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Coffee, wine good for healthy gut, sodas may be bad THURSDAY, April 28, 2016 -- The food you eat and the medicines you take can alter your gut bacteria in ways that either help or harm your health, two new studies suggest.
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Why Are Your Gut Microbes Different From Mine? There are tens of trillions of bacteria in my gut and they are different from those in yours. Why? This is a really basic question about the human microbiome and, rather vexingly, we still don't have a good answer.
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Curbs Depression Relapse At least 50% of patients who recover from an initial episode of major depressive disorder experience at least 1 subsequent episode.
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Spike in Cost of Certain Oral Cancer Drugs Puts Squeeze on Patients, Study Finds The world's first and only home-based oral chemotherapy tablet "Capecitabine" for the treatment of people with advanced bowel cancer.
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Teen birthrate hits all-time low, led by 50 percent decline among Hispanics and blacks The birthrate among American teenagers, at crisis levels in the 1990s, has fallen to an all-time low, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Massachusetts Senate approves under-21 ban on tobacco sales BOSTON - The Massachusetts Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to raise the minimum age for purchasing cigarettes and other tobacco products across the state, which could make it the second to raise its threshold to 21 years old.
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Teen birth rate hits all-time low, led by 50 percent decline among Hispanics and blacks The birth rate among American teenagers, at crisis levels in the 1990s, has fallen to an all-time low, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Teen birth rates in the US hit all-time low According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the drop in overall teen birth rates is partly due to a decline in births among black and Hispanic teens.
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NASA maps Zika's potential spread in the US (CNN) Houston, we have a problem. It's a Zika-carrying mosquito. OK, nobody in space is saying that. But it is true that NASA scientists have created a map to better target future search-and-destroy missions for the deadliest animal on the planet, the ...
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MC1R Gene Linked With Redheads and Variations in Aging The MC1R gene has been linked with both people who are redheads and with variations in aging, according to the results of a study published in the April 28 online edition of the journal Current Biology.
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10 Minutes to Fit: A Science-Backed Cardio Workout You're done. And that 10-minute workout you completed? It's just as effective at getting you fit as slogging through 45 minutes of a steady pace on the treadmill, according to a new Canadian study.
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Look older? Might be your genes, study says Seniors who insist they feel far younger than they look have been vindicated: scientists have found a genetic combination that makes people look older than their true age.
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The Case for the 1-Minute Workout Is Getting Stronger There's a lot of talk in the exercise world about high intensity interval training (HIIT) lately, which is exactly what it sounds like - alternating episodes of exercise with periods of less intensive activity or recovery.
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Legally Blind 5th Grader Sees Mother for 1st Time Through Electronic Glasses Fifth grader Christopher Ward, Jr., has been legally blind all his life, but he recently got to see his mother for the first time through new electronic glasses.
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Workplace Safety Is Still an Elusive Goal for Many on the Job Today is Workers' Memorial Day, a time to remember and honor our fallen brothers and sisters in the labor movement all across the globe.
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Belgium Considers New Steps to Confront Nuclear Radiation Fears BRUSSELS—Belgium is considering handing out potassium iodide pills to large swaths of its population to help protect them from diseases caused by radioactivity in the event of a nuclear accident, a spokeswoman at the health ministry said on Thursday.
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'One worker's life lost is one too many': Those who died on job honored on Workers Memorial Day in La Crosse Crosses are placed in the ground Thursday afternoon at Green Island Park during the annual Fallen Worker Ceremony as a part of Workers Memorial Day.
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Are People With Rosacea at Higher Risk for Alzheimer's? THURSDAY, April 28, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Rosacea, the facial redness affecting millions of Americans, may be linked to a higher risk for dementia and Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests.
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Zika's origin and global spread The following timeline charts the origin and spread of the Zika virus from its discovery nearly 70 years ago: 1947: Scientists researching yellow fever in Uganda's Zika Forest identify the virus in a rhesus monkey.
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Spanking: More harm than good? By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay News) -- Spare the rod and spoil the child? Not so fast, suggests a new review that found spanking doesn't produce better behavior and may set up a child for psychological and learning problems later.
