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Risk of dementia is declining, but scientists don't know why Joe and Marie Porcello, participants in a dementia study, a disease that Marie has, at her assisted living facility in Hopkinton, Mass.
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I tried and tried and tried and tried to get tested for Zika virus, but ... Alison Kosik is a business correspondent for CNN based in the New York bureau. (CNN) If you get sick, New York City and Long Island are among the best places to be for medical care, I've heard.
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I tried and tried and tried again to get tested for Zika If you get sick, New York City and Long Island are among the best places to be for medical care, I've heard. I'm not feeling that at the moment.
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Back to its roots: how Zika may threaten Africa PRAIA/LONDON Florzinha Amado is eight months pregnant and trying to stay calm about whether the Zika virus infection she contracted at 21 weeks could have harmed her unborn child.
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More Young Breast Cancer Patients Getting Gene Test THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A growing number of young women with breast cancer are being tested for the BRCA gene mutations that substantially raise the risks of breast and ovarian tumors, a new study shows.
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Junior doctors' row: NHS chiefs speak out over letter Some NHS bosses have distanced themselves from suggestions they backed a new junior doctors contract being imposed, after their names were linked to a letter used to justify the move.
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Prenatal Acetaminophen Use Tied to Higher Asthma Risk in Kids: Study WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women who take the painkiller acetaminophen -- best known under the brand name Tylenol -- may be more likely to have a child with asthma, new research suggests.
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Bad heart to bad habits: Blame your Neanderthal DNA In the five years since scientists confirmed Neanderthal DNA is present in people of Eurasian ancestry, headlines have tended toward either the jocular or the melodramatic: "Neanderthal chefs spiced up their diet" ... "Neanderthals drew first #hashtags" .
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Study finds Neanderthal DNA may influence modern depression risk FILE - This Friday, March 20, 2009 file photo shows reconstructions of a Neanderthal man, left, and woman at the Neanderthal museum in Mettmann, Germany.
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Venezuelan President says three dead from Zika-linked complications CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday that three people had died of complications linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus and that suspected cases of Zika had risen to 5,221.
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Couch potatoes may have smaller brains later in life There's yet another reason to get off your couch and into a gym. New research suggests poor physical fitness in middle age may be associated with a smaller brain size two decades later.
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Imprimis Pharma to make cheaper alternative to Retrophin's Thiola Feb 10 Compounding pharmacy Imprimis Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Wednesday it plans to make a cheaper alternative to Retrophin Inc's kidney stone drug, Thiola.
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Mom says TN hospital operated on wrong baby (Lebanon - Tennessean) A Trousdale County mother plans to file a lawsuit saying her newborn baby was mistakenly operated on at University Medical Center in Lebanon in an apparent mix-up by the doctor.
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Surgery Wrongfully Performed On Baby This mom is outraged because doctors mistakenly performed this surgery on her baby. Find out more, here. (Photo : Flickr/Bridget Coila).
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Tennessee Hospital Performs Surgery on Wrong Infant: 'It's a Horrible Dream Come to Life,' His Mom Says The day after her baby son Noah was born in December, a doctor at the local hospital mistakenly requested him from the nursery, performing an unnecessary "tongue-clipping" surgery that was intended for another baby.
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US health officials expect Zika risk highest in Puerto Rico, territories Nancy Trinidad, who is 32 weeks pregnant, listens to the explanation of a doctor about how to prevent Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya viruses at a public hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 3, 2016.
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Researchers develop diagnostic tool that can 'smell' prostate cancer Nearly 28,000 American men died of prostate cancer in 2015, and there remains no effective, non-invasive test for diagnosing the disease.
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Brazil's abortion rights debate fails to convince some mothers of microcephaly babies RIO DE JANEIRO - During the first few months of his young life, Erick Ferreira suffered multiple seizures. The convulsions left his tiny body exhausted, but as soon as the fits subsided, the baby, now 7 months old, would look at his mother and smile.
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Crab warning lifted: Locally caught Dungeness is declared safe Dungeness crab from Washington state is cooked and up for sale along Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday December 31, 2015, as California's commercial crab season remains closed after a neurotoxin was found in local Dungeness ...
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Dungeness crab health warning lifted for more of California Health officials say Dungeness crabs caught along a swath of California's coast no longer show high levels of a marine toxin and are safe to eat.
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The HIV conversation about PrEP gets heated John Byrne was born in 1981, a few months before the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed a new report about "five young, previously healthy, gay men in Los Angeles" suffering from strange infections that had already killed two of them.
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Wicker Introduces Major Telehealth Legislation Telehealth success in Mississippi has helped inspire new legislation that could lead to better health care for patients across the country.
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Lehigh University student tests positive for Zika virus An Aedes Aegypti mosquito is photographed in a laboratory of control of epidemiological vectors in San Salvador, on January 27, 2016.
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Experts Study Zika's Path From First Outbreak in Pacific HONG KONG - Yap Island, a speck of land in the Western Pacific best known for using huge stone discs as currency, was facing a medical mystery.
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According To Scientists, Sneezing Is A Lot Grosser Than You Think Sneezing might not be the most dainty of bodily functions, but according to a recent study conducted by researchers at MIT, what actually goes on during during a big 'achoo!
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Doctors, parents amazed as tiny preemie goes home from hospital It's a special day for any parent - but it's one Megan Smith and Eric Pegues say they don't take for granted. Tuesday, they finally took their baby home from the hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Geography Shouldn't Be Destiny When It Comes To Heart Health As we mark American Heart Month this February, my thoughts turn to my late father who died of a heart attack/cardiac arrest when I was only 4 years old.
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New Carolinas HealthCare System CEO brings national reputation, promise to 'Keep Pounding' Carolinas HealthCare System outgoing CEO Michael Tarwater congratulates his successor, Eugene "Gene" Woods during a press conference Thursday.
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Computer model shows negative effects of more men going to prison A computer model developed at the University of Michigan has unveiled that bring a decline in the number of men who go to jail could help slow the spread of HIV and reduce the number of sexual partner, men and women have.
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Michigan study ties prison sentences to fewer sexually transmitted infections University of Michigan researchers recently created a computer model that demonstrates that decreasing incarcerations within a community may also decrease how many sexual partners people have, preventing sexual transmitted infections from spreading.
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CU Scientists Make Major Discovery In Type 1 Diabetes AURORA, Colo (CBS4) - A University of Colorado research team is featured in the journal Science for making a major discovery in Type 1 diabetes.
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MIT study finds that sneezing is pretty gross High-speed video captured sneezes in action in hopes of tracking how infections spread. February 11, 2016 | 3:49 PM. Share 0; Tweet 0; Pin 0; Email.
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Care and Cure: Engineering the future of diabetes treatment Cambridge, MASS For diabetics, life is a constant struggle to maintain balance - keeping track of your carbohydrate intake, constantly monitoring blood-sugar levels, and injecting insulin.
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Walgreens to sell heroin OD remedy Naloxone over the counter Walgreens stores will soon start selling a drug over the counter that counteracts heroin overdoses. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://abc13.
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Asian scientists race to make Zika test kit, but lack of live sample a challenge NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE Scientists in Asia are racing to put together detection kits for the Zika virus, with China on Thursday confirming its first case, but the researchers are challenged by the lack of a crucial element - a live sample of the virus ...
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