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Prince Died From Accidental Overdose of Opioid Painkiller Prince, the music icon who struggled with debilitating hip pain during his career, died from an accidental overdose of self-administered fentanyl, a type of synthetic opiate, officials in Minnesota said Thursday.
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Prince Cause of Death Revealed: Singer Died of 'Self-Administered Fentanyl' Overdose, Medical Examiner Reveals Prince died of an opioid overdose, the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office revealed in a press release Thursday. According to a press release from the Ramsey, Minnesota, office, Prince's death was an accident caused by "fentanyl toxicity" and that "the ...
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Prince died from accidental overdose of fentanyl Chris Pizzello, Associated Press Prince, shown in 2013, was pronounced dead April 21, one day before he was to meet with a California doctor about an opioid addiction.
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FDA Guidelines Target The Sodium Hiding In Our Diets The Food and Drug Administration is leaning on the food industry to cut back on the amount of sodium added to processed and prepared foods.
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Doctors detail story of devastated mom of first Zika-affected baby born in NY area Across the United States, more than 340 pregnant women infected with Zika virus are waiting to find out what fate holds for their unborn children.
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Why Stroke in Middle Age Is More Deadly for Blacks Than Whites THURSDAY, June 2, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A higher stroke rate -- not differences in care after a stroke -- is the reason why middle-aged black Americans are more likely to die from a stroke than whites, a new study suggests.
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New guidelines support use of metabolic surgery as standard treatment option for type 2 diabetes, obesity Metabolic surgery should be considered a valid treatment option for patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity, according to a joint statement published in Diabetes Care.
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Weight-Loss Surgery May Boost Survival THURSDAY, June 2, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Weight-loss surgery might significantly lower obese people's risk of premature death, a new study finds.
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Don't shortchange efforts to combat Zika Dr. Julia Piwoz, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, speaks Wednesday during a news conference at the Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J.
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Prince's Death Adds to Opioid Overdose Epidemic's Grim Toll Prince's death from an overdose of the powerful opioid fentanyl is another example of the national opioid epidemic driven by prescription painkillers.
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Most Children Receive Concussion Care in Primary Care, Not ED Most children with concussions go first to their primary care provider, rather than an emergency department (ED), for treatment, a new study shows.
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Prince died of 'fentanyl toxicity,' an overdose of a painkiller Prompted by leaks, the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office in Minnesota released the long-awaited autopsy report on Prince Thursday, declaring the cause was accidental fentanyl toxicity.
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Zika Discoverer Tells Of 'Human Bait,' Draws Monkeys In Overlooked Archive Back in 1947, Alexander John Haddow made a discovery that didn't seem particularly important. He was part of a team doing research on yellow fever in Uganda, and he identified a new virus that was making a monkey in his lab sick.
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Zika May Be Transmitted by Oral Sex, Scientists Find Scientists raised the possibility that the Zika virus can be transmitted by oral sex - perhaps even by kissing - on Friday in a letter to The New England Journal of Medicine describing one such case in France.
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Here's Why Women Get Migraines More Than Men Migraines—searing headaches that feel like a hammer to the inside of the skull—can strike anyone, but they predominantly affect women, who are up to four times more likely than men to get them.
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Farmers Asked to Help Turn Tide Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Cattle are sometimes treated with antibiotics toward the later stages of feeding when their grain-heavy diet can cause illness. Some of the most important medicines doctors prescribe to fight infections are losing effectiveness and the Obama ...
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Oregon's recreational marijuana market expands to edibles and extracts starting Thursday From dawn until midnight, Andi Bixel churns out ice cream. She's made so much ice cream that the machine has started to act up.
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Study Shows Long Term Weed Use Gives You Gross Gums – But Not Much Else As long as you don't mind being middle-aged with shit teeth and consistently bloody gums, weed experts say you're pretty much fine to continue down that path of smoking yourself into oblivion.
