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Zika Virus May Have Entered Brazil Via 2013 Soccer Tournament, Genetic Study Reveals Zika virus may have entered Brazil during a 2013 soccer tournament, a new study has found. Researchers were able to discover that Zika outbreak in the Pacific and increased airline passengers coincide with major events in the country, suggesting that ...
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Nevada gets its first case of Zika virus Dr. Joseph Iser, chief medical officer for Southern Nevada Health District, appears before the Southern Nevada District Board of Health during a monthly meeting at SNHD Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Las Vegas.
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SNHD confirms Clark County resident has Zika virus The Zika virus has made its way to southern Nevada. The Southern Nevada Health District confirmed its first case of the disease Thursday.
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Genetic study tracks start of Zika's invasion of Americas back to 2013 LONDON, March 24 The Zika virus currently sweeping through the Americas looks to have hitched a ride on a plane into Brazil in 2013 and begun its invasion of the continent from there, scientists said on Thursday.
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Some Fruit Juice Has a Day's Worth of Sugar Just a single serving of some fruit drinks, like juice and smoothies, contain an entire day's sugar allotment for a child, finds a new study.
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Genetic study tracks start of Zika's invasion of Americas back to 2013 The Zika virus currently sweeping through the Americas looks to have hitched a ride on a plane into Brazil in 2013 and begun its invasion of the continent from there, scientists said on Thursday.
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Study Links Caffeine With Pregnancy Loss A new study has linked caffeine with miscarriages. People who drink more than a little caffeine when they're trying for a pregnancy are more likely to lose that pregnancy early on, the study found.
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Couples' Caffeine Use Linked to Higher Risk of Miscarriage Couples who wish to get pregnant may want to avoid caffeine because it's associated with an increased risk of miscarriage, a new study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggests.
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Study: Heart attack patients getting younger, fatter Despite greater awareness of risk factors for heart disease and the need for healthy lifestyle changes, heart attack patients are becoming younger and more obese, according to new research from the Cleveland Clinic.
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A new procedure could revolutionize ACL repairs Dr. Martha Murray stared at an MRI of Corey Peak's left anterior cruciate ligament and choked back tears. With a mix of relief and astonishment, she said, "Oh, my goodness, it looks great.
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Gilead ordered to pay Merck $200 million in hepatitis C drug patent dispute SAN JOSE, Calif.,/NEW YORK A federal jury on Thursday ordered Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD.O) to pay Merck & Co (MRK.N) $200 million in damages for infringing two Merck patents related to a lucrative cure for hepatitis C. The damages award is far less ...
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Heart Attack Patients Are Getting Younger, and Sicker People who experience the most severe type of heart attack have become younger and more obese in the past two decades, according to a new study.
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Genetis Behind Loss of Beta Cells During Diabetes Development Sylvie Lesage, scientist at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital and associate research Professor at University of Montreal. (Credit" University of Montreal) New research by Sylvie Lesage, a Ph.
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Meditation Might Work Better Than Painkillers for Chronic Low-Back Pain TUESDAY, March 22, 2016 (HealthDay News) - Meditation may work better than painkillers when it comes to soothing chronic low back pain, a new clinical trial suggests.
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TB cases increase in US for first time in 23 years Sonu Verma, an Indian tuberculosis patient, poses with his chest X-ray. Of the 9,563 total TB cases worldwide in 2015, two-thirds were among people born abroad.
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TB cases increase in US for first time in 23 years The number of tuberculosis cases in the United States rose last year for the first time in nearly a quarter-century, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
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Only 2.7 percent of the US Adult Population Live a "Healthy Lifestyle" Good diet. Moderate exercise. A recommended body fat percentage. Not smoking. Odds are, you're not doing it right. Researchers from Oregon State University and the University of Mississippi used these four basic parameters to define healthy behavior ...
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'Unacceptably high' amount of sugar content present in fruit juices A research paper published in the journal BMJ Open has unveiled that sugar content in fruit juices, smoothies and fruit drinks is 'unacceptably high'.
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HHS Says Diabetes Prevention Program Will Save Medicare Money A diabetes prevention program being tested by the YMCA of the USA has proven successful at reducing the risk of developing the disease, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Medicare to Fund Diabetes Prevention Programs, Burwell Says The move means the nation's largest payer will invest in diabetes prevention, which has been a focus of CDC, the American Medical Association, and the American Diabetes Association.
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Massachusetts Police Watch Surgeon Remove 27 Bags of Heroin From Man's Stomach Two Massachusetts police detectives watched, on Tuesday, as 27 bags of heroin were removed from a man's stomach by a team of surgeons.
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Massachusetts hospital removes 27 bags of heroin from man SALEM, Mass. - Police say surgeons at a Massachusetts hospital removed 27 bags of heroin from a man who allegedly swallowed them to smuggle them into the United States.
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Docs remove 27 heroin bags inside man A 51-year-old Lynn man pleaded not guilty to a heroin trafficking charge yesterday from his hospital bed after 27 bags of the drug - nearly 6 ounces - were surgically removed from his body under the watchful eye of cops, authorities said.
