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As Home Births Grow in US, a New Study Examines the Risks With a growing number of American women choosing to give birth at home or in birthing centers, debate is intensifying over an important question: How safe is it to have a baby outside a hospital?
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New Contagious Cancer Found In Tasmanian Devils Sarcophilus harrisii (Image CC BY-SA 3.0: JJ Harrison / Wikimedia). Cancer isn't normally a contagious disease, but some cells are able to spread between individuals, like 'devil facial tumour disease', a transmissible cancer that infects Tasmanian devils.
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Second form of contagious cancer found in Tasmanian devils Tasmanian devils, known for their biting behavior, are at risk from a type of contagious cancer spread through bites that kills 100 percent of the animals it infects.
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More Chinese people are smoking cigarettes, and they're smoking more of them China has 15 million more adult smokers in 2015 than it did in 2010, and they're smoking almost a pack a day on average, even as the government has been trying to get citizens to curb the habit.
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In Guinea, a Hard-Won 'Victory' Over Ebola The World Health Organization announced Tuesday morning that Guinea was free of Ebola virus transmission for the first time since the epidemic was detected there in March 2014.
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US Justice Department probes Blue Bell over listeria contamination: WSJ Blue Bell Creameries is being probed by the U.S. Department of Justice over listeria contamination of its ice cream that was linked to three deaths, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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DOJ Probes Blue Bell's Response to Listeria Contamination The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into Blue Bell Creameries LP over listeria contamination of its ice cream that was linked to three deaths and multiple other illnesses, according to a person familiar with the matter ...
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West End shoppping center, Blue Bell tops 2015 in business Exterior of the Costco business Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, at the West End shopping center in Lubbock, Texas. (Mark Rogers/AJ Media).
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3D Prosthetic Paws Allow a Pup to Run, Stand Upright One lucky pup has gotten a second chance at standing tall, thanks to prosthetic paws, a new technology developed by 3D Systems, that allows the dog to run, stand and sit like any other.
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Chief Health Inspector Dines At Reopened Boston Chipotle Closed By Norovirus Chipotle Mexican Grill has announced that its Cleveland Circle location in Boston, which was recently shut down after a norovirus outbreak sickened 136 diners earlier this month, has been reopened as of Saturday.
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Futile attraction: Why 1 in 5 cancer clinical trials fizzle Clinical trials are the scientific soul of cancer-cure advances, but nearly 20 percent of these publicly funded studies fail to draw enough patients to render verdicts on experimental therapies, investigators reported Tuesday.
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Zacks Short Term Rating on WellCare Health Plans, Inc. Analysts at Zacks have given a short term rating of hold on WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE:WCG) with a rank of 3. The shares has received an average rating of 2.69 from 12 brokerage firms.
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Could High-Dose Vitamin D Help Fight Multiple Sclerosis? WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- High-dose vitamin D appears safe for people with multiple sclerosis, and it may help quiet the immune system hyperactivity that marks the disease, a small clinical trial finds.
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West Africa Ends 2015 Declared Ebola-free Last updated on: December 30, 2015 9:04 PM. West Africa experienced several highs and lows in 2015 in its fight against Ebola. There was elation when Liberia was declared Ebola-free in May, but defeat when it returned and claimed more victims, although ...
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New Year's: A time to make and keep resolutions A small business manager asked employees, who wished, to write out their New Year's resolutions. He promised to post them by lunchtime on the bulletin board.
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WATCH: 7 New Year's resolutions everyone is tired of hearing For those of us who spent the better part of the year eating Chipotle and staying up late binge-watching Grey's Anatomy, it's the battle cry heard every January, the vow that the new year will be far better than the last.
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Will Your New Year's Resolutions Be More Than Talk? Most of the talk about New Year's Resolutions is just that - talk. Despite all of our good intentions, most people won't achieve their goals for the coming year.
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App helps moms differentiate babies' crying sounds An app that can differentiate between a variety of crying sounds made by babies has been developed by Taiwanese researchers. The Infant Cries Translator was developed at the National Taiwan University Hospital Yunlin and can differentiate between four ...
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Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'In Defense of Food' on PBS Nutritional Expert and best-selling author Michael Pollan explores what to eat and what to avoid in the new special "In Defense of Food" on PBS.
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3D Systems Updates Us on Derby the Dog and His New Prosthetic Legs 3D_Systems_Logo_-_from_Commons 3D printing continues to change lives every day by making things easier, cheaper and more accessible than ever before.
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The 10 Rules of Weight Loss That Lasts The obvious truth: Slimming down isn't fun, but it doesn't have to be hell. Learn these weight loss tenets and long-term success will follow.
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Marine fights cancer with dark humor in new video series Cancer picked a fight with Mark Fayloga. Unfortunately for cancer, Fayloga is a Marine. The day after Thanksgiving, Fayloga was at the gym when he started having severe breathing problems.
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Go ahead, resolve to lose weight. These companies are counting on it. Gym, health and fitness clubs ring up about $30 billion a year, according to IBISWorld, a business research firm. Gym, health and fitness clubs ring up about $30 billion a year, according to IBISWorld, a business research firm.