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Blind 12-year-old sees mom for first time with electronic glasses, raises enough money to buy wearable sight tech For 12 years, Christopher Ward Jr. was never able to see his mother. But in an emotional moment captured on camera, the Virginia fifth grader tried out eSight electronic glasses and laid eyes on her for the first time.
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'Mindfulness' May Keep Depression from Coming Back A type of "mindfulness" therapy that helps people become more aware of their emotions may help prevent a relapse of depression, a new meta-analysis finds.
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Novo Nordisk trims 2016 guidance on lower currency exchange rates April 29 Denmark's Novo Nordisk posted slightly stronger-than-expected first-quarter operating profit but trimmed its 2016 guidance due to lower currency exchange rates.
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Oklahoma's Medicaid board OK's cuts to mental health, substance abuse treatment providers Terri White, state mental health commissioner, told the Oklahloma Health Care Authority on Thursday, "The fact is, before these cuts, we could only serve one out of every three individuals that needed help.
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The 7 Deadliest Emergency General Surgeries WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Seven types of operations, including appendectomy and gall bladder removal, account for four out of five emergency general-surgery deaths in the United States, a new study reports.
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This new street drug is 10000 times more potent than morphine, and now it's showing up in Canada and the US It was first developed in a Canadian lab more than three decades ago, promising and potent - and intended to relieve pain in a less addictive way.
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Obama Administration Takes Steps to Help Former Prisoners Get Medicaid WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is taking steps to ensure that the health law's expansion of Medicaid also includes a smoother path for former prisoners to enroll in the program.
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Feds propose docking or rewarding Medicare doctors for quality Federal regulators proposed a rule Wednesday that will adjust hundreds of thousands of physicians' Medicare payments to reward or penalize them based on how healthy they keep their patients.
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Rosacea linked to a slightly increased risk of dementia A new study has uncovered an increased risk of dementia--in particular Alzheimer's disease--in patients with rosacea. Importantly, the risk was highest in older patients and in patients where rosacea was diagnosed by a hospital dermatologist.
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Numerous local events mark Mental Health Month MANSFIELD -- Mental Health America chose "Life with a Mental Illness" as the tag line for Mental Health Month in 2016, according to the Richland County Mental Health and Recovery Services.
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PHYSICIAN FOCUS: Skin Cancer: What you should know Our skin is the largest organ in our human body. It provides the critical functions of controlling body temperature and protecting us from bacteria and viruses.
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Officials checking more possible bacteria infection cases Health officials in Wisconsin on Wednesday were looking into two more cases of people who may have been infected with the Elizabethkingia anophelis bacterium.
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Study Shows Michelle O's Anti-Obesity Campaign Is Failing To Make Kids Any Less Obese First lady Michelle Obama speaks before a group of schoolgirls in Buenos Aires, March 23, 2016. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci. 5008870.
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'Looming catastrophe': These 7 emergency surgeries account for 80 percent of deaths and costs Chances are that even the lucky among us will see the inside of an emergency room at some point, for ourselves or our loved ones. More than 3 million such patients undergo a surgical procedure each year in the United States, and the costs of this care ...
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Emerging Opportunities in Regenerative Medicine Market with Current Trends Analysis,2016-2026 Regenerative medicine is a category of research in tissue engineering and molecular biology which deals with the method for human cells, tissues and organs reconstruction to reactivate normal body function.
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New Autism Consortium has official first meeting The newly-formed Autism Consortium conducted its first meeting Tuesday evening in Cudahy Hall to discuss improvements to support those affected by autism spectrum disorder at Marquette and the surrounding Milwaukee community.
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Swimmers' Sun Exposure and Skin Cancer Summer is approaching, and that means more outdoor competitions and swimming practices. Yes, making that interval or winning that race is important, but so is protecting your skin from the sun while on the deck and in the pool.
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Traumatic brain injuries linked with lasting sleep problems People who suffered a traumatic brain injury may still have sleep problems for up to a year and a half after, new research shows. What's more, the study published online in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, found that ...
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