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Tuberculosis Made Me Blind, But We Can Make Sure No One Else Needs to Suffer Like I Did I've been blind for 9 years because of tuberculosis. I lost my sight, my budding career in architecture, many of my friends and huge part of what I used to do in this life.
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FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Abuse-Deterrent Opioid Generics The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance on Thursday to help drug companies develop generic versions of approved opioids with abuse-deterrent formulations while ensuring that these products are no less abuse-deterrent than the ...
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Generic drug abuse targeted WASHINGTON -- Federal officials are encouraging generic drugmakers to develop painkillers that are harder to abuse, the latest in a string of steps designed to combat abuse of highly addictive pain drugs like codeine and oxycodone.
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'War on drugs' has failed public health, medics say LONDON - Governments around the world should decriminalize minor drug offences because the standard strategy of prohibition is harming public health, leading medics said on Thursday.
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Diabetes prevention program: Victory (Soon! Soon?) With help from David Pittman (@David_Pittman). DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM - VICTORY (SOON! SOON?): HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell is holding an event at the Y this morning - and we're hearing it's welcome news for some ...
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Police: Surgeons remove 27 bags of heroin from man SALEM, Mass. (AP) - Police say surgeons at a Massachusetts hospital removed 27 bags of heroin from a man who allegedly swallowed them to smuggle them into the United States.
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Study: Regular marijuana use linked to problems in midlife A study of nearly 1,000 people in New Zealand, where marijuana is not legal, found that regular, long-term use was associated with financial and social problems in midlife.
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France confirms case of mad cow disease PARIS France's agriculture ministry confirmed on Thursday that a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, had been discovered in the northeastern region of Ardennes.
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Dallas County Health Officials Report Pediatric Flu Death DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Dallas County Health and Human Services on Thursday reported the season's first flu-related pediatric death.
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What would happen if Americans were paid to donate their kidneys? Organ preservation forms and supplies for organ procurement stand at the ready for employees at the Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minn.
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FDA outlines standards for anti-abuse generic painkillers FILE - This Oct. 14, 2015, file photo, shows the Food & Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md. Federal officials are encouraging generic drugmakers to reformulate their painkillers to make them harder to abuse, the latest in a string of steps ...
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Most Americans Would Donate a Kidney for Cash kidney A survey finds most Americans would happily give up a kidney for $50,000. REUTERS/Keith Bedford. Tech & Science Organ donation Health and Medicine.
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Paying For Kidneys May Boost Organ Donation Rates: Study Researchers found that financial incentives for living kidney donors can increase the rates of donation. The findings suggest the need for modifications to current regulations and laws prohibiting compensation in order to save thousands of lives ...
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Mindfulness Meditation for Back Pain New research discovers the practice of mindfulness meditation can provide individuals with chronic low back pain a non-drug alternative to managing their discomfort.
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Increased vitamin C in the diet could help protect against cataracts Vitamin C rich foods can cut cataract progression by a third, a new study shows. Credit: American Academy of Ophthalmology. Higher dietary intake of vitamin C has been found to have a potentially preventative effect on cataract progression in the first ...
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Donaldonsville residents warned not to drink water because of high chemical levels DONALDSONVILLE -- State health officials are warning residents of Donaldsonville not to drink or cook with their tap water because of dangerously high chlorine dioxide levels.
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Nine flu related deaths reported in San Diego, including teen girl SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The first pediatric death in three years to be caused by the flu in San Diego County was reported Wednesday by local health officials.
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Digital mammography may also reveal heart disease risk Reuters Health - Mammograms performed to check the health of the breasts could also give clues to the health of the heart, researchers say.
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Preventing deaths focus on World Tuberculosis Day Each year, March 24 marks World Tuberculosis Day. One day in the year when the world's lens will focus on the fact that almost 4,000 people globally die every day as a result of this preventable, curable disease.
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Healthy Amount of Vitamin C Might Keep Cataracts at Bay THURSDAY, March 24, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- While many believe that vitamin C helps ward off colds, a new study suggests the nutrient might prevent something more serious -- cataracts.
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Photo captures heartwarming moment during nap time Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. A photo taken during nap time at a Mississippi school is going viral for all the right reasons.
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Meditation may help ease chronic low back pain Many commercially sold fruit drinks and juices give kids a full day's worth of sugar in a single serving, a new British study shows.
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Blood markers may predict risk for active TB, study finds At the Center for Infectious Disease Research in Seattle, Dan Zak, right, holds a tray of dry ice that would contain blood samples from volunteers for research study in South Africa.
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Dallas County baby dies from flu The health department could not release any details about the child's identity, but said it is Dallas County's first flu death of the season.
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Maggots could help human wound healing Researchers are hoping to soon test the maggots in clinical trials, most likely on diabetic foot ulcers. By Brooks Hays | March 23, 2016 at 4:49 PM.
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Area sees late-season rise in flu cases CHARLESTON -- The height of the flu season is usually about over by now, but that's not the case for the Coles County area this year.
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