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New Study Links Zika Virus to Temporary Paralysis A new study of 42 cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome in French Polynesia offers the strongest evidence to date that the Zika virus can trigger temporary paralysis, researchers reported on Monday.
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Study Shows Zika Caused Paralyzing Condition in Past Scientists got more evidence Monday that Zika can cause temporary paralysis with a new study of patients who developed the rare condition during an outbreak of the virus in Tahiti two years ago.
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Study Explains Why a Lack of Sleep Gives You the Munchies People who don't get enough sleep may pack on the pounds because they've got the munchies - the same munchies that pot smokers say they get, researchers said Monday.
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Zika can cause Guillain-Barre syndrome, study shows A pregnant woman holds a mosquito net in Cali on February 10, 2016. (Photo: LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images). CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST.
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How Toxic Is Salt? The New York State Supreme Court recently upheld a New York City law requiring restaurants to put a special label on menu items containing more than "the recommended daily allowance" for salt.
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Tarantula toxins converted to painkillers This is the peptide toxin (blue) isolated from the Peruvian green velvet tarantula binds to neuronal cell membranes and inhibits the pain receptor NaV 1.7 (orange) at the cell membrane surface.
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Drug instigates strong immune response in certain breast cancers The drug trastuzumab was shown to significantly reduced the size of tumors, an effect seen after the first dose. By Stephen Feller | Feb. 29, 2016 at 5:08 PM.
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Single dose of trastuzumab kick starts immune response in certain breast cancers A tumor's immune response to a single dose of the HER2 inhibitor trastuzumab predicted which patients with HER2-positive breast cancer would respond to the drug on a more long-term basis, according to the results of a study published recently in ...
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Reporting On The Zika Virus Means Getting Up Close And Personal Every morning since I arrived in Brazil to cover the Zika outbreak, the first thing I do is douse myself with insect repellent before venturing outside.
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Alaska infant dies from heart failure, comes back to life as last-minute transplant arrives right on time A 7-month-old Alaska boy died from heart failure and came back to life as a last-minute transplant arrived right on time. Baby Lincoln Seay was born on July 14 with a severe defect that left his heart on the wrong side of his body.
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Baby in "his last days" receives life-saving heart transplant A 7-month-old boy from Alaska with a failing heart was days away from death when his family received a call that a desperately needed heart transplant had arrived.
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Tarantula toxins converted to painkillers It turns out that peptide toxins isolated from the venom of some animals -- such as the Peruvian green velvet tarantula -- can be beneficial when used to target neural receptors to reduce the sensation of pain.
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Health Highlights: Feb. 29, 2016 A new black box warning is needed on the Essure implantable birth control device, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a guidance released Monday.
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FDA to require "black box" warning, but leaves controversial Essure implant on market The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it will require German drug maker Bayer AG to undertake new safety studies on its permanent birth-control device Essure, after thousands of women complained about suffering complications from the ...
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Tarantula Toxins May Lead Us to the Painkillers of the Future (NEW YORK) -- Though they may look creepy to some, tarantulas could hold toxics that may lead researchers to discovering future painkillers.
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Appeals court pauses NYC restaurant salt warning rule NEW YORK A New York appeals court on Monday temporarily stopped New York City from enforcing a new rule requiring chain restaurants to post warnings on menu items high in sodium.
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Stanford-led study underscores huge gap between rich, poor in global surgery New research provides the most up-to-date and accurate estimates of the number of surgical procedures performed each year in 194 countries.
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Study Compares Drugs for Common Diabetic Eye Disease MONDAY, Feb. 29, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- People with diabetes are at risk for blurred vision or even a loss of vision from a condition called macular edema.
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Disorganized Mosquito Control Will Make US Vulnerable to Zika As Zika virus advances in Central and South America, and more US residents (almost 150 so far) return from the area with infections, public health officials are braced for the next likely step: the moment when Zika passes from a traveler bearing the ...
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Southland hospitals welcome leap day babies Babies have a 1-in-1,500 chance of being born on leap day, but across the Southland on Monday a number made beating those odds look easy.
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A 100-year-old celebrates "25th" leap year birthday Every four years, we have to squeeze an extra leap day into February. Except we don't add an extra day every four years if that year is evenly divisible by 100, unless it is also evenly divisible by 400.
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FDA providing $2 million in new grants for natural history studies in rare diseases Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the availability of $2 million in research grants to fund natural history studies in rare diseases.
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Lack of Sleep May Give You the 'Munchies' MONDAY, Feb. 29, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Lack of sleep may give you the "munchies," a small study suggests. Sleep deprivation appears to boost levels of a chemical that makes eating more pleasurable -- similar to the effects of marijuana, University ...
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Hopkins parents raise awareness on Rare Disease Day HOPKINS, Minn. -- Monday, February 29th is National Rare Disease Day, and a family from Hopkins hopes the date raises awareness for their family's struggle.
