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Zika virus leaves Kenya undecided about attending Rio Olympics NAIROBI Kenya caused a stir on Tuesday when the head of its Olympics committee said the team might withdraw from the Rio Games because of Zika, but officials said later it was too soon to decide on the impact of the virus.
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INSIGHT-Zika, disease of the poor, may not change abortion in Brazil RECIFE Feb 10 Six months pregnant with her first child, Eritania Maria has a rash and a mild fever, symptoms of the Zika virus linked to brain deformities in newborn children in Brazil.
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Allergy shots effective for baby boomers suffering from seasonal allergies ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (February 9, 2016) - Recent years have seen an increase in those suffering from allergies, including baby boomers.
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Study: Sending fewer men to prison may slow spread of HIV High rates of incarceration in a community increase people's number of sexual partners and helps the spread of HIV, a study suggests.
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FDA puts full clinical hold on CTI BioPharma's blood cancer drug CTI BioPharma Corp said the U.S Food and Drug Administration has put a full clinical hold on the company's investigational new drug application for pacritinib.
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Cutting Prison Sentences Could Reduce Spread Of HIV Reducing the number of men who go to prison could help curb the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in a community, according to research published in Social Science & Medicine.
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UPDATE 1-FDA advisory panel strongly backs biosimilar Remicade (Adds doctor, J&J comment, details on biosimilar, Remicade). Feb 9 A medical advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended approval of a cheaper biosimilar form of Johnson & Johnson's Remicade arthritis drug that ...
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Nearly 100 nerve disorder cases linked to Zika in Colombia: health officials BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly 100 Colombians suffering from the Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare nerve disorder, also have symptoms of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, Colombia's National Health Institute has said.
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Australia commits to legal growing of medicinal marijuana CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australian lawmakers committed on Wednesday to legalize the growing of marijuana for medical use within a part of the world renowned for zero-tolerance and harsh penalties for illegal drugs.
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US to study Zika link to Guillain-Barre in Puerto Rico CHICAGO Experts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are heading to Puerto Rico this week to study whether the mosquito-borne Zika virus will cause an increase in cases of a rare neurological disorder known as Guillain-Barre ...
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Doctors training as specialists at all-time low, leaked figures show 45,000 junior doctors are to stage a second 24-hour strike from 8am on Wednesday. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA. Denis Campbell Health policy editor.
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Bernie Sanders faces an uphill climb in South Carolina Unlike in New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders faces an uphill fight against Hillary Clinton in South Carolina. >> Read more trending stories.
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Researchers say horses can recognize our facial expressions Man's best friend may have some competition. New research shows horses may be just as good at understanding humans as dogs are.
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Horses can read human emotions, study shows For the first time horses have been shown to be able to distinguish between angry and happy human facial expressions. Psychologists studied how 28 horses reacted to seeing photographs of positive versus negative human facial expressions.
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Virus Profilers Race To Figure Out What Makes Zika Tick When Carolyn Coyne's lab at the University of Pittsburgh recently tried to order a sample of Zika virus from a major laboratory supplier, they were told it was out of stock.
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State Of Emergency On Hawaii's Big Island Over Dengue Fever Outbreak The mayor of Hawaii County has declared a state of emergency on Hawaii's Big Island over an outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever.
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HHSAA Monitoring Dengue Outbreak All Hawai'i High School Athletic Association state tournaments on the Big Island will go on as planned, despite Monday's emergency proclamation on the dengue fever outbreak by Hawai'i County Mayor Billy Kenoi.
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Raising Awareness about American Heart Month "I was kind of in shock and really for the first 9 years of that I was really fighting for my life. It was very uncommon for women my age to have heart problems.
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Better diet tied to less severe metabolic syndrome in teens (Reuters Health) - U.S. teens are eating healthier diets and showing less severe metabolic syndrome - a cluster of conditions like high blood pressure and elevated blood sugar that can lead to cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes - a new study ...
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Scientists identify brain chemical linked to sigh Shakespeare cautioned ladies to "sigh no more" over unfaithful lovers. But scientists say that's easier said than done. Exploring the biology of the sigh, researchers at the University of California, Los Angles and Stanford University said they have ...
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WHO lists Zika R&D priorities; groups probe microcephaly, GBS The World Health Organization (WHO) said today it is mapping research and development (R&D) projects under way for Zika virus and will be prioritizing some for fast-track development, similar to the role it played when Ebola vaccines and therapeutics ...
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GOP skeptical of new funding for Zika Senate Republicans on Tuesday expressed skepticism about providing new emergency funding to fight the Zika virus after receiving a briefing from administration officials.
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Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the U.S. Dr. Anthony Navone is a full-time cardiologist, servicing and residing in Ravalli County. "The community and the hospital have invested a lot of money into a wonderful state-of-the-art Intensive Care Unit in order to take care of critically ill ...
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Suffering A Concussion Could Triple The Risk Of Suicide A new study provides "one more piece of evidence that we shouldn't be blowing off concussions." 02/09/2016 05:36 pm ET. Travis Waldron Sports Reporter, The Huffington Post.
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Abortionists Enthusiastically Embrace Devastation Wrought By Zika Virus Grandmother Ivalda Caetano holds Ludmilla Hadassa Dias de Vasconcelos (2 months), who has microcephaly, at Oswald Cruz hospital on January 26, 2016 in Recife, Brazil.
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Flu kills 220 people in Ukraine this epidemic season A total of 220 flu deaths confirmed by laboratories, including three minors younger than 17 and one pregnant woman, have been registered in Ukraine since the beginning of this epidemic season, according to operative data of the Ukrainian Health Ministry.
