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'Victorian' disease resurgence in England follows global pattern The increased rates of many diseases is being blamed on poverty, malnutrition and ignorance that the diseases still exist. By Stephen Feller | Dec. 24, 2015 at 2:16 PM.
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Glaucoma Patients Have False Notions of Pot's Ability to Treat Their Disease ... WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Glaucoma patients ask for marijuana prescriptions because they have false notions of its effectiveness in treating the eye disease, a new survey has found.
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New blood thinner 'antidote' to help doctors move past warfarin NEW YORK Dec 23 A new class of blood thinners that competes with widely used warfarin should get a boost next year when an "antidote" that can reverse the medications' effects in an emergency is expected to enter the market, according to top U.S.
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Blood pressure drugs rethink urged More lives could be saved if doctors considered giving blood pressure drugs to all patients at high-risk of heart disease - even if their blood pressures are normal, a study suggests.
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911 Dispatcher Helps Utah Woman Deliver Baby During Emergency A new 911 dispatcher helped a Utah woman Kristin Allred deliver a baby as he was on second week on his job. Dispatcher William Kalaher helped the couple Shay and Kristin Allred as they called 911 for help in emergency situation.
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Chipotle tweaks recipes to cut E. coli risk Last Updated Dec 23, 2015 1:02 PM EST. NEW YORK -- After an E. coli outbreak that sickened more than 50 people, Chipotle is tweaking its cooking methods.
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Lions say 'Concussion' movie may alter public opinion Rashean Mathis and his wife, Ebony, made a point to watch the PBS Frontline documentary "League of Denial" when it came out two years ago, and the veteran Lions cornerback said they'll go see the new Will Smith movie "Concussion" in a theatre ...
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Man With HIV Gets Prison Time, Again, for Unprotected Sex A Pennsylvania man with H.I.V. was sentenced on Wednesday to 33 to 66 months in prison for having unprotected sex with three women without telling them about his condition, the second time he has been imprisoned for the offense.
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Texas dad released from jail after armed standoff at hospital to save son, who ... A Texas father is out of jail after staging a siege to save his son, who the dad says was about to be taken off life support. And his son has now apparently made a miraculous recovery.
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Listen up, LA: Rio de Janeiro's mayor shares advice on the Olympics Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes discusses the World Cup soccer tournament during a news conference on June 5, 2014. Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes discusses the World Cup soccer tournament during a news conference on June 5, 2014.
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Texas Man Takes Gun to Hospital As His Son Was To Be Removed From Life Support A Texas man created a siege to save his son, who was about to be taken off the life support system by his doctors. The father was charged with two counts and was sent to jail, but now, he has returned home and is happy being with his son.
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Texas to cut HIV prevention funds to Planned Parenthood facility DALLAS (Reuters) - The Texas health department is cutting off federal funding to a HoustonPlanned Parenthood affiliate for a nearly three-decade old HIV prevention program, officials said on Wednesday.
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How Weight-Loss Surgery Choices Are Changing A sleeve gastrectomy involves removing up to 80 percent of the stomach. After the procedure, patients feel full from smaller food portions and eat less.
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Father breaks law to buy time with 'brain dead' son= These content links are provided by Content.ad. Both Content.ad and the web site upon which the links are displayed may receive compensation when readers click on these links.
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US Health Inspectors Launch Probe of Fetal Tissue Research RTX1M6BJ An investigation will review details of fetal tissue research that is supported by federal funding. REUTERS/Carlos Barria.
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Teen Birthrate In The U.S. Falls To Historic Lows Teen girls in the U.S. are giving birth at record lows, continuing a more than two-decade trend of falling birthrates among 15- to 19-year-olds.
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Pembrolizumab Now Approved for First Line in Melanoma The immunotherapy pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) is now approved in the United States for first-line use in the treatment of melanoma.
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Brazil's Olympic host state Rio broke, in need of emergency bailout RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's southeast state of Rio de Janeiro, host of next year's Olympic Games, received emergency supplies and funding Thursday to alleviate a cash crisis that has shut down public hospitals.
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Texas dad involved in standoff over 'brain dead' son released from jail A year ago, it seemed as if George Pickering III had seen his final Christmas, in a standoff with SWAT team officers as he tried to keep his son alive.
