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Pineapple Pesticide Linked to Parkinson's Disease A pineapple pesticide that made its way into milk in Hawaii also made its way into men's brains, and those men were more likely to develop Parkinson's disease, a new study finds.
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Concussion is top injury among cheerleaders, study finds High school cheerleading isn't the simple sideline activity it used to be. (Whitney Hayward / Portland Press Herald). Maureen SalamonHealthDay.
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Cheer injuries more severe, less frequent A new study that was released on Thursday shed some light on what type of injuries are associated with cheerleading. Loading… Post to Facebook.
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Multiple Scientific Presentations at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium ... SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYGN), a leader in molecular diagnostics and personalized medicine, today announced it will highlight three scientific presentations related to its myRisk Hereditary ...
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Antibiotic Use in Agriculture Must Be Reduced, Experts Say In some countries, more antibiotics were used for animals than for humans, the report said. (Photo : Getty Images). The use of antibiotics in agriculture, which is causing certain bacteria to develop resistance to drugs, must be cut, according to ...
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CDC: Too few schools meet recommendations for sex education Half of all high schools and one-fifth of middle schools teach all 16 sex education topics recommended by the CDC. By Stephen Feller | Dec. 10, 2015 at 4:26 PM.
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Disease Sleuths Analyze Google Searches To Stop Infections With sexually transmitted diseases on the rise, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago think they might have a powerful new weapon to fight their spread: Google searches.
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French bird flu outbreak unlikely to turn into US-type crisis: OIE PARIS The rising number of bird flu cases in France is unusual but unlikely to turn into a crisis as seen in the United States this year that led to the culling of millions of poultry, the head of World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said.
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Food Sell-By Dates: What They Really Tell You There are multiple ways to determine if that carton of milk in your fridge should be thrown out (smell test, taste test or just checking the "sell-by" date).
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US sales of antibiotics for food animals rose over six years: FDA CHICAGO U.S. sales of medically important antibiotics approved for use in livestock rose by 23 percent between 2009 and 2014, federal regulators said on Thursday, fueling concerns about risks to humans from antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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Antibiotics Sales to Farms Up 23 Percent Since 2009 http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-images-cattle- According to newly released federal data, sales of medically important antimicrobials used in food-producing animals in the U.S.
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US sales of antibiotics for food animals rose over 6 yrs -FDA CHICAGO Dec 10 U.S. sales of medically important antibiotics approved for use in livestock rose by 23 percent between 2009 and 2014, federal regulators said on Thursday, fueling concerns about risks to humans from antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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1 in 5 US children has unhealthy cholesterol levels Twenty-one percent of American children and teens have some form of "abnormal" blood cholesterol reading that leaves them at heightened risk for heart disease and stroke as they reach adulthood.
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Could a Scan Someday Replace Lymph Node Biopsy? THURSDAY, Dec. 10, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists are testing a noninvasive alternative to lymph node biopsy for detecting early signs that melanoma skin cancer has spread.
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Could a scan someday replace lymph node biopsy? Schematic of sentinel node detection using ICG and OPUS, utilizing optoacoustic contrast of biomarkers in tissue using multispectral excitation.
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7 Bundles Of Scientific Joy: 'Test Tube Puppies' Prove IVF Can Work In Dogs Seven tussling puppies could bring a smile to anyone's face. But one litter has a team of scientists beaming more than usual. The puppies - five beagles and two "bockers," or beagle-cocker spaniel mixes - are the first ever born through in vitro ...
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For Early-Stage Alzheimer's, a Little Alcohol May Be a Good Thing New research suggests that people with early-stage Alzheimer's disease don't need to completely avoid alcohol. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle.
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Quick Treatment Saves Women With Breast Cancer - Studies Women with breast cancer may have better survival odds if they get surgery and chemotherapy more quickly, two large U.S. studies suggest.
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Moderate Daily Drinking May Help Alzheimer's Patients New research suggests a couple drinks a day may help prolong life for people with mild dementia. Alzheimers Drink. You've probably heard the research that has shown that moderate alcohol consumption is not necessarily a bad thing, and that moderate ...
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Better Survival With Breast-Conserving Therapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer Women with early-stage breast cancer treated with breast-conserving therapy had significantly improved 10-year overall survival compared with women who underwent mastectomy without radiation therapy, according to the results of a population-based ...
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San Diego County hospitals finned over avoidable infections and complications SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Six hospitals in San Diego County will receive a 1 percent lower payment from Medicare in this federal fiscal year because of high rates of potentially avoidable infections and complications, Kaiser Health News reported Thursday.
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Florida slips one notch in ranking of America's healthiest states Florida slipped from 32nd to 33rd this year on the list of America's most healthy states, according to a ranking released Thursday by the United Health Foundation.
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Missouri Woman Who Refused Cancer Treatment to Save Unborn Baby's Life Dies ... A Missouri mother made the ultimate sacrifice when she decided to deliver her baby girl in the face of a serious cancer diagnosis.
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Google's Verily Is Spinning Off 'Verb,' a Secretive Robot-Surgery Startup It's called Verb Surgical, a collaboration with Johnson & Johnson, and it aims to make robots better surgical assistants. While Johnson & Johnson is an old hand at medical devices, Verily plans to contribute Google's vast expertise in machine learning ...
