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Florida Keys Opposition Stalls Tests Of Genetically Altered Mosquitoes The fight against the Zika virus has a new weapon: the genetically engineered mosquito. It's recently been approved by federal regulators and may soon be available in parts of the U.S.
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The Price of Zika? About $4 Million Per Child Slide: 1 / of 1 . Caption: Anti Zika graffiti signage on a wall in front of a housing project in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 7, 2016.
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Zika: What States Can Expect in the Coming Months That's because the mosquitoes that can carry Zika cannot breed in most parts of the U.S. during the winter. And although the mosquitoes can breed in a few warmer locations within the country, they generally don't travel very far, research shows.
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More Evidence That Sitting Is Bad For Us -- And Exercise Alone Won't Save Us The American Heart Association (AHA) has just released a science advisory on the ills of sitting. The experts who wrote the review sifted through the available evidence on the risks that lack of activity confers on us.
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The Zika Virus And You Six months ago, few people had heard of Zika virus. Now, not a day passes without new revelations about the virus. Let's put Zika virus infection in some context.
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The Clintons Wrote The Book On How Politicians Climb Out Of Middle Class Bill and Hillary Clinton moved into the White House in 1993 as a first couple of modest means. If they return in January, it will be as millionaires.
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Herpes: The relationship between time of day and infections examined in research We are more susceptible to infection at certain times of the day as our body clock affects the ability of viruses to replicate and spread between cells, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge.
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Viruses infect more effectively during the morning, scientists say The study confirms why the flu virus may be more effective when given in the morning, as well as suggests an ideal time of day to attack infections.
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U.K. Presses Food and Drink Industry to Cut Sugar Content LONDON—The U.K. government is challenging the food and beverage industry to reduce overall sugar by one fifth across a range of products as part of a drive to tackle childhood obesity.
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Doctors Report Probable Zika Transmission Via Blood Transfusion WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Experts have wondered if the Zika virus might sometimes be transmitted through blood transfusions, and a cluster of infections in Brazil seems to support that notion.
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Boston Globe calls for freeze on Clinton Foundation donations The Clinton Foundation should stop accepting donations, and if Hillary Clinton is elected president, it should be shut down, The Boston Globe editorial board wrote Tuesday.
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Acetaminophen use during pregnancy linked to childhood behavioral problems, study finds A common over-the-counter pain medication has been associated with increased risk of developing behavioral issues for children who were exposed to the drug in utero, according to a study published today in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics.
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McDonald's removes fitness tracker from Happy Meals (CNN) McDonald's is removing Step-It activity trackers from Happy Meals due to concerns over skin irritations, according to a statement sent to CNN on Wednesday.
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I lost half my body weight by walking for my food An Arizona man dropped more than 300 pounds - by walking a mile to Walmart to buy his food every time he got hungry. "You walk to Walmart three times a day and you end up walking six miles," said 31-year-old Pasquale "Pat" Brocco, who three years ago ...
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Thousands of Children Injured by Strollers and Carriers Every Year, Study Finds Thousands of young children head to the emergency room every year because of injuries associated with strollers and baby carriers, according to a new study published today in the journal Academic Pediatrics.
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2 Kids an Hour Hurt in Strollers, Infant Carriers WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Although strollers and child carriers may look safe, two children are injured in these kid-movers every hour in the United States, a new study says.
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Celebs, Olympians participate in 22-Pushup Challenge to raise awareness of veteran suicide In what may be the biggest online sensation since the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, movie stars and U.S. Olympians alike have taken to the internet to film themselves doing 22 pushups— an effort to honor the 22 veterans thought to commit suicide every day.
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Acetaminophen vs Ibuprofen Does Not Worsen Childhood Asthma As-needed acetaminophen vs ibuprofen was not associated with more asthma exacerbations or worse asthma control among young children with mild persistent asthma, according to a randomized clinical trial published in the August 18 issue of the New ...
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EpiPen Price Hike Has Parents of Kids With Allergies Scrambling Ahead of School Year The cost of saving your child's life has gotten a lot more expensive. Parents getting ready for back to school season have another item to toss in the basket along with Trapper Keepers and boxes of pencils and they're facing sticker shock at the latest ...
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Calcium Supplements Linked to Higher Risk of Dementia in Some Women For older women with certain health conditions, taking calcium supplements may be linked with an increased risk of dementia, according to a new study.
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Giving Tylenol to children with asthma OK, study says A dozen or so Pittsburgh children with asthma were part of a national study that says it debunks a theory that using acetaminophen makes asthma symptoms worse.
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Genetic Studies' Lack of Diversity May Lead to Misdiagnoses, Researchers Say Doctors increasingly rely on genetic testing to help diagnose a patient's illness or risk of getting a disease. Now a new study warns of the potential for the technology to lead to misdiagnosis.
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McDonald's Latest Attempt To Make Happy Meals Seem Healthy Has Backfired McDonald's has removed fitness trackers from Happy Meals, marking yet another setback as the burger chain tries to brand itself as a healthy fast-food joint.
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Scientists design a drug that relieves pain like an opioid without some dangerous side effects What if you could design a drug that has all the pain-relieving power of morphine but none of its dangerous or addictive side effects?