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Norovirus Hitting California Much Harder Than Last Year norovirus Dr. Karen Smith, the state public health officer who is also director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) yesterday said California is experiencing a sharp increase in norovirus cases, commonly referred to as stomach flu or ...
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FDA approves Merck's Keytruda for first-line treatment of melanoma Sales of Merck's Keytruda (pembrolizumab) are expected to increase, after FDA approved the drug for first-line treatment of melanoma.
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Working Group Sees Genomic-Based Personalized Weight Management on Horizon NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) - Genomic data may soon guide personalized weight management, according to a report from a National Institutes of Health working group.
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The 'DNA diet' could be a game-changer for losing weight Here's good news for big eaters fighting the battle of the budge - the "DNA diet'' is on the way. By 2020, genome-specific diets could help people lose weight even if they've tried one plan after another with no success, researchers report in the ...
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Victims Of Sudden Cardiac Arrest May Be Missing Life-Saving Warning Signs Victims of sudden cardiac arrest may be ignoring lifesaving warning signs for up to a month before the health event occurs, according to a recent study.
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Kangaroo Care Reduces Mortality for Low-Birthweight Infants Kangaroo mother care (KMC), an intervention that facilitates skin-to-skin contact between newborn and mother, can substantially reduce mortality in low-birth-weight newborns, according to a meta-analysis published online December 23 in Pediatrics.
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'Kangaroo Care' Can Reduce Risk of Premature Death in Newborn According to a recent review of a number of studies, kangaroo mother care can help to reduce the risk of death among underweight infants.
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Study: Some Cardiac Arrest Victims Ignore Warning Symptoms Sudden cardiac arrest may not always be so sudden: New research suggests a lot of people may ignore potentially life-saving warning signs hours, days, even a few weeks before they collapse.
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Sudden Cardiac Arrest May Not Be So Sudden MONDAY, Dec. 21, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Sudden cardiac arrest may not be as sudden as doctors have thought, researchers report. Roughly half of cardiac arrest patients experience telltale warning signs that their heart is in danger of stopping in the ...
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Study Released: Says it Takes This Many Times for IVF to be Most Successful A study released on Tuesday suggests the increased number of times in vitro fertilization occurs the more likelihood it will work.
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A Guide to Keeping Your Pets Safe and Avoiding the Vet This Holiday Season The holidays are a great time of year for showing your love to family, friends, and arguably the cutest of the lot, our beloved pets.
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Americans drinking themselves to death at record rates More people died in the U.S. from reasons caused by alcohol than from prescription painkillers and heroin combined. By Stephen Feller | Dec. 23, 2015 at 10:27 AM.
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Illegal Trade In Tiny Pet Turtles Keeps Spreading Salmonella Forty years ago, the U.S. outlawed the sale of small turtles as pets because they harbor salmonella, a bacterium that causes a highly unpleasant and occasionally deadly illness in humans.
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'Winter vomiting disease' on the rise in California, officials say They call it the winter vomiting disease, and California officials are warning that it's on the rise. Already, the state has confirmed 32 outbreaks since Oct. 1 - far more than the nine cases reported last year at this time - and health officials are ...
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CDC Urges Flu Shots Despite Delayed Flu Season The delayed season means there's more time for people to get vaccinated, Brammer said. Pamela Prindle, Foxhall Internists' immunization clinic director called it quite troubling.
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Illinois' medical cannabis pilot program in trouble because of low patient numbers A shortage of doctors willing to sign medical marijuana cards has put the program in trouble in Illinois, barely before it gets off the ground.
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New model: There's less than 1% chance that flu season will peak before ... A latest model aiming to predict the flu in the United States this winter has suggested that this flu season is going to be at peak in February most probably, and that it may be a mild one.
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DEA eases requirements for natural cannabis-derived drug research The U.S Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday relaxed some restrictions on research evaluating cannabidiol, an extract of the marijuana plant, for medicinal use.
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Michiana experts weigh in on increased amount of alcohol-related deaths "We see a lot of cases, more than usual, that end up in our E-R or our units because of either long-term or short-term complications of alcohol or alcohol-related events.
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Keep your pets healthy and safe during the holiday season Baton Rouge, LA -. This is a news release from LSU. Holidays bring families and friends together, but don't forget to watch out for your four-legged family members.
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