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European Court of Justice Upholds Strict Rules on Tobacco A customer sampled flavors for electronic cigarettes at the "Vapexpo" fair in Bordeaux, France, in 2014. Credit Regis Duvignau/Reuters.
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California raises smoking age to 21 (CNN) California has passed legislation raising its smoking age from 18 to 21 for most of its citizens. Gov. Jerry Brown signed a series of bills Wednesday, which also place new restrictions on where people can smoke and the sale of electronic cigarettes.
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Listeria prompts recall of 42 brands of frozen fruits and veggies (CNN) CRF Frozen Foods announced Tuesday that it's expanding a voluntary recall of frozen organic and non-organic fruits and vegetables because of possible health risks.
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Bacteria-Infected Mosquitoes Could Slow Spread of Zika Virus A wasp egg infected with Wolbachia, a microbe that researchers say protects mosquitoes from the Zika virus. Credit Merijn Salverda and Richard Stouthamer/Science Source.
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Frozen Food Fears: 4 Things To Know About The Listeria Recall Frozen vegetables are a staple in many diets, so a huge recall of them has us peering at the packages in our freezers. On Tuesday evening, the U.S.
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Clock starts for voters to reject new California tobacco age SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California has become the second state in the nation to raise the legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21, starting the clock for opponents to ask voters for a reversal this November.
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Could Infant Colds, Other Infections Raise Type 1 Diabetes Risk? TUESDAY, May 3, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Colds and other infections in the first six months of life may boost the odds of a child developing type 1 diabetes by nearly 20 percent, new research suggests.
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California's smoking age raised from 18 to 21 under bills signed by Gov. Brown Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed a pack of bills that will raise the smoking age in California from 18 to 21, restrict the use of electronic cigarettes in public places and expand no-smoking areas at public schools.
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Germany to legalize medical marijuana Cannabis will be available to seriously ill German patients on prescription in drug stores and its use may be covered by medical insurance, German Health Minister Hermann Gröhe announced Tuesday.
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Music|Prince's Addiction and an Intervention Too Late Prince, during a 2011 concert in Budapest. Last month, friends sought urgent medical help, alarmed by his hidden dependency on painkillers.
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Medical Errors Are No. 3 Cause Of US Deaths, Researchers Say A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine says medical errors should rank as the third leading cause of death in the United States - and highlights how shortcomings in tracking vital statistics may hinder research and keep the problem out of ...
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Robots Stake Their Claim in the Operating Room WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A surgical robot outperformed human surgeons in stitching the small intestines of pigs back together, researchers report.
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Sunflower Kernels Recalled Over Listeria Planters_Sunflower_Kernels SunOpta is voluntarily recalling a limited number of sunflower kernel products that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in ...
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Hepatitis C deaths hit all-time high in United States (CNN) Hepatitis C-related deaths reached an all-time high in 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday, surpassing total combined deaths from 60 other infectious diseases including HIV, pneumococcal disease and ...
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Dead Could Be Brought 'Back To Life' in Medical Trial In recent years, the nascent field of resuscitation science has been taking a radically different approach to medicine, treating death as a process - a potentially reversible process - rather than an event.
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Yes, hospitals do abortions. This Washington doctor says her hospital forces her to keep it quiet. Of all the medical services carried out at the nation's hospitals, one procedure is unlikely to end up in many glossy brochures: abortion.
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Brain suppresses feeling of heartbeat to function better Researchers say the insular cortex, responsible for muting the internal sensations from the heart, may be linked to anxiety disorders.
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Half Of Teens Say They Feel Addicted To Their Devices Half of all teens reported feeling addicted to their mobile devices, and 28 percent said their parents are addicted too, according to a nationally representative survey of 1,200 parents and children conducted by the non-profit media advocacy ...
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Blue Bell issues another ice cream recall Blue Bell recalled more ice cream Tuesday May 3, 2016 after finding certain shipments of its Rocky Road pints were mistakenly packaged and contained its Cookies n' Cream flavor.
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Concerns grow over getting high on anti-diarrheal drug Self-treating opioid addicts looking for a legal replacement for harder-to-acquire prescription drugs are increasingly turning to a new source: over-the-counter, anti-diarrheal medication.
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Humans Paid for Bigger Brains With Gas-Guzzling Bodies Evolution works on a strict energy budget. Each adaptation burns through a certain number of calories, and each individual can only acquire so many calories in the course of a day.