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As New Hampshire Wrestles With Opioid Addiction, Candidates Have Few Answers 2_9_Jeb_NH U.S. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush pauses while speaking at the New Hampshire Forum on Addiction and Heroin Epidemic in Hooksett, New Hampshire, on January 5. Reuters.
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Virus Profilers Race To Figure Out What Makes Zika Tick While some scientists seek ways to stop the spread of Zika by mosquitoes, others have received new funding from the National Institutes of Health to track the genes and habits of the virus itself.
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Body Shop | E-cigarettes backfire with teens We are making progress in the war against smoking. Believe it or not, at one time the majority of American adults smoked cigarettes.
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Researchers find two clusters of neurons responsible for transforming breath into sighs Origin of sigh has been revealed, say researchers from UCLA and Stanford. The researchers have affirmed that two tiny clusters of neurons in the brain stem are responsible for transforming normal breaths into sighs.
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Genome offers clues on thwarting reviled, disease-carrying ticks WASHINGTON Scientists have unlocked the genetic secrets of one of the least-loved creatures around, the tick species that spreads Lyme disease, in research that may lead to new methods to control these diminutive arachnids that dine on blood.
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New bacterial species that causes Lyme disease discovered Researchers in the US have discovered a new bacterial species that causes the infectious Lyme disease in people. The new species, provisionally named Borrelia mayonii, is related to a strain called Borrelia burgdorferi which has long been linked to the ...
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Colorado marijuana sales skyrocket to $996M in 2015 Colorado marijuana sales were brisk in December 2015, bringing the annual total close to $1 billion. Pictured: Budtender Heather Howell pours marijuana into a grinder at Peak Marijuana Dispensary in Denver on October 26, 2015.
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Discovery: Many White-tailed Deer Have Malaria White-tailed deer in the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park. (Credit: Ellen Martinsen) Two years ago, Ellen Martinsen, was collecting mosquitoes at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, looking for malaria that might infect birds--when she discovered ...
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Coalition aims for prescription drug safety Limiting access to prescription drugs is the top priority for the Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition efforts this year. Loading… Post to Facebook.
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Walgreens to sell heroin OD antidote naloxone without prescription Deerfield-based Walgreens will make the heroin overdose antidote drug naloxone available without a prescription at pharmacies in Illinois and 34 other states, it was announced Tuesday.
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Cities and towns across the US suffer lead poisoning rates worse than Flint While the Flint water crisis has drawn international attention due to the magnitude of the disaster and the callous criminality of government officials involved, the high rates of lead poisoning in the Flint population are not unique.
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Obama launches Zika funding push The Obama administration on Monday rushed into action to fight the Zika virus, hoping to prevent a widespread outbreak in the United States and calm public fears about the mysterious disease.
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Blood Banks Taking Caution with Donors Due to Zika Virus As global concern continues to grow over the Zika virus, medical professionals in Northern California are working to make sure it doesn't spread here.
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Insight - Zika, disease of the poor, may not change abortion in Brazil RECIFE Six months pregnant with her first child, Eritania Maria has a rash and a mild fever, symptoms of the Zika virus linked to brain deformities in newborn children in Brazil.
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Australia commits to legal growing of medicinal marijuana CANBERRA, Australia - Australian lawmakers committed on Wednesday to legalize the growing of marijuana for medical use within a part of the world renowned for zero-tolerance and harsh penalties for illegal drugs.
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Blog: Opioid abuse in 1960s pales compared to today's overdose epidemic Opioid drug abuse is reaching epidemic proportions, with thousands of deaths each year along with many more lives and families ruined—just ask any healthcare expert, public health researcher, politician or law enforcement official.
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Walgreens launches new effort to combat drug abuse DEERFIELD, Ill., February 09, 2016 - Walgreens today announced the launch of a comprehensive new effort to combat drug abuse, introducing two programs that address key contributors to the crisis.
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For sugar tax supporters, 2016 may be the sweet spot ... * India, Philippines, Indonesia consider tax on sugary drinks. * British lawmakers debate issue, follows sugar tax in Mexico. * Campaigners say such levies could help fight obesity epidemic.
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Study: BMI mislabels people as overweight or obese More than 50 million people who are labeled overweight or obese using Body Mass Index (BMI) are actually healthy, according to a new study.
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American Teenagers Are Eating Better: Study Lately, the news about children and obesity hasn't been good. That's because the numbers have been trending in the wrong direction; for years, obesity rates have inched upward, and while they haven't yet started to drop, they have begun to plateau.
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FDA: Florida Stem Cell Clinic Violates Law A South Florida clinic that promotes controversial stem-cell treatments for a wide range of ailments is among the centers receiving a written warning that it is violating federal public health laws.
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Medicare Covers Watchman Device, Drops Some Proposed Limits savesaved. by Nicole Lou Reporter, MedPage Today/CRTonline.org. Following pressure from medical societies, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) eased some of the proposed restrictions for its final national coverage determination (NCD) on ...
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FDA rethinking testing program for raw milk cheese WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2016 - FDA is taking another look at its food safety testing program for cheese made with raw milk, after cheesemakers raised concerns that the criteria the agency is using may be limiting production of those cheeses without ...
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HHS: Calif. Medicare Beneficiaries Have Saved $1.7 Bil. on Prescription Meds Since 2010 hhslogo The Department of Health and Human Services released new information Monday showing that millions of seniors and people with disabilities with Medicare in California continue to save on prescription drugs and see improved benefits in 2015 as a ...
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