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Treatment for high cholesterol is widely neglected Lipitor is a synthetic lipid–lowering agent created to reduce elevated blood cholesterol levels when accompanied with diet changes.
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Regulators Approve Sale of Seton Medical Center with Stiff Conditions The conditions imposed would require the buyer to maintain three Bay Area hospitals as acute care hospitals for at least 10 years.
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California AG approves transfer of 6 nonprofit hospitals SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California's attorney general has conditionally approved the transfer of a financially troubled chain of nonprofit hospitals to a for-profit entity.
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California Attorney General Kamala Harris grants conditional approval for ... Ending months of uncertainty, California Attorney General Kamala Harris late Thursday gave her conditional approval for the largest nonprofit hospital transaction in state history -- and the first to involve a hedge fund.
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Kamala Harris OKs complex deal to save California hospital chain State Attorney General Kamala Harris approved a deal Thursday that allows a New York hedge fund to manage Los Altos Hills' Daughters of Charity Health System in what's considered the largest and most complex nonprofit hospital transaction in the state ...
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Syrian Migrant Crisis Creates Therapy Advancements The Syrian migrant crisis has made top headlines in the media over the past few months. While the majority of the coverage has focused on what is happening with the refugees as a whole, a new sub-topic has emerged to delve into the individuals who are ...
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Binge Watching as a Young Adult Speeds Up Cognitive Decline: Study Sitting around watching TV and not doing any physical activity as a young adult may cause a decline in brain functioning even earlier than scientists had thought, according to a new study.
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Psychological first aid: Migrant trauma demands alternative therapies LONDONEurope's migrant crisis is forcing the advancement of new psychological therapies that go beyond existing treatments to help victims not of one traumatic event, but of multiple traumas such as rape, war and torture.
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CDC: Salmonella Outbreak May Be Linked to Recalled Nut Butters A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigation is underway into 11 Salmonella illnesses in nine states which may be linked to recently recalled nut butters.
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Up to 400% Cancer Drug Price Difference Between Countries There is huge variation in the price of cancer drugs in high-income countries, with some countries charged more than double the price others are expected to pay, the results of an international survey reveal.
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Modern science detects disease in 400-year-old embalmed hearts In the ruins of a medieval convent in the French city of Rennes, archaeologists discovered five heart-shaped urns made of lead, each containing an embalmed human heart.
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Are you obese because of your father? Men, you should think about shedding those extra kilos before starting a family as a new study has suggested that doing so can lower the risk of your children being fat.
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Parents May Pass Down More Than Just Genes, Study Suggests In 2013, an obese man went to Hvidovre Hospital in Denmark to have his stomach stapled. All in all, it was ordinary bariatric surgery - with one big exception.
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New York City is sued over salt warnings on restaurant menus NEW YORK A restaurant industry trade group is suing New York City's Board of Health to stop it from enforcing a new rule requiring many chain restaurants to post warnings on menu items that are high in sodium.
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New Zealand study reveals huge difference in int'l cancer drug prices WELLINGTON, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The prices of potentially life-saving cancer drugs can vary by almost 400 percent among countries, according to a New Zealand study released Friday.
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Men's weight affecting sperm genes 'could make children overweight' Sins of the fathers really can be passed on to their children as a result of a man's weight affecting the genes in his sperm, research suggests.
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CSI Renaissance: Scientists Find Heart Disease in Embalmed Hearts Heart disease may be a big problem in modern times and one of the top killers in the U.S., but it's been an issue for centuries, according to new findings from French researchers.
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US salmonella outbreak across nine states investigated ATLANTA A salmonella outbreak that has sickened 11 people in nine states could be linked to a line of nut butter spreads that were recalled this week, a U.S.
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11 people sick from salmonella outbreak linked to nut butter (CNN) Eleven people in nine states have become infected with salmonella believed to be linked to nut butter spread, federal health officials said Thursday.
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Hawaii dengue fever outbreak could last for months (CNN) Since September, there have been 130 confirmed cases of dengue fever on Hawaii's Big Island, the Hawaii Department of Health said Thursday.
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Severe illness feared from Costco chicken salad; 19 sickened The strain of E. coli linked to Costco chicken salad that sickened 19 people in seven states is more likely to be life-threatening than a recent outbreak that closed some Chipotle restaurants in the Northwest.
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Study: False positive mammogram is risk factor Women who have a false positive result on their mammogram may actually be at slightly higher risk of developing breast cancer over the following decade, according to a new study.
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Zafgen Announces Beloranib IND Placed on Complete Clinical Hold BOSTON, Dec. 02, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zafgen, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZFGN), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to significantly improving the health and well-being of patients affected by obesity and complex metabolic disorders, today received verbal ...
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World AIDS Day marked in Brunei BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Brunei has reaffirmed its commitment to prevent and control the spread of HIV and AIDS in conjunction with the 2015 World AIDS Day, the state Radio Television Brunei (RTB) reported on Wednesday.