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Kosher-approved medical marijuana Cannabis plants growing at Vireo Health of New York's Tryon Technology Park and Incubator Center in Perth. Nov. 12, 2015 in Perth, NY.
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It's impossible to value Chipotle shares right now In order to determine the value of a stock, or for that matter any company, the predominant approach is simple: Estimate how much that company is expected to make, and then multiply that expected earnings number by an "earnings multiple" that takes ...
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Brazilians fear mosquito-borne virus behind surge in brain-damaged infants Elison, 10, helps care for his 2-month-old brother, Jose Wesley, at their house in Poo Fundo, Pernambuco state, Brazil. There has been a huge surge in Brazil in babies with microcephaly, a rare, incurable condition in which... (Felipe Dana/The ...
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Health: Need help with your New Year's resolution to quit smoking? Studies by The Centers for Disease Control show that about 70 percent of current smokers want to quit and that more than half of those smokers tried to quit last year without success.
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Firefighters give 6-year-old girl a fire truck escort to her final ... A spunky 6-year-old in California who befriended a group of firefighters got a special ride to her final chemotherapy treatment earlier this month.
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Untreatable form of gonorrhea may show up in the US Adult film actress Piper Auston pays for her monthly tests at a California clinic in 2004. By. EmmaCourt. Reporter. Here's the good news about gonorrhea: It's still a treatable sexually transmitted infection.
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Gonorrhea super strain becoming 'untreatable' A common sexually transmitted infection (STI) is at risk of becoming "untreatable," public health officials warned this week.
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Live Life To Its Fullest - That's The Most Popular New Year's Resolution Many of has made them before. Some of us have kept them while others have struggled. Usually, they are designed to help us better ourselves as we pursue another year of living on this planet we call earth.
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State Population Grows by 100000 by Recent Census DENVER - Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015 - State estimates were released by the US Census Bureau December 22, 2015 indicating that Colorado's population increased by almost 101,000 between July 2014 and July 2015.
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Tasmanian Devils' Mysterious Cancer May Come in Two Varieties The Tasmanian devil has long been known to suffer from an unusual type of cancer that can spread from animal to animal, but now researchers say the endangered species is plagued by at least two kinds of infectious cancer.
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Flu season mild so far in Mid-Columbia Influenza has yet to make its formal annual appearance in the Mid-Columbia, health and hospital officials said, but its arrival is likely imminent and there are plenty of other nasty illnesses making the rounds.
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New Year's Eve: Tips for a Safe and Healthy Holiday New Year's season is one of the most fun and joyous holidays of the year. However, did you know that it is also one of the most dangerous holidays of the year?
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2 More Die From The Flu In Clark County LAS VEGAS - The Southern Nevada Health District is reporting the first pediatric flu-related death in Clark County for the 2015-16 season.
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It's Not Too Late to Get a Flu Shot WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Anyone who hasn't had a flu shot this season should make a point to get vaccinated now, U.S.
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DOH Reminder: New Tobacco, E-Cig Laws Go Into Effect Jan. 1 The Hawai'i State Department of Health is reminding the public that, effective Jan. 1, 2016, residents and visitors alike must be at least age 21 year old in order to buy tobacco products and electronic smoking devices (e-cigarettes) in the state ...
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Losing weight in 2016 Many New Year's resolutions involve losing weight. If you have tried before and failed, or if you have lost weight but then gained it back, you may need a new approach - and the motivation of doing it for your family, not just for yourself.
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When Should a Brain be Declared Dead? Hospital Policies Lack Consistency Policies to determine brain death vary widely from hospital to hospital and there are lapses in the policies, research reveals. The rules to establish brain death vary widely from on hospital to another, despite the existence of national standards.
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Influential US psychiatrist Robert Spitzer dead at 83 Robert Spitzer, an influential US psychiatrist who helped set up standards for the diagnosis of mental disorders and is credited with seeing homosexuality removed from the list of disorders, has died at age 83, US media reported.
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Left behind: Who's being treated for HIV in the US -- and who isn't A major insurer said recently it would offer life insurance to HIV-positive people because of their rising life expectancies, prompting cheers from AIDS activists.
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Asthma rate stops climbing in some U.S. kids Childhood asthma rates appear to have stopped rising among many U.S. groups, but not among the poorest kids or children aged 10 and older, a study suggests.
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How to Avoid A Hangover No one wants to ring in the New Year with a splitting headache and a sandpapery tongue, and yet "Hangover Cure" tends to be the number one Google search on New Year's Day: There's no silver bullet cure for the side effects of boozin'.
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Marin reports 6 norovirus clusters amid statewide outbreaks State health officials have issued an advisory as increases in norovirus cases are reported, and several outbreaks in Marin have contributed to the uptick.
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Is the shampoo-skipping #NoPoo trend good for your hair? A new trend in beauty is based on the idea that less is more -- at least when it comes to shampooing your hair. Some people -- including celebrity Kim Kardashian -- have stopped shampooing their hair regularly, or even altogether, based on the belief ...
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