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This robot can perform soft tissue surgery better than a human In a milestone that could pave the way for robotic surgery on humans, a robot successfully performed operations on four pigs. The findings are detailed in a study published Wednesday.
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Oklahoma Medicaid agency ending Planned Parenthood contracts OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma is ending its contracts with two Planned Parenthood organizations that provide health services to thousands of mostly low-income women and families, the head of the state's Medicaid agency said Wednesday.
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The evolutionary key to our big brains and long lives: a faster metabolism You may have heard that humans are a little different from other primates. We live longer and breed more. We've got big brains that make us do things like wage war and contemplate our place in the universe.
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Could Medical Errors Be No. 3 Cause of Death? Medical mistakes - from surgical disasters to accidental drug overdoses - are the No. 3 cause of death in the U.S., behind cancer and heart disease, two experts argued Wednesday.
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Robot stitches tissue by itself, a step to more automated OR (w/video) WASHINGTON - Getting stitched up by Dr. Robot may one day be reality: Scientists have created a robotic system that did just that in living animals without a real doctor pulling the strings.
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Biotech company to try bringing the dead back to life Lazarus may have some friends soon. A biotech company based in Philadelphia has gotten approval to try reawakening nervous systems in patients who've been declared clinically dead, a move one doctor called "another step towards the eventual reversal ...
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1 in 3 antibiotics prescribed in US are unnecessary, major study finds This post has been updated. Nearly a third of antibiotics prescribed in doctors' offices, emergency rooms and hospital-based clinics in the United States are not needed, according to the most in-depth study yet to examine the use and misuse of these ...
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Cut Bank, Livingston health centers to share $1.3M Health centers in Cut Bank and Livingston will share $1,345,422 to be used for facility renovation, expansion or construction, federal officials said Wednesday.
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A Third of Antibiotic Prescriptions are Just Wrong Nearly a third of all prescriptions written for antibiotics are just not needed, according to a new report issued Tuesday. Despite decades of ever-more-frantic warnings from health officials, doctors are still writing prescriptions for colds, ear ...
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American Girl releases diabetes kit for dolls Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - A petition from a 13-year-old girl from Antigo, Wisconsin, led to American Girl creating a diabetes kit for their line of dolls.
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Abstinence-Only Programs Don't Stop HIV, Study Finds The U.S. funds abstinence and faithfulness education in sub-Saharan Africa to prevent HIV transmission, but a new study suggests the investment doesn't lead to less risky sexual behaviors in that area.
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Arsenic in Private Wells Responsible for Surge in Bladder Cancer in New England A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has identified the cause of the high rates of bladder cancer cases diagnosed in the New England region of the United States: arsenic in drinking water from private wells.
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Get Healthy Carson City: Today is National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy This column appears in the Nevada Appeal Wednesday health pages. It addresses topics related to the health of our community. Today, May 4, is the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, part of a monthlong effort to bring awareness to the issues ...
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US kills 39000 turkeys in outbreak of mild bird flu - OIE CHICAGO U.S. authorities destroyed 39,000 turkeys in Missouri due to an outbreak of a mild form of avian flu, the World Organization for Animal Health said on Tuesday, as officials remained on alert for new cases.
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How a tool to help patients save on health care backfired First, the good news: We seem to be on the edge of a new age of price transparency in health care. All kinds of tools are being developed to give consumers the ability to find out how much health care will cost even before they decide where to go ...
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Susan G. Komen® Central Indiana announces 2016 Community Impact Grant recipients Submitted photoPictured are Michele Gettinger, Rush Memorial Hospital Komen Grant committee representative; Stephanie Laskey, Susan G. Komen Central Indiana Mission Director; Natalie Sutton, Susan G. Komen Central Indiana Organization Executive ...
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Access to health-care prices doesn't lower spending If people know how much health care services cost, they'll shop for the best prices and spend less - or so the theory goes. That's why the Massachusetts law intended to lower costs included a requirement that doctors, hospitals, and insurers provide ...
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These hospitals make the most money off patients — and they're mostly nonprofits This post has been updated. Seven of the top 10 most profitable hospitals in the United States are nonprofit facilities that each netted more than $150 million from caring for patients in 2013, according to a study published Monday.
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What's your MACRA track? 4 things to know about new details in CMS' proposed rule For physicians anxiously awaiting CMS' rule for future Medicare Part B payments, an answer arrived last week in a 962-page proposal, shedding light on meaningful use, quality measures, the timeline and eligibility requirements for the various payment ...
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