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Stanford researchers 'stunned' by stem cell experiment that helped stroke patient walk Stanford researchers studying the effect of stem cells injected directly into the brains of stroke patients said Thursday that they were "stunned" by the extent to which the experimental treatment restored motor function in some of the patients.
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Medway: Attendance up for Relay for Life MEDWAY - Carolynne Benedetto will walk for her sister. The Rev. Rebecca Black walks for a close family friend. Together, with hundreds of others, they will walk in unison next week at the Relay for Life cancer fundraiser.
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Recalls expand as SunOpta reopens sunflower seed plant More granola and snack products - including Quaker Oats, Planters and Clif Bar brands - are being recalled across the U.S. and Canada because of potential Listeria contamination as production resumes at the SunOpta Inc. plant responsible for the ...
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She feared being shamed for breastfeeding in public, then this happened... MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand -- As a new mother began eating her breakfast, her newborn son got hungry, too. What happened next for this New Zealand mother will warm your heart.
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Giant/Martin's alerts customers to voluntary recall of store brand granola bars CARLISLE, Pa. - Following a recall by TreeHouse Foods, GIANT Food Stores, LLC and MARTIN'S Food Markets announced it removed from sale certain GIANT/MARTIN'S Granola Bars due to the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
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Marijuana's only major possible side effect? Gum disease Long-term marijuana use is not associated with a raft of physical health problems, according to a new study, with one surprising exception: gum disease.
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Flour recall: What you need to know to stay healthy General Mills says the 10 million pounds of its flour recalled over a possible link to an E. coli outbreak in 20 states largely was produced at the company's Kansas City, Missouri, plant.
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5 Questions: Susan Swetter on choosing a sunscreen With summer just around the corner, a Stanford dermatologist discusses how to think about SPF labels, how to properly apply sunscreen, the differences between UVA and UVB radiation and more.
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Zika Threat Calls for Extra Mosquito Protection This Summer THURSDAY, June 2, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- With the Zika threat growing in the United States, people need to take extra steps to protect themselves against the mosquito species that carries the virus, experts say.
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What Is The Highest SPF Available? The Answer Might Surprise You We know, we know. Spending time in the sun can lead to burns, which can invite a host of other skin and health problems to our door (including cancer).
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Lima Memorial celebrates National Cancer Survivors Day LIMA - Across the globe on Sunday, people will honor cancer survivors to celebrate their lives after cancer diagnosis. The annual celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day shows that life after a diagnosis of cancer can be "fruitful, rewarding and ...
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The incredible rise of gay sex in America Rob covers business, economics and the environment for Fusion. He previously worked at Business Insider. He grew up in Chicago. By Rob Wile · Follow · Feed · Share Tweet WhatsApp Tumblr Email.
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15.5 Million Americans Now Surviving Cancer: Report THURSDAY, June 2, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer survivors in the United States reached record numbers this year -- 15.5 million -- and the American Cancer Society predicts they'll total more than 20 million in another decade.
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Migraines tied to cardiovascular problems among women (Reuters Health) - Women who suffer from migraines may be at an increased risk of cardiovascular problems like heart attacks and strokes, according to a new U.S.
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Over-prescribing of antibiotics increases the chances of resistant bug, officials say So says the Centers for Disease Control and Pennsylvania Department of Health, which continue to investigate a Pennsylvania woman with mcr-1, an antibiotic-resistant gene.
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West Nile, Lyme disease flare-ups depend on weather (RNN) - Humans tend to like mild winters. Ticks, not so much. MOREAdditional LinksPoll. Temperate weather tends to kill off ticks, which carry Lyme disease.
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NEEF: Beyond the Bite: Mosquitoes, Ticks, and Disease Summer is here, which for many may spell more time outdoors hiking, walking, fishing, boating, and relaxing. However, these warmer temperatures bring more than just people outside—insects that carry disease, like mosquitoes and ticks, are also more ...
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