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Feds' Response To Zika Is More Politics Than Public Health In the most aggressive "surge" of his presidency, President Obama recently ordered his troops to conduct a major offensive. No, it was not more boots on the ground or air sorties in Syria or Iraq; it was a series of shrill attacks by a platoon of ...
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Polio returns to Nigeria, with two cases reported in areas liberated from militants ... | From staff reports and news services. LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria has reported its first two cases of polio in more than two years, in an area newly liberated from Islamist extremists who had attacked polio vaccinators in the past, the government ...
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New Zika Funding to Come From Inside NIH The Obama administration Thursday said it will transfer a total of $81 million within the Department of Health and Human Services to keep Zika vaccine research going in light of an impasse in Congress over a funding package to tackle the spread of the ...
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Frieden on what we've learned about Zika Technical difficulties delayed the delivery of PULSE this morning. We apologize for the inconvenience. ZIKA VIRUS - Tom Frieden on what we've learned.
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Gupta: DEA's missed opportunity on medical marijuana (CNN) There is really just one salient question when it comes to today's decision by the Drug Enforcement Administration to expand the number of growers of research-grade marijuana while still not changing the scheduling of marijuana: Will this ...
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Brain-robot training triggers improvement in paralysis In a surprise result, eight paraplegic people have regained some sensation and movement after a one-year training programme that was supposed to teach them to walk inside a robotic exoskeleton.
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'Brain Training' Helps 8 Paralyzed People Regain Some Movement THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A regimen of brain training has restored partial sensation and muscle control in the legs of eight people paralyzed by spinal cord injuries, researchers report.
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Robot-Like Machines Helped People With Spinal Injuries Regain Function Researchers in Brazil who are trying to help people with spine injuries gain mobility have made a surprising discovery: Injured people doing brain training while interacting with robot-like machines were able to regain some sensation and movement.
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2 Polio Paralysis Cases in Nigeria Set Back Eradication Effort A child received a polio vaccine in Nigeria in April 2014. Credit Sunday Alamba/Associated Press. In a serious setback to the drive to eradicate polio from the world, two cases of paralysis caused by the virus have been detected in northeast Nigeria ...
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Study reveals LGBT students face unprecedented violence in high schools nationwide LGBT high schoolers are three times more likely to have been raped than their straight classmates, according to the first nationwide study on the health risks faced by queer youth.
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National proposal would give Pittsburgh area better access to liver transplants The organization that oversees the nation's transplant system said Wednesday that it believes a new proposal would greatly reduce geographic disparities that make getting a liver transplant harder in some areas of the country and easier in others.
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DEA ends its monopoly on marijuana growing for medical research The federal government is ending its decades-old monopoly on marijuana production for medical research as the Drug Enforcement Administration announced Thursday that it was bowing to changing times.
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How Florida Is Battling Zika—and Apathy Two weeks ago, officials from Florida announced that mosquitoes were spreading the Zika virus in a neighborhood north of downtown Miami; 22 people are now confirmed to have the virus from local bites.
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What Congress is saying about the DEA's refusal to change course on pot The Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday rejected a petition to loosen federal restrictions on the use of marijuana. In making the move, however, the DEA did allow for more facilities to grow marijuana for use in medical research.
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Gay high school students raped, attacked far more often In this June 26, 2016, file photo, a woman holds a rainbow flag during the NYC Pride Parade in New York. In this June 26, 2016, file photo, a woman holds a rainbow flag during the NYC Pride Parade in New York.
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Gay and Lesbian High School Students Report 'Heartbreaking' Levels of Violence Members of the Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Youth marched at the Miami Beach Gay Pride parade in April.
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First of Its Kind Study of 'Sexual Minority' Youth Finds Them at Risk of Violence "Sexual minority" youth -- defined as gay, lesbian and bisexual or not sure -- experience substantially higher levels of physical and sexual violence and bullying than their heterosexual peers, according to a new report released today from the U.S ...
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With Congress Deadlocked, White House Diverts Funds to Fight Zika President Obama and Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the secretary of health and human services, discussed the government's response to the Zika virus in July.
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A new type of warfare On Aug. 6, 1945, warfare changed when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The city and nearby Japanese military installations were destroyed, and the U.S.
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These Jobs Are Linked to the Worst Heart Health Truck drivers and social service workers have something in common: The people who work in these two occupations are the least likely to be heart healthy, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Stricter Air Pollution Standards Could Save Thousands Annually: Study If air pollution standards were tightened just a little bit, thousands of lives might be saved each year, a new study suggests. Researchers found that 9,320 lives might be saved annually by reducing of two types of air pollution - ozone and fine ...
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Thousands of lives could be saved in California by stricter air pollution limits, study finds More than 2,000 Southern Californians die early each year from polluted air, and the region would benefit the most of anywhere in the country from reducing ozone and fine particle pollution below current federal limits, a new study has found.
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Circadian rhythms and sleep loss: what happens in your brain when you pull an all-nighter? Derk-Jan Dijk receives/received funding from BBSRC, Wolfson-Royal Society,AFOSR-US, pharmaceutical companies, lighting industry. None of this funding is directly related to the contents of the article.
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Zika Virus Australia: Best Treatments to Save Your Life The emergence of the Zika virus might have been reported from Brazil but it has now spread throughout the world including Australia, with various places reporting similar cases.
