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Study: Half of Cancer Deaths Preventable With Healthier Lifestyle Half of all cancer deaths and 20% to 40% of cancer cases in the United States could potentially be prevented if individuals adopted healthier lifestyles, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology.
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Alarming number of public pools cited for health violations With summer around the corner, U.S. officials have a warning for Americans who will inevitably be looking for ways to beat the heat: some public pools may pose a serious health hazard.
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Thousands of Public Pools, Hot Tubs Closed for Dirty Water: CDC THURSDAY, May 19, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Folks flocking to swimming pools to beat the summer heat might be dipping their toes into poorly treated water, U.S.
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Thousands of public pools, hot tubs are swimming in filth On Thursday, U.S. health officials warned that folks planning on heading to swimming pools to beat the summer heat might be dipping their toes into poorly treated water.
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Be good to the skin you're in Every minute of every day, your skin is protecting you. Make sure you protect it, too. The skin is the body's first line of defense.
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Precision Medicine in Oncology Gets More Support With 13K-Patient Meta-Analysis NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) - A meta-analysis of more than 340 Phase I studies involving approximately 13,200 refractory cancer patients has shown that those who received biomarker-guided treatments fared much better than those who didn't, researchers ...
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Ebola czar: America failing on Zika The man who led the successful White House response to the Ebola outbreak says the Zika virus is a slow-motion public health disaster - and Congress is to blame.
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Nine pregnant Florida women have Zika virus, state says A ninth pregnant woman in Florida has contracted the Zika virus, which has been linked to a birth defect that leaves babies with smaller-than-usual heads and often with brains that have not developed properly.
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Formerly conjoined twins released from Texas hospital In this photo provided by Driscoll Children's Hospital, from left, Driscoll Children's Hospital physicians Angelina Bhandari, Jane Lyon, Vanessa Dimas, Karl Maher, Omar Cruz-Diaz, and Miguel DeLeon, say goodbye to former conjoined twins Scarlett and ...
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Formerly conjoined twins released from Texas hospital CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Twin girls who were formerly conjoined below the waist have been released from a South Texas hospital. A spokesman for Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi confirmed that Ximena (huh-MEE'-nuh) and Scarlett ...
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Half of US Cancer Deaths Due to Bad Habits, Study Finds As many as 40 percent of cancer cases, and half of cancer deaths, come down to things people could easily change, researchers said Thursday.
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Intake of dietary fat in adolescence associated with breast density Consuming high amounts of saturated fat or low amounts of mono- and polyunsaturated fats as an adolescent was associated with higher breast density in young adulthood.
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Fatty Foods During Teen Years May Influence Later Breast Cancer Risk THURSDAY, May 19, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who eat high amounts of saturated fats or low amounts of healthier mono- and polyunsaturated fats tend to have denser breasts 15 years later, new research suggests.
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I'm Celebrating HIV Vaccine Awareness Day Because There's Exciting Science Happening Reflecting on my career in the field of HIV prevention, care, and treatment, I often think about the quest for a safe and effective HIV vaccine.
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WHO To Convene Emergency Meeting On Angolan Yellow Fever Outbreak "The World Health Organization will hold an emergency meeting Thursday on the yellow fever outbreak that has hit hardest in Angola but risks spreading further if vaccinations are not ramped up…" (5/17).
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Helping youths (and their families) cope with mental illness And when counselor Will Warren meets with parents facing the worst moment of their lives, he emphasizes two things: (1) This is not easy.
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Psychiatrist dubbed 'Dr. Death' accused of murder in pain pill overdoses A Georgia psychiatrist has been indicted on three counts of felony murder and 59 counts of unauthorized distribution of pain medicine prescriptions after at least 12 of his patients died of overdoses.
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Health Departments Cut Programs While Awaiting Zika Funding While Congress fidgets over whether and how to pay for the fight against the Zika virus, state and local health departments are scrambling and slimming down.
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WHO: Yellow fever outbreak is 'serious and of great concern' (CNN) The yellow fever outbreak in Angola is serious and of great concern, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The WHO held an emergency meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday to review the latest information about the outbreak that ...
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Quashed report warned of prison health crisis WASHINGTON - A government report, blocked from publication a decade ago, presciently warned of an advancing, double-barreled health crisis of mental illness and substance abuse that has currently swamped the nation's vast prison systems.
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Dr. Allan Berstein, who is battling renal cell carcinoma, will lead a group in Relay for Life of Tustin Dr. Allan Bernstein and his wife, Randi, at their Tustin home. Bernstein will raise funds for the American Cancer Society on Saturday.. NICK AGRO, , NICK AGRO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER. By SUSAN CHRISTIAN GOULDING / Staff Writer. Facebook; Twitter ...
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Hectic Lives Might Lead to Having Brains That Age Better Hectic or busy lives might lead to having a brain that ages better, according to the findings of a recent study called the Dallas Lifespan Brain Study.
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3-Year-Old Battling Cancer to be Sworn into FDNY as 'Junior Firefighter' A 3-year-old boy from Hawaii is to be honored by the FDNY at the end of this month -- being sworn in as a junior firefighter. Trucker Dukes was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma at a year old, mom Shauna Dukes told ABC News.
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This Boy Fighting Cancer Is About To Become An Honorary FDNY Firefighter The New York City Fire Department is about to add another valiant firefighter to its team, and he happens to be just 3 years old. On May 31, Trucker Dukes will be sworn in as an FDNY honorary firefighter by Commissioner Daniel Nigro.
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Cancer survivors join Relay For Life SUPPORTERS—Breast cancer survivors Stacey Hood of Thousand Oaks, left, and Janet Solie SUPPORTERS—Breast cancer survivors Stacey Hood of Thousand Oaks, left, and Janet Solie of Calabasas support the Relay For Life.
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Researchers report possible link between common anxiety drug, birth defects Researchers are warning that a drug commonly prescribed to treat pain, anxiety, epilepsy and other brain health conditions may be associated with an increased risk of major birth defects.
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Relay for Life will be 12 hours of fundraising fun Brunswick, Ohio -- Not all superheroes wear a cape and fly through the air. Many wear a Relay For Life T-shirt and walk the track at their local Relay.
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Woman In Video That Went Viral Arrested On Child Abuse Charges LOCHBUIE, Colo. (CBS4) - A Denver woman who allegedly abused her child in an incident that was captured on home video has been arrested.
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'Superbugs' could cost $100 trillion - and millions of lives - by 2050: Report Drug-resistant infections - or "superbugs" - could claim 10 million lives a year and could cost a cumulative $100 trillion of economic output by 2050 if the world does not act to slow down the rise of drug resistance, a new report warned.
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Superbugs could kill more people than cancer, report warns A new report on the dangers of antibiotic-resistant superbugs warns that if major steps aren't taken to combat the threat, by 2050 such infections could kill 10 million people a year worldwide -- an average of one death every three seconds.
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Your Brain Will Age Better If You Do This One of the best ways to keep your brain sharp as you get older may be to stay busy, according to new research. While scientists have previously recommended engaging in mentally challenging activities, a new study suggests that keeping a packed schedule ...
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Women Who Spend A Lot Of Time On Their Looks Make More Money There's a scene in the 2006 movie "The Devil Wears Prada" where Anne Hathaway's character, Andrea Sachs, gets a makeover that literally makes her better at her job.
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