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Medical marijuana now accessible to children with certain conditions State Health Secretary Karen Murphy announces on Wednesday that the Health Department is developing its first set of regulations for Pennsylvania's new medical marijuana program.
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Women and Children Are Political Pawns In the Zika Funding Battle Since the outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil in November 2015, over 8,000 babies have been born with confirmed microcephaly. The rapid spread of the disease has left millions of women and families living in fear and uncertainty as Latin-American public ...
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Metastatic Prostate Cancer Needs Genetic Testing; Here's Why Germline genetic testing should be offered to men with metastatic prostate cancer, regardless of age or family history, say the authors of a new study.
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Most popular sunscreens might not be the most effective (CNN) Nearly 40% of top-selling sunscreens don't meet the American Academy of Dermatology's criteria, according to a new study.
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4 in 10 Popular Sunscreens Don't Meet Sun Safety Standards: Study WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly half of the most popular sunscreen products sold in the United States fail to meet basic sun safety guidelines, new research shows.
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Test Aids Prostate Cancer Treatment Genomic Health Inc. GHDX 1.63 % has struck a deal to commercialize a new blood test that can help advanced prostate cancer patients decide whether to try costly new-generation drugs or rely on much cheaper traditional chemotherapy to improve their ...
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U.S. Army, French Drugmaker to Join Forces on Zika Vaccine WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi said Wednesday that it's joining with U.S. Army researchers to work on a vaccine for Zika virus, which has caused thousands of birth defects, primarily in Brazil.
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Sac to the Future: Cellular Vessels Predict Likelihood of Developing Dementia Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine say tiny micro-vesicle structures used by neurons and other cells to transport materials internally or dispose of them externally carry tell-tale proteins that may help to predict the ...
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US urges aerial spraying amid jump in Puerto Rico Zika cases SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - As many as 50 pregnant women in Puerto Rico are becoming infected with Zika every day, top U.S. health officials said Wednesday as they urged the U.S.
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NIH-funded study will track Zika in US Olympic participants To better understand Zika infection dynamics, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said yesterday that it is supporting a study to monitor potential infections in a group of US athletes, coaches, and members of the US Olympic Committee (USOC) staff ...
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Obama Seeks To Make Mark On Genetic Medicine President Barack Obama seems intent on making his long-term mark on medicine. After a few weeks of hype around his administration's efforts to speed cancer research, officials tonight announced plans to kickstart efforts around his Precision Medicine ...
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$43 million NIH grant puts University of Arizona at research forefront The National Institutes of Health is giving the University of Arizona more than $40 million to help identify new ways to treat and prevent disease.
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Wayne State president to join NIH advisory board M. Roy Wilson, the president of Wayne State University, will join the advisory committee to the director for the National Institutes of Health, becoming the only current university president on the board.
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Obama Administration Awards $55 Million for Research on Genetic Links to Disease WASHINGTON—The Obama administration said it is awarding $55 million to hospitals and companies to begin ambitious national research into the genetic makeup of a million or more Americans that is the planned cornerstone of the White House's ...
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Aria, Jefferson finalize merger (File photo) Aria Health, one of the largest health care providers in Northeast Philadelphia with a campus in Falls, signed a letter of intent in October 2015 to pursue a merger with Jefferson Health.
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Biogen (BIIB), AbbVie (ABBV) Receive Marketing Approval in Europe for ZINBRYTA as MS Treatment The European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for ZINBRYTA (daclizumab) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (RMS), Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) and AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) announced today.
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VP's Cancer 'Moonshot' Quest for 'Sharing' Within the Scientific Domain One of the central themes of Vice President Joe Biden's well-publicized National Cancer Moonshot Initiative is the creation of a fundamental culture of "sharing" of... A link to this article will be included in this email. Recepient's Email Address ...
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Is granola 'healthy'? Public and nutritionists disagree Is popcorn good for you? What about pizza, orange juice or sushi? Or frozen yogurt, pork chops or quinoa? Which foods are healthy?
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VP Biden Discusses CancerLinQ at ASCO Annual Meeting CHICAGO—In his address to more than 35,000 oncology professionals at the 2016 American Society Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, Vice President Joe Biden spoke about his vision for comprehensive data-sharing as part of the Cancer ...
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Erie doctors won't give FluMist ERIE, Pa. -- People who want a flu vaccine this fall will probably need to roll up their sleeves to get one. Most Erie-area physicians and pharmacies won't be offering FluMist, a nasal spray flu vaccine, after an advisory panel for the U.S.
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Pact between CVTC, OSHA puts workplace safety first Jon Leenhouts teaches workplace safety for Chippewa Valley Technical College, but he's rarely inside a classroom. As a safety trainer and business consultant in CVTC's Business and Industries Division, he estimates that about 80 percent of his job ...
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RI Health Department warns of potential rabies exposure at Westerly Walmart Health authorities on Tuesday warned the public of a possible exposure to rabies after an animal bit at least two customers at a Walmart in Westerly.
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Mom 'Shocked' By Response To Pic Of Toddler Pretending To Breastfeed When the mom's 2-year-old daughter, Charlotte, pretended to breastfeed her doll in a store, she took a photo of the toddler and shared it on social media with several hashtags, including #normalizebreastfeeding and #nurseinpublic.
