one-child policy. In my weekly WREL economics segment I also discussed, the auto industry in China, Yellen and the Donald and interest rates, and gave an update on the United Way of Rockbridge.
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Food Allergies Aren't As Common Among Siblings As You Thought Just because your brother is allergic to milk doesn't necessarily mean you are, too. (Photo : Flickr/Travis Swan). If one child in a family is allergic to a certain food, it doesn't mean that his or her sibling would also be allergic to it, according ...
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George W., Father of the Stem-Cell Revolution After George W. Bush restricted federal funding for stem cell research, states took matters into their own hands. Shop ▾. It wasn't what President George W. Bush had in mind.
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Artificial Sweetener Found In Candy, Gum A Growing Danger For Dogs (CBS) - An artificial sweetener, found in candies and gums that's harmless to humans is poisonous to dogs and is increasingly leading to death, reports CBS 2's Vince Gerasole.
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Barclays Cuts Walgreens Boots Alliance Price Target to $81.00 (WBA) Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc logo Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) had its price target lowered by Barclays from $86.00 to $81.00 in a report published on Thursday, Analyst Ratings Net reports.
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Lung cancer awareness ceremony returning for 6th year Kathi Downey speaks to the audience Tuesday at the Lompoc City Council Chambers after receiving a proclamation from Mayor Bob Lingl, right, declaring November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
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Xylitol: Dangerous and off-limits to your dog Now that we're past the craziness of Halloween, we need to talk about the danger of sweets. More specifically, the danger of xylitol to your dog.
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Fitch: Rite Aid CDS Trading at Record Tight Levels NEW YORK, Nov 04, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Five-year credit default swaps (CDS) on Rite Aid Corporation (Rite Aid) are trading at all-time tight levels, according to Fitch Solutions.
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Scientists say illegal pot farming operations are poisoning threatened weasels In California, a little weasel called the "fisher" may be exposing a big environmental problem: Research shows that the species is being heavily exposed to, and even killed by, rat poison used on illicit marijuana cultivation sites.
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Alzheimer's expert offers tips to help nearly 36000 diagnosed West Virginians CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia has the fourth oldest population in the nation with nearly 36,000 West Virginians over the age of 65 living with Alzheimer's, according to the Alzheimer's Association.
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Teaching children the importance of healthy eating habits (with photos) Town of Maine, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The American Heart Association says exercise and eating right are two of the best ways to ensure a long and healthy life.
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Study Says Childhood Pets Might Improve Immunity, Allergies, and Asthma Kids love animals; unfortunately, some have an allergy that makes a family pet difficult. If that child has asthma, though, a family pet may be completely out of the question.
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Sleep Patterns May Affect a Woman's Diabetes Risk WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Women who experience a big increase in hours of sleep each night may face an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, new research suggests.
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These are seven of the safest hospitals in metro Atlanta, according to one ... Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. Three Piedmont Hospital locations and two Northside Hospital locations are among the seven safest metro Atlanta hospitals, according to a new analysis ...
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