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Oregon greenlights pharmacist-prescribed birth control Birth control pills in Oregon can now be prescribed by a pharmacist thanks to a law that began January 1. Oregon is the first state to implement the change, while reports say California may follow suit.
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Tips to help keep your resolution to quit smoking NEW ORLEANS - Each new year, one resolution that consistently appears at the top of many lists is "quitting smoking." Louisiana currently ranks 46 (44 in 2014) out of 50 states for tobacco use according to the recently released 2015 America's Health ...
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Health Highlights: Jan. 3, 2016 Hawaii has become the first state to raise the legal smoking age to 21 for both traditional and electronic cigarettes. State health officials hope the new law, effective Jan. 1, will make it harder for teenagers to try smoking or to develop the deadly ...
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Woman Claims Her Body Brews Alcohol, Has DUI Charge Dismissed HAMBURG, N.Y. (CNN) - Imagine being charged with a DUI when it's been hours since you've had a drink, only to later discover that your body brews its own alcohol.
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Pharmacist-prescribed birth control: a victory for the GOP? Oregon is the first state to offer hormonal contraceptives without a doctor's prescription. More states may join as Republicans try to combat a "war on women'" image.
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Two States Will Now Allow Over-The-Counter Birth Control Oregon and California are allowing women to acquire hormonal contraceptives without a doctor's written prescription in 2016. posted on Jan. 3, 2016, at 9:07 p.m.. Michelle Broder Van Dyke. BuzzFeed News Reporter. Tweet. Tumblr. Stumble. Bookmark it.
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Pharmacists in Oregon can now prescribe birth control pills Oregon - As part of new laws that are taking place in 2016 in Oregon, pharmacists are now permitted to prescribe birth control pills to women that qualify after filling out a health questionnaire.
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Woman claims her body brews alcohol, has DUI charge dismissed HAMBURG, N.Y. - Imagine being charged with a DUI when it's been hours since you've had a drink, only to later discover that your body brews its own alcohol.
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Chick-Fil-A Closes After Health Department Inspection New York City's first towering Chick-Fil-A has hit a stumbling block in its plans for domination of the city's fast food fried chicken landscape.
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Hawaii Forefronts Raising Legal Smoking Age To 21 Hawaii has welcomed not only the new year but also a new policy. Starting Jan. 1, 2016, the state has officially become the first in the United States to increase legal age smoking from 18 to 21.
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Flight attendant goes above and beyond to soothe baby on flight Credit: Heather Gooch/Facebook -- This photo posted by Heather Gooch shows baby Aiden content in Anissa's arms as she soothed him during the flight in an incredibly kind gesture.
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Southwest Airlines flight attendant wins hearts for soothing crying baby mid ... This flight attendant is getting all admiration for how smartly she calmed a crying baby mid-flight. A photo has been posted on Facebook by Healther Gooch showing how the air hostess, Anisse, was calming walking the aisle of Southwest flight with her ...
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Zika Virus Linked To Several Cases of Birth Defects in Brazil Puerto Rico reported that it has found the first case of Zika virus. Zika virus is an illness which gets transmitted by mosquitoes.
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Residents urged to test homes for radon The Monongalia County Health Department (MCHD) is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a nation-wide campaign to educate Americans about the dangers of radon exposure, and to encourage them to take action to protect their ...
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Budget, health care will again dominate General Assembly Outside view of the State Capital Building. This is the Senate side of the building. Outside view of the State Capital Building. This is the Senate side of the building.
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Dietary sugar accelerates breast cancer risk Those who eat sugar-rich Western diets face a significantly increased likelihood of development of breast cancer and metastasis of tumors to the lungs, a new study cautioned.
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VIDEO - Watch Derby The Husky Run Thanks To His 3D Printed Legs 3D printing is one of the many technological marvels in the modern world. The new process is well on the way to transforming the lives of many, and it's only going to become more and more ubiquitous as time passes.
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An Old Geezer Faces Another New Year Here we go again, tricked into thinking it is a New Year when there is absolutely nothing new about it. It is the same ole, same ole, Déjà vu all over again.
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New Year, new chance to stick to resolutions Becoming a better person is hard work. As the new year takes hold, about half of Americans will have made New Year's resolutions.