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Google DeepMind to Use Eye Scans to Spot Ocular Diseases Google DeepMind is teaming with Moorfields Eye Hospital in an effort to use artificial intelligence to more effectively detect and prevent rising ocular diseases.
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To battle opioid addiction, HHS opens medication treatment to more patients WASHINGTON - President Obama's administration is taking additional steps to fight prescription opioid and heroin abuse nationwide, even as it pushes lawmakers to approve $1.1 billion in new funding before their summer recess.
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Congress Splits Over Bill Aimed at Nation's Opioid Epidemic Representative Fred Upton, center, Republican of Michigan, said a congressional meeting on the opioid addiction on Wednesday was aimed at "advancing reforms to help those most in need.
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The Obama administration made a change that could have a huge effect on the opioid epidemic prescription drugs A pharmacist fills a Suboxone prescription at the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program. REUTERS/Brian Snyder.
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Cancer survivors share stories As of early last week, there were 42 teams with 464 participants who have raised nearly $110,000 for this year's Relay for Life of Douglas County.
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New proposed tobacco initiative would triple cigarette taxes in Colorado A proposed constitutional amendment that could go before voters this fall would triple the taxes on a pack of cigarettes in Colorado, in the hopes of persuading more people never to start smoking.
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Yuba College to go smoke, tobacco free Clearlake >> Beginning Aug. 1 all campuses and centers in the Yuba Community College District (YCCD) will be smoke-and-tobacco-free learning environments.
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Alabama Medicaid Agency cuts payments to doctors The Alabama Medicaid Agency is reducing some payments to doctors to help address what the agency describes as a "budget crisis.
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Aiming For the Moon: Local effort to double cancer research On June 29 at the Greenstar Space, the Cancer Resource Center (CRC) of the Finger Lakes hosted a Cancer Moonshot Summit in collaboration with Vice President Biden's initiative to double the rate of progress toward a cure for cancer.
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House passes mental health bill The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a long-delayed mental health bill that Republicans have cast as their response to recent mass shootings.
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RI Dept. of Health warns of possible rabies exposure at Westerly store Authorities say anyone who may have had any physical contact with the small black mammal - identified as being either a ferret, mink, or weasel - while inside the Westerly store should contact the health department for an assessment.
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FDA Warns Against Another Childhood Indulgence: Raw Cookie Dough The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning against eating raw cookie dough, not due to the risk of Salmonella in raw eggs but rather over concerns about E. coli in raw flour.
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Eating Pasta Does Not Cause Obesity, Italian Study Finds A new Italian study has found that pasta does not contribute to obesity - and is in fact associated with a reduction in body mass index (BMI).
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Confused About Quinoa and Nutrition? So Are Other Americans When we asked people what foods they thought were "healthy," a lot said, "I don't know." On Tuesday, we showed you how nutritionists and the public rated the healthfulness of a selection of 52 foods in two surveys conducted with the Morning Consult, ...
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Zika raises level of concern as Hernando works to combat mosquito population Samples of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, responsible for transmitting dengue and Zika, sit in a petri dish. BROOKSVILLE - While Hernando County has not yet had a single case of the dreaded Zika virus that is spreading across Florida, the county's mosquito ...
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Michigan fights deadly heroin and opioid epidemic, here's 7 things to know The Project Lazarus naloxone kit, which was displayed by Dr. William Morrone at the Bay County Heroin Town Hall held Monday, May 23, 2016.
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This year, chairwoman of Relay for Life is a survivor This year's Relay for Life of Liberty was a memorable one for Julie Davidson, events chairwoman of the annual fundraising event to fight cancer, which was held June 25 at South Valley Middle School track in Liberty.
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Campaign To Increase Tobacco Tax Aims To Decrease Smoking DENVER (CBS4)– Supporters launched a campaign to raise the tobacco tax by $1.75 per pack in Colorado on Wednesday. They say the initiative is about creating a healthier Colorado.
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Photo of Hard Working Dad Sleeping Under Son's Hospital Crib in Pennsylvania Goes Viral After a long shift at work, one Pennsylvania father wasn't going to miss another minute of time being close to his hospitalized son.
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Devastating Myrtle Beach tornado remembered "We're finding some goode stuff out here," Logan Rose, 13 (left) said while walking down the debis-littered beach with his hands full with a Frisbee and a sand shovel near Bar Harbor after a tornado touched down in Myrtle Beach on Friday, July 6, 2001.
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Biogen, AbbVie: How Significant is the New MS Drug Zinbryta On Tuesday, Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB) and its development partner AbbVie won approval from the European Commission (EC) for sale of their first-ever, once-monthly multiple sclerosis (MS) drug, Zinbryta, that can be administered at home.
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New rules to affect deer hunters in mid-Michigan LANSING - The outbreak of chronic wasting disease in the Michigan deer herd has prompted rule changes that will affect many Lansing-area hunters and residents.
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Google Is Training Computers to Detect Eye Disease Machine learning and artificial intelligence hold promise for medical researchers from around the globe hoping to identify and cure diseases, and one of the first targets for the nascent technology is diabetic retinopathy, which can cause blindness in ...
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Ohio's lawyers have ethics questions about medical marijuana Attorneys in Ohio are asking whether they're barred from working with marijuana businesses under the state's new medical marijuana law.
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