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Vermont's Middlebury College stops selling energy drinks (CNN) It's time for college students to find another way to gain energy - at least the students at Middlebury College. The Vermont college has stopped selling energy drinks on campus after a student made the argument to the school's community council.
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Middlebury bans energy drink sales citing ties to 'high-risk sexual activity' Cans of energy drinks are displayed in a store in San Diego, Calif. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images). Middlebury College's Dining Services is halting the sale of energy drinks like Red Bull and 5-Hour Energy effective March 7, The Middlebury Campus reports.
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China Prepares for Zika Virus as Two New Cases Emerge March 01, 2016 1:23 AM. HONG KONG—. Two more people in China have been diagnosed with the Zika virus, bringing the total number of cases in China to eight.
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First Zika case reported in Philadelphia More than 100 cases of Zika infection have been reported around the country, including four in Pennsylvania and one in New Jersey, the vast majority of them transmitted by mosquito bites during travel to countries in Latin and South America.
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Michigan puppy with braces is all smiles SPRING LAKE, Mich.-- Wesley the puppy has a lot to smile about. The puppy from Michigan has become a viral sensation after Harborfront Hospital for Animals posted photos of him with braces on their Facebook page.
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Health Care and Insurance Technology Advances Create Opportunities and Challenges Health Care Revolution: The biggest change coming in health care is technology that will impact both employers and workers. These new developments will affect everything from doctor's visits and diagnosis to paperwork and medical records.
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Wisconsin uses Affordable Care Act but rejects funding for it The man whose 12-month-old daughter died Tuesday was the father of Lamour Caesar-Burnley, an infant boy who starved to death in 2008.
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I support Obama's cancer 'moonshot.' Unfortunately, it won't save me. When President Obama called for "a new moonshot" to cure cancer in his State of the Union speech, I took it personally. This effort could take decades and billions of dollars.
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The hottest trend in plastic surgery More Americans are putting their backsides to the front of the line when it comes to plastic surgery, a new report finds. Loading… Post to Facebook.
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Valeant Libido Pill Gives Limited Gain in Sex, Study Finds Women taking Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.'s pill Addyi, designed and approved to boost their sex drive, get one additional satisfying sexual experience every other month thanks to the medicine, according to a Dutch study.
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Could daylight saving time increase your risk of stroke? Turning the clock ahead or back one hour may do more than mess with our sleep cycle. According to new preliminary research, daylight saving time transitions may be tied to an increased risk of a common type of stroke.
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Butt and Breast Augmentations Lead the List of 2015 Most Popular Plastic Surgery Procedures plastic surgery The number of buttock lift procedures in the U.S. continues to rise. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins. Tech & Science Plastic Surgery Health and Medicine.
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Ten Years Watching the New York Health System: The Good and the Bad [Note: This will be my last blog post as the President and CEO of the New York State Health Foundation; on March 1, 2016, I will be the Robert Derzon Chair in Health and Public Service at NYU.
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GUEST VIEW: Cancer screenings can lower death rates March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and the Cancer Services Program of Niagara County is urging everyone to talk to their doctor about screening and testing options for colorectal cancer (also called colon cancer).
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Gov. Wolf's diagnosis promotes discussion of prostate cancer Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and his wife, Frances, talk about his diagnosis of what he called treatable prostate cancer in his Capitol offices Wednesday.
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States, Cities May Be Unprepared for Zika State health officials, worried about having resources to fight a potential outbreak of the Zika virus in North Carolina, were heartened this month when President Barack Obama asked Congress for $1.8 billion to combat the spread of the potentially ...
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Former Chicago Bears quarterback praises marijuana at Fort Worth conference Talk show host Montel Williams spoke at the Southwest Cannabis Conference and Expo at the convention center in Fort Worth Sunday. Lawrence Jenkins Star-Telegram.
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Biology: We should see outbreaks such as the Zika virus coming and plan for them Sign up for home delivery of The Columbus Dispatch and find out What's In It for You. Subscribe. Already a subscriber? Enroll in EZPay and get a free gift!
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Your Views: A daughter pleads for cancer research funding In his recent budget proposal, the president unveiled a very ambitious plan for accelerating the fight against cancer. His proposed 13 percent increase for the National Cancer Institute would build on the support provided by Congress at the end of last ...
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Top killer of women often unrecognized Certain diseases that disproportionately target women, such as breast cancer, get a lot of attention from medical researchers and the media.
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Eylea, Avastin Or Lucentis - Which Is More Efficacious In Treating DME? (RTTNews.com) - The debate over three drugs for diabetic macular edema, Eylea, Avastin and Lucentis, has been going on for quite some time.
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Pa. nurse accused of assisting surgery while drunk (CBS) A registered nurse has acknowledged drinking four or five beers in the hours before assisting in an emergency operation at a veterans hospital, authorities said Wednesday.
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University of Oregon lands $10 million from Tim Boyle for zebrafish facility Images from inside the Zebra Fish lab facility on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016 on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.
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