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Womb transplant recipient grateful for chance at pregnancy CLEVELAND - The recipient of the nation's first uterus transplant said Monday that she prayed for years to be able to bear a child, and is grateful to the deceased donor's family and surgeons who've given her that chance.
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Woman Born Without Uterus Receives Transplant PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - When Lindsey was a teenager, doctors told her she would not be able to have children. "From that moment on, I have prayed that God would allow me the opportunity to experience pregnancy and here we are today at the beginning ...
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WHO: Sexual transmission of Zika more common than thought China's Margaret Chan, General Director of the World Health Organization, WHO, speaks during a press conference about a second meeting of the Zika Virus Infection, at the headquarters of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, ...
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WHO Advises Pregnant Women to Avoid Areas Where Zika Is Spreading The World Health Organization advised pregnant women on Tuesday to avoid travel to areas where the Zika virus is spreading. Experts on the organization's Zika emergency committee also recommended that pregnant women and their partners who have ...
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WHO warns pregnant women to avoid going to Zika-affected areas The World Health Organization on Tuesday cautioned pregnant women against traveling to areas where there is ongoing transmission of Zika virus -- something the U.S.
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Taiwan and Hainan at Risk of Zika Spread, Scientist Warns HONG KONG - Taiwan and the southern Chinese island province of Hainan are at greater risk than anywhere in mainland China of having locally transmitted cases of the fast-spreading Zika virus, according to a prominent virologist.
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Doctors should screen for poverty during child-wellness visits, American Academy of Pediatrics recommends Pediatricians just declared war on child poverty. For generations, a visit to the pediatrician involved the familiar tongue depressor, a stethoscope, and some vaccinations.
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Bernie Is Right: the U.S. Needs Health Care More Like Europe's U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has reopened the health care debate by urging America to adopt a system more like that of other wealthy countries.
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Class action lawsuit filed in needle swapping case at Swedish Hospital Copyright 2016 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Colorado hospital sued over exposure to disease from ex-surgical tech DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado hospital has been sued by three former surgery patients who say they were among nearly 3,000 people possibly exposed to a blood-borne disease carried by a drug-addicted former medical technician, court records showed ...
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Class action lawsuit filed against Swedish KUSA - Attorneys representing three former patients at Swedish Medical Center filed a federal lawsuit against the hospital and its owner Tuesday alleging negligent hiring practices put thousands of patients at risk.
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Class action suit filed in drug theft case at Swedish hospital that put thousands at risk for hepatitis, HIV We reserve the right to remove any comment we feel is spammy, NSFW, defamatory, rude, or reckless to the community. We expect everyone to be respectful of other commenters.
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Trump and the small hands equals small manhood myth, or reality? (CNN) Republican candidate Marco Rubio wandered into a recent debate perhaps more fitting for the playground than a political battleground when he criticized the size of Donald Trump's hands.
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Study: Special infant formulas don't shield against asthma, allergies TUESDAY, March 8, 2016 -- Many parents who worry that their baby is at risk of asthma, allergies or type 1 diabetes may turn to special cow's milk formulas touted to lower the risk.
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US to Test Ways to Cut Drug Prices in Medicare WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said on Tuesday that it would test new ways to pay for prescription drugs in an effort to slow the growth of Medicare spending on medicines while encouraging doctors to choose the most effective treatments for ...
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Lack of stem cells to blame for recurrent miscarriages University of Warwick Scientists at the University of Warwick have discovered that a lack of stem cells in the womb lining is causing thousands of women to suffer from recurrent miscarriages.
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Paid sick leave bill narrowly passes NJ Senate committee A bill that has bounced around Trenton for four years, requiring employers to give workers paid sick time off, moved ahead in the state legislature Monday by a narrow margin, amid concerns that it could stifle the state's economic recovery just as it ...
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Vitamin D a no go for arthritic knees, study finds The use of vitamin D supplements to reduce pain and slow the progression of knee osteoarthritis has been controversial in the past, with studies showing conflicting results.
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Locals eating radioactive food 30 years after Chernobyl: Greenpeace tests MOSCOW (Reuters) - Economic crises convulsing Russia, Ukraine and Belarus mean testing in areas contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been cut or restricted, Greenpeace said, and people continue to eat and drink foods with dangerously ...
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Locals eating radioactive food 30 years after Chernobyl: Greenpeace tests MOSCOW Economic crises convulsing Russia, Ukraine and Belarus mean testing in areas contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been cut or restricted, Greenpeace said, and people continue to eat and drink foods with dangerously high ...
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Mother of 3 adopted children is first US uterus transplant recipient (CNN) A 26-year-old mother of three adopted children is the first uterus transplant patient in the United States. Lindsey, who is only revealing her first name, received a uterus from an unidentified deceased donor on February 24 at the Cleveland Clinic.
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Chipotle Massachusetts outlet shut after workers fall ill Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc, which is trying to recover from a series of food-borne illness outbreaks, temporarily shut a Massachusetts restaurant after four employees fell sick.
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Sleeping boy with Type 1 diabetes saved by service dog The photograph, at first glance, looks typical of those moms post on Facebook. A cute kid? Check. A cute dog? Check, too. But the number on a device toward the bottom of the frame tells otherwise.
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Norovirus closes another Mass. Chipotle 'FULL SANITIZATION': The Chipotle Mexican Grill on Boston Post Road in Billerica closed voluntarily yesterday. 0 comments.
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Don't let time slip away As Daylight Savings Time approaches, "Financial Fitness" columnist Thomas J. O'Connell offers some timely investment advice.
