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Study: Liver hormone regulates sweet, alcohol preferences A study from UT Southwestern Medical Center reports a hormone found in the liver works directly with the brain to reduce cravings for alcohol and sweets in mammals, including primates.
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Doctors will design diets based on individuals' genes: study Doctors and dieticians will be able to design diets based on individuals' genes within next five years, according to a new study by University of Texas (UT) researchers.
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Christmas Day baby the second for Karyn, Vic Faster of Floral Park Karyn and Vic Faster with their newborn, Nicholas, born early Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, at Katz Women's Center at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park.
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New Norovirus Strain Discovered in Minnesota A new strain of norovirus, the bug that causes intestinal illness, has been discovered in Minnesota. That could mean more outbreaks this winter.
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Kangaroo Care Cuts Mortality in Low Birth Weight Newborns The researchers have found that if premature and underweight newborns are kept with their bare chests nestled directly against their mothers' breasts then it may improve their survival chances.
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Philippines approves Sanofi Pasteur's dengue vaccine By Cesar Mills/FinancialSpots.com - The Philippines has granted approval for the sales of a new dengue vaccine, following Mexico as the first two countries to allow a treatment that could prevent the flu-like illness that threatens half the world's ...
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Making your New Year's resolution stick Green Bay - As we say goodbye to 2015 and hello to 2016 many people are looking to make New Year's resolutions. Nick Mulder, a personal trainer at the YMCA, explained between Christmas and New Year's day gym memberships typically increase.
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6 Content Marketing New Year's Resolutions To Make This Year The new year is approaching, and it's time to start thinking about your New Year's resolutions. You might generally center them around things like working out more often or eating a healthier diet, but maybe you should try setting a few New Year's ...
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Texas Man breaks law but saves his son as he was in coma Pinehurst, Texas resident George Pickering pulled out a 9mm handgun at Tomball Regional Medical Center to save his son. Remembering the incident that happened 11 months back, Pickering II admitted that he was aggressive and drunk on that day.
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Hospital Prices Vary Widely Across the United States SATURDAY, Dec. 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The cost of medical care varies widely across the United States, a new study reports. Hospitals negotiate the cost of medical services with insurance companies.
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CA Health Officials Warn Of Outbreak Of Norovirus 'Vomiting Disease' Digitally-colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by Norovirus virions.
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Dengue still a threat to school kids The children aged between seven to 17 account for 18% out of the 113,500 dengue cases in Malaysia as of Dec 1, said Deputy Education Minister P. Kamalanathan.
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8 Brazil police arrested for alleged torture Eight military police officers were arrested Saturday on suspicion of torturing four youths in this Brazilian metropolis, officials said.
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Hospital Hostage Taker Freed From Jail in Time for Family Christmas For the father of George Pickering Jr., two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon was a small price to pay for the life of his son.
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Brazil worried by Zika virus link to infant deformity RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil is warning pregnant women to stay inside and avoid mosquito bites during the upcoming summer season. The Brazilian Ministry of Health issued a warning yesterday urging its citizens to take precautions during the country's ...
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UK faces alarming rates of 'Victorian' diseases London - It has been mistakenly assumed that ancient diseases are totally eradicated, especially in developed countries. The United Kingdom particularly is now facing a "Victorian" disease epidemic, as cases of tuberculosis, scurvy, cholera, whooping ...
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Texas to remove a Houston Planned Parenthood from HIV Program Officials said on Wednesday that for a roughly three-decade old HIV prevention program, the Texas health department has decided to cut off federal funding to a Houston Planned Parenthood affiliate.
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Victorian-age diseases on the rise across the globe As medicine evolves we find ourselves eradicating diseases that were once too strong for humanity to overcome. Sadly diseases that were once thought to be wiped out or fairly close to extinction are making a comeback.
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Resolutions can be kept As the Christmas holiday has come and gone, many will begin to place the focus on the New Year. And with that, most will make at least one resolution as we embark on 2016.
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Hawaii's First Surviving Set Of Quintuplets Made It Home For Their First Christmas The babies were born premature in Honolulu on Oct. 10, with doctors saying that they would need up to three months to allow their lungs to fully develop, according to The Associated Press.
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Regular BP medication recommended for patients with high heart disease risk People at high risk of heart attack or stroke should be recommended regular dosage of blood pressure lowering medication, according to a new report published in journal The Lancet.
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"Rare" Diseases Are Back Diseases that are considered rare or almost entirely wiped out, especially in developed countries, are surprising making a deadly comeback, according to a new London study.
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New blood donor rules, no real change The new policy says men must wait 12 months after their last sexual contact with another man, mirroring blood donation rules in place in Great Britain and Australia, among other countries.
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CDC 2014 Report: Deaths from Drug Overdose Reached All Time High The age-adjusted rate of deaths caused by opioids, including heroin and opioid pain relievers, rose 14% in 2014, setting a new record.
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Don't Blame CDC for Poor Pain Care Doctors have been undertreating and mistreating people in pain long before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started recommending guidelines for opioids.
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Most obese man in the world, 978 lbs at his most, dies 2 months after surgery ... The Mexican Andres Moreno, considered the most obese man in the world, has died in Ciudad Obregon in the northwestern state of Sonora, just two months after undergoing an operation to lose weight.
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New Gout Drug Gets Nod From FDA The federal health regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), gave pharmaceutical giant AztraZeneca the green light to market the gout drug Zurampic (lesinurad) on US soil.
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Will, Grundy health officials: Holiday travel increases chance of flu A sign Tuesday at the Will County Health Department touts the importance of flu shots. The flu season reaches its peak December through February.
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Dengue fever cases in Hawaii spike over the holidays (CNN) President Barack Obama and his family are welcome visitors this holiday season to Hawaii. Dengue fever, not so much. Cases of the mosquito-borne disease continue to climb in the island state, whose health department reported 180 cases as of ...
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Dietitians give tips on how to prepare holiday leftovers (CNN) - Part of the fun of the holidays is eating a big family meal and enjoying the delicious leftovers. Following some simple rules can keep food safe.
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Cardiac Arrest May Come With Advance Warning Signs (Photo : Getty Images/Adam Berry) A new study shows that people may ignore the warning signs of cardiac arrest, which can prove fatal.
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State Agriculture officials lift poultry exhibition ban LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Officials in Michigan have lifted a statewide ban on poultry exhibitions that was put in place earlier this year as a precaution to a bird flu outbreak across the Midwest.
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Medical marijuana's make or break year 2016 is make or break for New York's medical marijuana program. At stake is millions of dollars and access to medicine for thousands of seriously ill people.
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Why drug spending is so high WASHINGTON - Medicare spent $143 billion on drugs last year -- a sum that pushed drug spending up from 10 percent of the total budget in 2010 to 14 percent last year.
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Experts Reveals That The "Idea Of Fit But Fat" Is False A new study done by researchers from the Umea University reveals that the idea of fit but fat is false. They say that the protection of exercising is more reduced for the obese people... A new study done by researchers from the Umea University reveals ...
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Cannabis News Roundup: 12.25.15 Towns and counties vote for local control… Oklahoma still suing neighbors… Columbia legalizes medical marijuana… Concentrates are medicinal… What "Trumbo" doesn't tell you… and more.
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Blood donation policy change for gay men 'pretty offensive,' advocate says Donors give blood Dec. 20, 2011, in Rutland, Vermont. Federal health officials said Dec. 21, 2015, they are lifting the nation's 32-year-old lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, but major restrictions will continue to limit who ...
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