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St. Vincent Women's Hospital Welcomed Its 1st Baby Of This Year The first New Year's baby for B.C. was a boy delivered at Surrey Memorial Hospital at 12:15 a.m. That morning, the couple believed their baby would arrive on New Year's Eve.
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New Year Resolutions As we were saying before the new year brings new goals for many and that may mean hitting the gym a little harder than in year's past.
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Don't let your New Year's Fitness Resolutions Die Don't let your New Year's Fitness Resolutions Die 2016 images. Death is coming to 99 percent of the New Year's resolutions to get fit in 2016.
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California coast health ban on crabs partially lifted California coast health ban on crabs partially lifted Officials lifted a health warning on the Dungeness and rock crabs in parts of the California coast one day before the new year began.
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Bingham Memorial Shows Off Their First Baby of the New Year Bingham Memorial continued its tradition of celebrating the first baby born of the year on New Years Saturday. Adele Hicks gave birth to a 9 pound 6 ounce baby girl at 3:25 a.m.
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State Health Dept. vague on medical-marijuana startup The state Health Department isn't committing to "opening" New York's medical-marijuana program tomorrow as previously scheduled - but merely saying some time this month.
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) - South Florida hospitals rang in the new year with the A baby boy joined the New Year's girls a short time later, when a boy arrived at 3:25am at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital. Anabelle Pierre was born at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, weighing in at 7.2 ounces.
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Dungeness crabs safe to eat in parts of California California Department of Fish and Wildlife has reopened both recreational and commercial crab seasons in the southern portion of the state.
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Crab health advisory lifted along parts of Central Coast Karen Smith, California Department of Public Health Director and State Public Health Officer updated the advisory, following the recent tests that showed low or undetectable levels of domoic acid in crabs caught in those areas.
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In landmark shift, hospitals agree to fees in lieu of property taxes For more than a century, New Jersey's non-profit hospitals have been exempt from paying property taxes, despite relying on their communities to maintain local roads and provide police and fire protection.
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New E. coli illnesses linked to Chipotle reported Health officials have confirmed that new cases of E. coli illness have been reported in Johnson County and North Dakota, and victims in both cases ate at Chipotle Mexican Grill that was previously linked to nearly 150 illnesses in Boston.
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Quiet beginning to local flu season, but more to come The number of reported hospitalizations for influenza is down across the state, including Summit County, so far this season but that doesn't mean we're in the clear.
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A virus linked to shrinking newborns' brains is spreading rapidly beyond Brazil Until 2014, Brazil had no more than 200 cases of microcephaly, a debilitating neurological disorder where newborns have an abnormally small brain.
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Many doctors don't urge HPV shots for preteens: study Many pediatricians and family doctors are not strongly recommending the cancer-preventing HPV vaccine to preteens and their parents, contributing to low vaccination rates, a survey of nearly 600 doctors suggests.
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Asthma Rates Among Children Drop Slightly The prevalence of childhood asthma doubled in 1980-95, and although it increased more slowly in 2001-10, racial disparities increased.
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Pup Gets 3D-printed Prosthetic Paws After being born with underdeveloped front paws, pup gets 3D-printed prosthetic paws thanks to 3D Systems. The 3D-printed paws allow him to stand, sit and even run like any non-disabled dog.
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No New Cases of Dengue Fever Have been Reported in Hawaii The dengue fever that hit Hawaii seems to have come to an end. Although the fever cases were higher than ever in the days before Christmas, no new cases of dengue fever have been reported in Hawaii after the holiday.
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Gene-editing technique successfully stops progression of Duchenne muscular ... Dallas, Texas - Using a new gene-editing technique, a team of scientists from UT Southwestern Medical Center stopped progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in young mice.
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Two Metro Detroit counties cut price of radon tests Brooks Lumber assistant manager Randall Gillette, 39, of Detroit, with a Pro-Lab, Long-Term Radon Gas Test Kit. (Photo: Todd McInturf / The Detroit News)Buy Photo.
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Sen. Blumenthal Calls for Investigation Into West Haven VA Medical Center ... U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, is pictured in this July 2015 file photo. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is calling for an investigation and heightened safety measures after an inpatient veteran died of an overdose at the ...
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