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Couch potato in your 20s? Your brain may suffer in your 50s, study finds A long-term study finds that people who watched more than three hours of TV a day in their 20s paid for it in their 50s with worse brain function.
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IDF Atlas: About 415 Million Adults Worldwide Have Diabetes VANCOUVER, British Columbia - About 415 million adults have diabetes worldwide, or about one in every 11, according to the newly-released Diabetes Atlas, 7th edition, from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).
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WHO calls for fighting foodborne diseases that can be deadly ... * Foodborne diseases strike 600 million people a year. * 420,000 people die annually, including 125,000 children. * Agents cause diarrhoea, vomiting, also cancers, epilepsy.
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Pesticides as bad for kids' lungs as cigarette smoke, study says Workers harvest iceberg lettuce at a farm outside Salinas. A new study has found that children exposed to chemicals commonly used on such fields suffer from diminished lung function.
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Just in time for holidays, health department to offer flu vaccine Did you know that the best way to protect yourself and your family from the flu is to get your annual flu shot? And what better time than during Vaccinate Illinois Week (Dec. 6-12) as a way to protect yourself during the holidays?
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Chipotle Tightens Standards Amid E. Coli Outbreak, Putting Buy-Local Pledge in ... Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., dealing with an E. coli outbreak that has sickened dozens around the U.S., has tightened its supplier standards, putting its longstanding promise to buy food locally in jeopardy.
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Starbucks, Target Among Retailers Affected By E. Coli Outbreak The signage on a branch of Starbucks Coffee on October 16, 2012 in London, England. It has been reveled that Starbucks, the world's second largest coffee chain, has paid no tax in the UK for the past three years despite sales exceeding 1 billion ...
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Rabbit Fever on the Rise in the US, CDC Says A surge in cases of a serious but rare bacterial disease called rabbit fever in four U.S. states has doctors puzzled. Over the past two decades, about 125 yearly cases of the disease, also referred to as tularemia (named after Francisella tularensis ...
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Clifton offering flu vaccine The Clifton Health Department still has seasonal flu vaccines available: quadrivalent for ages 6 months and older and trivalent high dose for age 65 and older.
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Elizabeth Taylor Reportedly Ran an AIDS Pharmaceuticals Ring from Her Bel Air ... In the early 1980s, AIDS was literally a laughing matter for the Reagan administration, as evidenced by chilling audio of White House press conferences unearthed in the new short film When AIDS Was Funny.
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Slowed Walking in Seniors May Signal Alzheimer's Danger WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who walk more slowly may have higher amounts of a protein linked to Alzheimer's in their brains, a small, new study suggests.
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New anti-aging drug could extend human life span to 120 years Do you ever think that it's kinda crazy that we can order pizza from our cellphones and yet no one can figure out how to stop (or at least slow) the inevitable march towards death?
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Elizabeth Taylor Pulled a Dallas Buyers Club with Underground HIV Treatment ... Elizabeth Taylor wanted to help save lives - even if that meant running a Dallas Buyers Club-style underground network. According to the late actress' close friend Kathy Ireland, Taylor used her Bel Air home to get experimental HIV drugs to patients ...
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Doctors see increase of rabbit fever in humans NEW YORK - Health officials are seeing an increase of a rare illness called rabbit fever that was beaten back decades ago. In the last two decades, health officials saw an average of only about 125 cases each year of the illness - known to doctors as ...
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Here's the inspiring work done at the disability center, site of the Calif ... Without the Inland Regional Center, Kristine Metcalf doesn't know if her 11-year-old daughter would have ever learned to walk or talk.
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Slow walking speed may signal Alzheimer's in the elderly As part of their health routine, Anne and Dave Longworth take brisk walks for at least 30 minutes a day. "I'll be 65 in May.
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'Disgusting!' Video Shows Birds Eating Meat In Chicopee Walmart CHICOPEE (CBS) - Some grocery shoppers at a Chicopee Walmart lost their appetite when they saw birds eating packaged meat inside the store.
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New marijuana breath test device to detect levels of THC The Colorado State Patrol reported in 2014 that, out of 5,546 citations for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, 674 - 12.2 percent - involved suspected use of marijuana.
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Photo Of Birthday Cake Decorated By Woman With Autism Goes Viral Lisa Sarber Aldrich went to a Meijer in Gaines Township on Sunday to pick out a birthday cake. She says she asked an employee behind the bakery counter if she could write a message on the cake.
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SIDS Incidence Influenced by Multiple Contributing Factors The rate of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has plateaued, more than a decade after widespread efforts began to modify infant sleep environments to reduce risk, suggesting contributing factors beyond breathing blockage, according to a study ...
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Life Insurance for HIV/AIDS Patients Two companies are for the first time jointly offering life insurance to people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in recognition that their life expectancies are close to those of uninfected individuals.
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