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UNOS/OPTN Propose New Liver Allocation Plan Liver transplantation might become more equitable under an allocation program being considered by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).
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Get Moving: High Physical-Activity Level Reduces Risk of 5 Diseases High levels of physical activity can reduce the risk for five major diseases, including type 2 diabetes, new research shows. Findings from the systematic review and meta-analysis were published online August 9 in the BMJ by Hmwe H Kyu, PhD, of the ...
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The 5 Diseases That Exercise May Ward Off -- If You Get Enough, That Is That exercise reduces the risk for a number of diseases and disorders isn't really up for debate at this point. But what is debated by the scientific community, and constantly, is how much exercise people should get, and what type.
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Pools linked to outbreak of diarrheal disease A dip in the pool is one way to beat the heat this hot, humid summer, but it also can spread illness. Mother Amy Howard and her 2-year-old son have spent much time this summer at a public pool.
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Nigeria reports first polio cases since 2014, highlighting urgency of immunization – UN health agency 11 August 2016 - After two children were paralyzed by polio in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria, the first cases of wild poliovirus in more than two years, the United Nations health agency today stressed the need to prioritize immunization of ...
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The flossing flap: Mind your dentist, and floss every night The Conversation US Independent source of news and analysis, from the academic and research community. By Julie Rezk, Vanderbilt University.
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Florida detects 3 more local Zika cases as feds shift funds Florida today reported three more locally acquired Zika virus cases, all linked to the same affected part of Miami, as a top federal health official announced an $81 million shift in funding to keep the battle against the virus going.
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Zika Could Live In Semen Way Longer Than Previously Thought Two Zika virus cases described in the journal Eurosurveillance hint that Zika virus could live in men's semen much longer than previously thought.
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New Zika Threat to Babies: Late-Onset Microcephaly CDC researchers have made a startling discovery about microcephaly, a devastating birth defect caused by the Zika virus: It can affect babies late into a mother's pregnancy and not become apparent until months after they are born.
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Babies born with microcephaly, Barbados health authorities say BRIDGETOWN (CMC) - The Barbados health authorities Tuesday said they were investigating the cause of microcephaly in two babies delivered at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital this week.
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Slightly weaker beer could reduce alcohol's harm while benefiting industry: addiction experts When people down weaker beer, they're unlikely to consume more. It's a strategy Canadian addiction researchers say could reduce the harmful effects of alcohol on society while still benefiting the industry.
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Obama Shifts Cash To Fight Zika; Vacationing Republicans Take Credit Congress failed to pass funding for battling the disease before taking a seven-week recess. 08/11/2016 06:01 pm ET. 3k. Michael McAuliff Senior Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post.
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Upstate deaths linked to air pollution Air pollution kills more than 9,300 people in U.S. cities every year - including 15 in the Greenville metropolitan area - new research shows.
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Long-Term Health Effects of Atom Bomb on Japan Not as Bad as Feared: Study THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The long-term health effects of the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II were not as severe as many people had thought, a new report contends.
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New imaging method shows how genes activate in the living brain For the first time, scientists have figured out how to view changes to gene activity in living brains. The brain scan technique may aid discoveries in how Alzheimer's treatments, schizophrenia, and other neurological disorders work.
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Will this be Silicon Valley's next power source? Soylent became popular for its quest to replace meals with powder. Now it's hoping you'll never skip breakfast again. The Los Angeles-based food technology company launched its first product line extension on Wednesday -- Coffiest.
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Warning: It's Peak Rabies Season In Michigan So far, 21 animals in Michigan have been confirmed as rabies infected. Report animal bites to local health department within 24 hours.
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Eat Like an Olympian Do you remember the buzz about U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps' diet during the 2008 Summer Olympics? With 22 Olympic medals to date -- 18 of them gold - this ultra-athlete consumes as many as 12,000 calories during the training days prior to his races.
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Many children's heart health not up to standards (Reuters Health) - Babies are generally born with healthy hearts that should be cared for during childhood to ensure good health later in life, according to the American Heart Association.
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Arizona Gardeners: How to avoid mosquito-borne diseases The heavy rains of the past week have left standing puddles and pools in places where one would never suspect. Now is the time to tour your property and search out and eliminate places where mosquitoes might quietly lay their eggs and produce a host of ...
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Woman bitten by bat with rabies in Clermont Co. A bat that was infected with rabies bit a woman in Batavia, marking the first time Clermont County has seen a case of rabies since 2013.
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Michigan in peak rabies season, officials warn The Michigan departments of Agriculture and Rural Development, Health and Human Services and Natural Resources today urged Michiganders to adopt practices to protect their families, pets and livestock from rabies.
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Steep Rise in U.S. Babies Born to Opioid-Addicted Mothers THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Triggered by a national epidemic of opioid painkiller abuse, the number of babies born with opioid withdrawal symptoms quadrupled in the United States between 1999 and 2013.
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Most Children Lack Ideal Heart Health A key to further research could be leveraging big data and analytics to monitor health and behavior trends. (Getty Images). The cardiovascular health of U.S.
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Soylent's New Coffee Drink Is Fine Soylent announced its new product earlier this week, Coffiest, which is marketed as "a balanced breakfast and your morning coffee.
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