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Zika found in common house mosquitoes in Brazil (CNN) Researchers in Brazil announced Thursday the "presence of the Zika virus" in Culex mosquitoes (the common house mosquito) in the eastern city of Recife.
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Omega 3 Intake Linked to Reduce Risk of Bowel Cancer Deaths A new study revealed that patients suffering from bowel cancer can prolong their survival by boosting their Omega 3 fatty acids intake.
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Women Smokers at Higher Risk for Brain Bleed THURSDAY, July 21, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Strokes characterized by bleeding inside the lining of the brain are more common among smokers, especially women, researchers report.
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Charlize Theron: HIV spread through sexism, racism, homophobia Durban (CNN) Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron was born and raised in South Africa, where she grew up around HIV and experienced people dying from AIDS.
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PSA Screening: Don't Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater Population-based prostate cancer screening remains decidedly controversial, especially after the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based prostate cancer screening for healthy men in ...
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After Zika cases, Utah ramps up mosquito monitoring efforts Nadja Mayerle with the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District looks at a mosquito Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Salt Lake City. Health authorities in Utah are investigating a unique case of Zika found in a person who had been caring for a relative who ...
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Convention staffers test positive for norovirus Nearly a dozen Republican staffers who are in Cleveland for the Republican National Convention have tested positive for norovirus, public health officials said Wednesday.
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MenB Vax Not Fully Effective in College Outbreak One-third of college students vaccinated for group B meningococcal disease during an outbreak on campus produced no immune response to the outbreak strain, though nearly all responded to the two strains included in the vaccine, researchers examining ...
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Get your toddler to bed at this time to cut risk of obesity in teenage years Parenting is a juggling act and one of the challenges is making sure kids get enough rest. As Ross Lord reports, there are new guidelines explaining how much sleep children need and what happens if they don't get it.
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Meningitis B vaccine disappoints in campus outbreak A study in the New England Journal of Medicine yesterday showed the meningitis B (MenB) vaccine, Bexsero, when administered during an outbreak at Princeton University in 2013, produced an immune response in most recipients, but 34% had no immune ...
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California staffers at GOP convention suspected of contracting norovirus: Here's what it does Norovirus, a leading cause of foodborne illness in the United States, is believed to have struck California delegates to the GOP convention in Cleveland this week.
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Chicken Scent Deters Malaria Mosquitoes The smell of a chicken wards off one species of malaria-spreading mosquito—meaning the scent compounds, or the birds themselves, might help deter disease.
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Life-sized Where's Wally hidden by construction worker on building site for hospital kids to spot A construction worker in the US state of Indiana has been playing a sweet game of Where's Wally with the children at a nearby hospital.
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How South Africa, the nation hardest-hit by HIV, plans to 'end AIDS' Nearly one in five people infected with HIV globally lives in South Africa, and only half of them are on treatment. But the nation has made major strides against the virus in recent years and now is aggressively moving implementing a plan to end the ...
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Hundreds sickened by Salmonella from pet chickens and ducks More than 600 people have gotten sick so far this year in outbreaks of Salmonella traced to pet chickens or ducks kept in backyard flocks.
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Chinese scientists to conduct first ever human gene-editing trial Hong Kong (CNN) Chinese scientists will become the first in the world to inject people with cells modified using gene-editing technology in a groundbreaking clinical trial next month.
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Jerika, family prepare for her 'Last Dance' APPLETON - It's dubbed "J's Last Dance," and for one night, everything will be perfect. Friends and family of Jerika Bolen went to work Thursday decorating Appleton's Grand Meridian for a Friday night prom that is the final wish for the 14-year-old ...
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FDA Panel Says Yes to Expanded CGM Use An FDA advisory panel voted 8-2 that the benefits of using a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device as a replacement for fingerstick blood glucose testing for diabetic patients outweigh the risks.
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PTSD weighs heavy on veterans TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) -- Tragic shootings of police officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas have focused attention on a major issue facing veterans.
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'I'm going to be free': Terminally ill Wisconsin teen schedules her death and one 'last dance' Jerika Bolen is going to prom. And, as you can expect from a 14-year-old with purple hair, she has thought a lot about her outfit.
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AIDS: We Must Not Forget The world's top HIV/AIDS experts are gathering in Durban, South Africa for the 21st International AIDS Conference - a meeting that fills me with hope that an opportunity is at hand to finally get the disease under control, but it's an opportunity that ...
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Alabama AD Bill Battle completes cancer treatment Alabama AD Bill Battle has completed multiple rounds of treatment for multiple myeloma, the Tide announced on Thursday. Battle stepped away from his job last month to undergo a round of stem cell transplants at Emory University in Atlanta on June 27.
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Smart stitches send doctors information on wounds as they heal Visions of the future of medicine often involve digital sensors that constantly monitor patients, but not many people imagine that these sensors could be stitched directly into us.
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Study: IVF is not linked to increased risk of breast cancer Dutch researchers have found no link between in vitro fertilization (IVF) and increased risk of developing breast cancer, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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Survivor ceremony, Ducky Derby to kick off Relay for Life at Cascades Vickie Hester, right, cries as she remembers her sister who died from cancer last year near her caretaker and sister-in-law Vicky Simons at Relay for Life on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, at Cascade Falls Park in Jackson, Mich.
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Medicare panel votes against coverage for leg vein treatments A panel that advises the CMS on Medicare coverage decisions concluded there's too little evidence that current treatments for diseased leg veins improve health outcomes.
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Alcohol Can Cause Certain Cancers, Study Says In the new meta-analysis, published today (July 21) in the journal Addiction, researchers looked at the major review studies done over the last decade on alcohol and cancer, including reviews from the American Institute for Cancer Research and the ...
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FDA Should Investigate SPF Claims, Schumer Says When you see an SPF number on a sunscreen bottle, you probably think you can trust it to protect your skin. But in Consumer Reports' independent lab tests, developed to provide the best comparative consumer ratings, many sunscreens didn't meet the sun ...
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Scientist diagnosed with breast cancer raises funds to help fight disease just 10 days after having surgery ANTONELLA Pellicoro has spent her career probing liver disease but she now has a new target as she aims to help other scientists battle breast cancer.
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Knee Surgery may Not Always be Needed for Common Injury (CBS NEWS) A meniscal tear is a common and disabling knee injury affecting many Americans at some point in their lives. Now, new research suggests that in many cases, exercise may work just as well as surgery to heal the condition in middle-aged people ...
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Alabama AD Bill Battle returning in a limited capacity Alabama athletic director Bill Battle will return to work on a "limited basis" soon, according to a news release from the university.
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Why Some are Worried About Health Data Privacy Federal regulators are worried that Americans are giving up ownership of their private health data by sharing it online and in ways not protected under federal privacy laws, according to a report to Congress.
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Tips to stay cool and avoid heat exhaustion this story UTICA, Miss. (WJTV) - Two firefighters at the scene of the fire in Utica were treated for heat exhaustion after putting put a fire Wednesday.
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Feds acknowledge 'large gaps' in HIPAA regulation of health apps, wearable tech The rise of health-focused mobile applications, websites and wearable technologies has left gaps in regulations meant to protect consumers' data, according to a long-awaited federal report.
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New Study Links Asthma With Fracking Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have published a study linking unconventional gas development with asthma attacks. Credit National Institutes of Health / Flickr.
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