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Australians should exercise extreme caution at Rio Olympics: expert Security forces stands guard in the streets of Rio, on July 24, 2016 enhancing security ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (Getty Images).
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The Olympics Won't Spread Zika Around the World The Conversation US Independent source of news and analysis, from the academic and research community. By Joseph Lewnard, Yale University.
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Rio 2016: Who are Brazil's best Olympic medal hopes? Brazil won three golds at each of the past two Olympics and a record 17 medals in London - but who carries their best hopes of a place on the podium at Rio 2016?
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Little Threat of Zika Spread From Rio Olympics: Study MONDAY, July 25, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Travelers and competitors at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil are not likely to contract the Zika virus during their stay or bring it back to their home countries, Yale University experts contend in a new report.
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New Zika recs expand congenital syndrome, fine-tune testing, sex guidance New findings on Zika virus have led to new updates, including an expanded definition of Zika congenital syndrome from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and revised guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on ...
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Is Binge-Watching Hazardous to Your Health? MONDAY, July 25, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Binge-watchers, beware: Too much time in front of the TV could boost your risk of death from a blood clot in the lung, researchers warn.
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Science worries binge-watching could be killing you The clicker may be killing us. American Heart Association. Scientists in Japan studied tens of thousands of television watchers over the course of two decades and now say watching lots of TV on a daily basis could increase the risk of dying from a ...
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More E. coli cases prompt General Mills flour recall expansion (CNN) General Mills on Monday announced another expansion of its flour recall. The move was prompted by an announcement from the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that four more individuals from two different states (Minnesota and ...
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Legalized pot sends more kids to the emergency room Pot-laced cookies and other edibles were responsible for about half of the cases of children hospitalized for marijuana poisoning in Colorado in recent years, a new study finds.
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Any Kind of Sex Can Spread Zika, CDC Says in Updated Guidance Any kind of sex can spread the Zika virus, federal health officials said Monday in updated guidance for pregnant women. And doctors need to ask all pregnant women about any chance they could have been infected with Zika, either through sex, travel or ...
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As More People Get High In Colorado, More Kids Head To The Hospital It's been several years since Colorado became one of the four states, along with Washington, Oregon and Alaska, engaged in a social experiment of sorts: What does—or doesn't—change when recreational marijuana becomes legalized?
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Study Finds Sharp Increase in Marijuana Exposure Among Colorado Children These brownie bites contain 5 milligrams of THC per serving. Credit Daniel Berman for The New York Times. To a child on the prowl for sweets, that brownie, cookie or bear-shaped candy left on the kitchen counter is just asking to be gobbled up.
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Emergency Call For Blood Donors: Where To Give In Baldwin Park, Nearby Summer supplies are very low in Southern California, according to the American Red Cross. Numerous drives coming up ... By Susan C. Schena (Patch Staff) - July 25, 2016 7:25 pm ET.
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Spain sees first Zika-related microcephaly birth in Europe (CNN) A hospital in Spain says it has registered Europe's first case of a baby born with microcephaly associated with the Zika virus.
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CDC Updates Zika Guidance for Pregnancy, Prevention Updated interim guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) addresses testing and management of pregnant women with possible Zika virus exposure and prevention of Zika infection by sexual transmission, according to two reports ...
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Emergency Call For Blood Donors: Where To Give In Arcadia, Nearby Summer supplies are very low in Southern California, according to the American Red Cross. Numerous drives coming up ... By Susan C. Schena (Patch Staff) - July 25, 2016 7:26 pm ET.
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Emergency Call For Blood Donors: Where To Give In Dana Point, Beaches Summer supplies are very low in Southern California, according to the American Red Cross. Numerous drives coming up ... By Susan C. Schena (Patch Staff) - July 25, 2016 6:45 pm ET.
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Medicare Proposes Fixed Payments for Treating Heart Attacks WASHINGTON—Medicare wants to pay hospitals fixed amounts for treating heart attacks, following a move to offer set reimbursements for hip and knee replacements rather than letting providers bill for every service provided to older Americans, the Obama ...
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Red Cross urging blood donations in Lynchburg area The Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood and plasma now to help ensure blood is available throughout the rest of the summer to meet patient needs.
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Trump vs. Clinton: How they line up on health In a presidential campaign that has been much more about personality than policy, here's some news: A lot of Americans really do care about health care.
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HOUSE CALL: CPR can help save lives Every year more than 326,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of a hospital setting. Sudden Cardiac Death will cause more deaths annually than cancers.
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Flu vaccine may help keep diabetics out of the hospital (Reuters Health) - People with diabetes who get the flu vaccine may be less likely to wind up hospitalized for cardiovascular or respiratory problems, a recent study suggests.
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'I Can Do Absolutely Nothing.' The First American With a Double Hand Transplant Wants Them Removed In medicine, someone always has to be first. Seven years ago, that person was Jeff Kepner, now 64, who became the first person to receive a double hand transplant in the United States.
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Little Rock waiter's act of kindness shared by thousands on Facebook The waiter for Dallas French and her family, who a coworker identified as Robert Davis, feeds French's daughter at Olive Garden while the family took a break to eat on Thursday.
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Behavior changes offer clues that dementia could be brewing Memory loss may not always be the first warning sign that dementia is brewing - changes in behavior or personality might be an early clue.
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Man charged as dog gnaws off foot to free self 'THIS RANKS UP THERE': Maverick, a 2-year-old German Shepherd, chewed off part of his own foot in order to free himself from a tether authorities suspect he had been tied to for some time.
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3 More Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile In Radnor Three more mosquitoes in Radnor have tested positive for West Nile, according to the state's most recent sampling released Monday.
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Flu vaccination reduces respiratory, CV hospitalizations for patients with diabetes Eszter P. Vamos, MD, PhD, Utz J. Pape, PhD, Vasa Curcin, MSc, PhD, Matthew J. Harris, DPhil, Jonathan Valabhji, MD, Azeem Majeed, MD, Christopher Millett, PhD.
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UPDATE 1-FDA rejects Ocular's post-operative eye pain treatment (Adds details, background and share move). July 25 Drug developer Ocular Therapeutix Inc said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had denied approval for its treatment for post-operative eye pain.
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A New Depression Treatment Shows Promise One of the worst things about clinical depression is its cruel circularity. Feeling lousy smothers motivation; loss of motivation leads to inactivity; inactivity makes depression worse—and on and on.
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Judge to decide if N.J. man ran ambulance service and committed health care fraud NEWARK - A federal judge will decide whether a Clifton man barred from participating in federal health care programs ran an ambulance service that received millions of Medicare and Medicaid dollars or whether he was a bystander whose brother was in ...
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Flu vaccine may reduce risk of death for type 2 diabetes patients The flu vaccine may reduce the likelihood of being hospitalised with stroke and heart failure in people with type 2 diabetes, according to new research.
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SNF owner led record $1 billion Medicare fraud ring, authorities say The owner of more than 30 Miami-area nursing homes and assisted living facilities has been charged with leading a national record $1 billion-plus Medicare fraud scheme.
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Pills laced with deadly opioid infiltrating drug market, DEA says Fentanyl is a synthetic drug between 50 and 100 times more powerful than morphine. Photograph: Joe Amon/Denver Post via Getty Images.
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