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World's First Dengue Vaccine, Dengvaxia, Approved in Mexico: An 'historic ... Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced today that the Mexican authorities have granted marketing authorization to Dengvaxia ®, making it the first vaccine to be licensed in the world for the prevention of dengue. Aedes aegypti/CDC.
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Cheerleading among safest high school sports, say Colorado School of Public ... AURORA, Colo. (Dec. 10, 2015) - Despite popular perceptions, cheerleading is one of the safest high school sports, yet the relatively few injuries sustained are often some of the most severe, according to a new study from the Colorado School of Public ...
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1 in 5 American Kids Has Abnormal Levels of Cholesterol About one American child or adolescent out of every five has at least one abnormal cholesterol measurement, including high cholesterol levels or low levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol, new federal data shows.
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Tennessee ranked 43rd healthiest state by United Health Foundation In the country's annual health checkup, Tennessee ranks 43rd this year when compared with other states - according to United Health Foundation's America's Health Rankings® Annual Report.
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Was Chipotles Freshness Obsession Its Downfall? As Chipotle's multistate E. coli nightmare continues, food safety advocates say the outbreak was destined to happen. Dr. Douglas Powell saw the Chipotle E. coli outbreak coming eight years ago.
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Chipotle shares jump as CEO apologizes over illnesses, vows change Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc jumped more than 5 percent on Thursday after its founder apologized to patrons who fell ill after eating at the company's restaurants and pledged that strict new food-safety practices would prevent future outbreaks.
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Grandville Santa brightens holidays for girl with cancer GRANDVILLE, Mich. (WZZM) -- We first told you about this story last week: a little boy who confided in Santa, worried that his autism would land him.
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Scientists create the world's first in vitro puppies This summer, seven half-pound mutts from six parents tumbled out of the womb of a single mother. This isn't a math problem - it's biology.
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Intuitive Surgical Watch Out For Google & J&J's New Kid on the Block Verb Surgical , backed by Google and Johnson & Johnson, aims to bring smaller, cheaper and faster robots with the goal of changing the robotic surgery paradigm established by the likes of Intuitive Surgical.
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US Health Rankings: 2015 Data Show Costs Of Preventable Diseases, Hospitalizations New state-by-state health rankings illuminate striking differences in the rates of diseases, behaviors and public health investments across the U.S.
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Local Program Brings Christmas to Seniors Volunteers at a local retirement community worked together on Thursday to help spread holiday cheer to a group of senior citizens.
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Want to improve your memory? Play 3D video games Playing three-dimensional (3-D) video games can improve memory performance by 12%, claims a study. Researchers from the University of California enlisted college students and divided them into two groups.
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Seniors spend afternoon wrapping gifts JOHNSON CITY, TN (WJHL) - Santa made an early visit to Dominion Senior Living in Johnson City today. Residents at Dominion spent the afternoon wrapping gifts for the "Be A Santa To A Senior" program by the Home Instead Senior Care organization.
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US life expectancy flat for third straight year at almost 79 Life expectancy in the United States has stalled for three straight years, the government announced Wednesday. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://6abc.
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Ebola gene study reveals multiple spread routes in Liberia In the most detailed picture yet of Ebola's spread in an outbreak country, a gene sequencing study today revealed how the disease unfolded in Liberia, with most cases arising from a single introduction, sprouting multiple transmission chains within the ...
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Is Increased Medicaid Coverage the Chronic Disease Solution? According to Harvard researchers, Medicaid beneficiaries are 5 times more likely to step inside of a physician's office compared to those without health insurance.
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The Hold: Pediatrician reveals his highly effective technique for calming ... Maybe what pediatrician Robert Hamilton learned in recent days is that soothing a baby is on most parents' minds. Like more than 14 million.
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FDA finds no E. coli in Taylor Farms celery Though tests by Montana health officials showed signs of E. coli in vegetables supplied to Costco stores by California's Taylor Farms, subsequent tests by the U.S.
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More than one in 10 US kids have ADHD as diagnosis rates surge More than 10 percent of U.S. children have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), reflecting a surge in recent years particularly among girls and minority groups, a new study finds.
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Focusing On A Task May Leave You Temporarily Deaf: Study Concentrating on a demanding visual task can make a person momentarily deaf, as revealed in a new UK study. Researchers at the University College London called this deficit "inattentional deafness.
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Web Extra: Your dengue questions, answered And since September, when the first cases of locally-acquired dengue fever were reported, state and county officials have been working to raise awareness, beat back mosquito populations, and clear out mosquito breeding areas.
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Study: Depression common among medical residents And according to a new survey, depression seems to be more common among medical residents. A new study of more than 17,000 physicians in training found nearly one-third of them are depressed or have symptoms of depression.
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Louisville boy, 6, gets 'bionic' hand Six-year-old Lucas Abraham was born without fingers on his right hand. For years, he had asked for a "robo-hand" - a prosthetic device that could help him zip his jacket, hold a piece of paper or grip a baseball.
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PRRS resistance discovered in hogs Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus was first detected in the U.S. in 1987. Pigs that contract the disease have extreme difficulty reproducing, don't gain weight and have a high mortality rate.
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