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1 dead, 1 hospitalized with West Nile virus in Benton County A woman in her 70s has died and a man in his 80s has been hospitalized after contracting West Nile virus. Though Washington typically has few cases, in rare instances infections can be deadly.
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Dead bird in Eugene tests positive for West Nile virus, Lane County's first reported case in 2016 In the first reported case in Lane County this year, a dead bird found in Eugene has tested positive for the West Nile virus, the county health department said.
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Scientists Engineer An Opioid That May Reduce Pain With Less Risk Once people realized that opioid drugs could cause addiction and deadly overdoses, they tried to use newer forms of opioids to treat the addiction to its parent.
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Rash of heroin overdoses in W. Va. city HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Huntington officials are warning people about an especially dangerous batch of heroin after authorities responded to 26 overdoses within a four-hour span.
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City of Huntington holds news conference on wave of overdoses HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- At a news conference at Huntington police headquarters the day after the city saw an unprecedented amount of OD's, officials say their resources were stretched to the limit.
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A morphine alternative with less overdose risk? (Reuters Health) - Scientists are testing an experimental medicine that's designed to have the painkilling power of morphine without some of the dangerous side effects that can lead to overdose deaths.
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Louisiana flooding: West Nile, not Zika, poses bigger threat This 2006 file photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito -- the mosquito that spreads ZIka -- in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host.
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Arizona Man Loses Hundreds of Pounds by Walking to Walmart An Arizona man who threw out all his food and committed himself to walking to the local Walmart and back every time he wanted a meal has lost more than 300 pounds.
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Specter of Zika epidemic looms over a skeptical Puerto Rico SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On a sweltering day in a popular shopping district near the campus of the University of Puerto Rico, a young woman with light brown hair strolls past crumbling, grime-stained buildings and construction debris and into a ...
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Metro Health has a plan to fight Zika before it reaches San Antonio SAN ANTONIO -- Zika is in Texas, and the latest case is a first as an El Paso man became infected after traveling to Miami. The latest case in El Paso brings the state-wide total to 109.
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Abuse In Childhood Raises The Risk Of Early Death For Women It's increasingly clear that bad experiences during childhood are associated with long-lasting health effects, including higher rates of heart disease, diabetes and depression.
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Drug companies win round over pricing in California Legislature Legislation meant to discourage sharp increases in drug prices is dead for the year after the author pulled the measure Wednesday, blaming recent amendments that "have made it more difficult for us to accomplish our fundamental goal.
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Obamacare patients filled more prescriptions but paid less for drugs, study finds Patients who gained health coverage through the Affordable Care Act are filling significantly more prescriptions while paying less for their drugs, according to a new study that credits the health law and adds to evidence of its benefits for previously ...
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Risk of breast cancer spreading predicted by two genes Women with breast cancer could be given a genetic test to determine if their disease will be fatal, a study has found. Scientists have discovered that women whose tumours had a specific pattern of activity in two genes were three times more likely to ...
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Rising cost of potentially life-saving EpiPen puts pinch on families Families with severe allergies often rely on EpiPens to deliver a dose of potentially life-saving medicine if a child has a bad reaction.
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Heart groups suggests people get up every now and then People should get about 30 minutes of exercise each day to counteract the potentially harmful effects of being inactive for too long, according to a new statement from a leading U.S.
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Activity of two genes 'linked to breast cancer survival' WOMEN who are at greater risk of dying from breast cancer could be identified by testing for the activity of two genes, new research suggests.
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22 Push-Up Challenge hopes to save the lives of veterans Move over ice buckets, there's a new challenge rippling through social media: push ups. Twenty-two, in fact. You knock them out, then challenge someone else to do it.
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Psychological Stress Unlikely to Cause Breast Cancer Results of a prospective study consisting of more than 105,000 women have shown "it is unlikely that stress is implicated in causation of breast cancer.
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Rising EpiPen costs may leave children with food allergies at risk EpiPens save lives when severe allergic reactions occur, but rising costs of the most commonly used epinephrine injectors are leaving many families broke, while others are opting to risk suffering a life-threatening attack by simply not buying them ...
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Video monitors show most parents put babies to sleep the wrong way Even when parents know they're being watched, they still put babies to sleep in unsafe ways that are linked to an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), a U.S.
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What is flakka and what does it do to you? A horrific story out of Florida on Tuesday has shined a spotlight on a "designer drug" whose effects can be so extreme that some call it "the devil's drug.
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Flakka: The Drug Blamed For Turning Florida… So the word on everyone's minds Aug. 16 is 'flakka,' the dangerous drug that caused a Florida college student to murder two strangers and chew off one victim's face.
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Facebook users rally to help replace autistic girl's favorite shirt A Utah mother who turned to her Facebook friends for help in finding a replacement T-shirt for her autistic daughter has been inundated with offers.
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Heads Up, Residents: Summer Blood Donations Critically Needed SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA - The American Red Cross urges blood donors to give in the final weeks of summer to help overcome a critical summer blood shortage.
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Police: Florida Man Found Eating Other Man's Face A Florida man has been taken into custody by Martin County authorities after an absolutely bizarre incident. CBS News reports that police are blaming the drug "flakka" for motivating the suspect to try eating the face off another man, to the horror of ...
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