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Billerica Chipotle Closed After Employee Diagnosed With Norovirus BILLERICA (CBS) - A Chipotle in Billerica has been shut down temporarily after an employee was diagnosed with norovirus and two others reported similar symptoms.
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What's on Your Plate? New Study Finds Some Carbohydrates Increase Risk of Lung Cancer by 49 Percent Even if you've never smoked a cigarette, what's on your plate could determine your odds of getting lung cancer, according to new research.
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Dog saves the life of sleeping boy with type 1 diabetes One of the very first photos Luke Nuttall and his diabetic alert dog (DAD) Jedi took together. FACEBOOK/SAVING LUKE. Jedi lays by Luke's side to ease him of anxiety.
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Sugary, Starchy Diet May Raise Chances of Lung Cancer People who eat a sugary, starchy diet may be raising their risk of lung cancer, even if they don't smoke, researchers say. They found that people who recall eating more foods that have a high glycemic index also were more likely to develop lung cancer.
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Switch Cosmetics To Drop Hormone-Disrupting Chemical Levels in the Body Researchers conducted a study in which they proved that the chemical quantities are found to be less if less chemical products are used.
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FDA Deal Allows Amarin to Promote Drug for Off-Label Use In a deal that could change the way some companies market their drugs, the Food and Drug Administration has agreed to allow a pharmaceutical company to promote a drug for a use that the agency has not approved, the company said on Tuesday.
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Theranos Pushes Back On Latest Testing Report, Claims No Patients Were Harmed A report claims that Theranos performed a hematology blood test on 81 patients, despite getting faulty results. Christina Farr 03.08.16 5:30 PM.
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Government considers sleep apnea testing for bus drivers, truckers, rail workers Bus drivers, truckers and railroad workers could be tested for sleep apnea, which can cause them to doze off on the roads and rails, under a federal proposal announced Tuesday.
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Scientists Report In Real Time On Challenging Zika Research Anyone can follow the pregnancy of a monkey infected with Zika virus in real time, thanks to an experiment in data sharing that's unusual for biology.
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Large-scale study: Short men and overweight women get a raw deal in life History tells us of countless short men who have achieved greatness. Napoleon. Deng Xiaoping. Voltaire. Ludwig van Beethoven. James Madison.
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Teen Girls See Big Drop in Chemical Exposure With Switch in Cosmetics Don't miss out. Stay Informed. Get EcoWatch's Top News of the Day. Email. A new study led by researchers at UC Berkeley and Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas demonstrates how even a short break from certain kinds of makeup, shampoos and lotions ...
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Mother of 5 dies after giving birth to triplets Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. CLAY CENTER, Kan. —. A community is rallying behind a the family of a mother who died last month shortly after giving birth to triplets.
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Senate poised to pass bill to combat heroin use and prescription drug abuse WASHINGTON - The Senate is poised to pass a bipartisan bill this week that would provide federal grants to states and local governments to combat the national epidemic of heroin addiction and prescription painkiller abuse.
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Eating a bit of chocolate could help you stay mentally sharp Chocolate studies have often been woefully misleading, including last year's disappointing discovery that a study linking chocolate consumption to weight loss was a fake.
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Teens, Work Out Now to Avoid Diabetes Later Less-fit male teens were three times more likely to develop diabetes later in life, a new study finds. (iStockPhoto). Health Buzz: Teens, Work Out Now to Avoid Diabetes Later.
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No paid sick leave means workers skip medical care (Reuters Health) - - U.S. workers without paid sick leave are more likely to keep going to work when they're sick and to forgo medical care for themselves and their families, compared to workers who do get paid for sick days, according to a new study ...
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US health agency estimates 2015 prescription drug spend rose to $457 bln NEW YORK Spending on prescription drugs is projected to have risen to $457 billion in 2015 and will likely continue to grow as a percentage of overall healthcare spending, a U.S.
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More evidence of lab missteps have come out against Theranos Evidence that Theranos may have returned potentially faulty results to patients have been documented in a government investigation, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Women Treated for Pediatric Hodgkin's Lymphoma Can Reduce Risk of Dying of Breast Cancer with Early MRI ... Younger women today who had Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) and were treated with radiation therapy in their childhood or teenager years are known to be at increased risk of developing breast cancer (BC).
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Mother Dies Shortly After Giving Birth to Triplets, Community Rallies to Help A Kansas community is rallying to help a family after a mother of five died less than two weeks after giving birth to triplets. Casi Rott, 36, died last month after returning home from the hospital, according to her husband Joey Rott.
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Chemical-Free Cosmetics May Be Safer for Teen Girls, Study Suggests MONDAY, March 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Switching to chemical-free cosmetics and shampoos quickly lowers levels of hormone-disrupting chemicals in the bodies of teen girls, a new study reports.
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Trump only hires "the best people" — except when it comes to his health care policy advisors Last week, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump released his health care reform plan, "Healthcare Reform to Make America Great Again.
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Deadly superbugs from hospitals get stronger in the sewers and could end up in the Pacific Ocean Every day Southern California hospitals unleash millions of gallons of raw sewage into municipal sewers. The malodorous muck flows miles to one of the region's sewage plants, where it is treated with the rest of the area's waste and then released as ...
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Merrill Relay for Life kickoff March 10 The American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Merrill will hold a free kickoff for the annual event on March 10 at 6 p.m. at the Merrill Fire Station (enter Door #3).
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Gilead Spars With Merck Over Hepatitis C $1000-Pill Royalties Gilead Sciences Inc., which pioneered a cure for hepatitis C, is trying to fend off a demand by Merck & Co. for more than $3 billion in a patent dispute over the liver disease treatment.
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