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Zika could 'hang around' US for year or two, NIH official says MIAMI - A National Institutes of Health official said Sunday that the Zika virus could "hang around" the United States for a year or two.
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Governor, Miami Beach Mayor Not On Same Page MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) - Miami Beach Mayor Phillip Levine insists mosquito control crews are working long and hard to remove the threat.
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Pregnant obstetrician faces Zika firsthand (CNN) On a sunny Saturday morning, Dr. Karla Maguire helps her mother-in-law get her son's stroller out of their house in Surfside, Florida, and then goes back inside while Rafael and his grandmother walk to the beach alone.
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Grassley presses EpiPen maker on 400 percent price increase Grassley wrote a letter to Mylan, the company that makes EpiPens, asking for an explanation of a 400 percent increase in the price since 2007.
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Death by bagpipe: Man's lung illness linked to mold in instrument Listening to the bagpipes has been compared to torture. But who knew that playing them could kill you? British doctors are blaming the death of a 61-year-old Liverpool man on his bagpipes, whose moist, dark interior apparently provided an ideal ...
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EpiPen Maker Under Fire After Hiking Price of Live-Saving Injector to $500 Doctors and parents are speaking out after Mylan, the manufacturer of EpiPen, raised the price of the allergy injector again to over $500, a more than 400 percent hike since they started selling the product in 2007.
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How Big, Really, Is The Zika Outbreak In Florida? As expected, the Zika outbreak in Florida is growing - though how fast is still difficult to say. State and federal health officials say mosquitoes are spreading Zika in two neighborhoods of Miami, including Miami Beach.
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American Heart Association releases new sugar intake recommendations for children INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The American Heart Association has released new guidelines for how much sugar children should consume. The new recommendations say that children ages 2 to 18 should eat or drink less than six teaspoons of added sugars daily.
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Science|Seeing Through to a Mouse's Nervous System A mouse tagged with fluorescent protein that has undergone treatment with uDisco to become transparent. Credit Ali Erturk. Neuroscientists have developed a way to turn an entire mouse, including its muscles and internal organs, transparent while ...
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See-Through Mice May Soon Substitute for Live Animals Researchers have developed a way to make a mouse transparent - by removing the liquids and fats from its tissue. They hope their method can be used to make a complete, unsliced model of a human brain, with all the delicate nerve connections untouched ...
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Miami Mother Copes With Zika-Related Effects In Newborn That's because Mendoza's daughter, Micaela, was born with health issues related to the Zika virus. Seven-week-old Micaela has scarring on her retina and calcifications on her brain.
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How often should you get a mammogram? It depends on whether you have dense breast tissue, experts say For women older than 50 who have been confused by conflicting advice on how frequently to get a mammogram, some new science is here to guide their decisions.
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D.A. Henderson, 'disease detective' who eradicated smallpox, dies at 87 Dr. D. A. Henderson, second from left, is shown in 1967 in Ethiopia examining vaccination scars on children during case-finding operations.
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FDA Okays Marketing of First Cognitive Testing Devices for Patients With Head Injury Two medical devices for evaluating symptoms and cognitive function after a head injury have received marketing permission, according to an announcement today from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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No More Than 6 Teaspoons of Added Sugars a Day for Kids MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Children and teens should consume less than six teaspoons of added sugars a day, a new American Heart Association statement advises.
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'Bagpipe lung' fungi kills piper, doctors say Red meat. In 2009, Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills and his colleague Dr. Scott Commins published their discovery of a new allergy called galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose -- alpha-gal for short.
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Let Her Feed Her Hungry Baby... Anytime, Anywhere Aletha Maybank, M.D., MPH Deputy Commissioner NYC Dept. of Health & Founding Director of the Center for Health Equity. "Who am I?" I've asked myself lately to tell women that they should breastfeed.
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Socioeconomic Factors, Not Race, Influenced Myeloma Survival in Younger Patients Socioeconomic factors affected the care and survival of younger patients with multiple myeloma, but race/ethnicity itself did not influence survival, according to the results of a study published in Cancer.
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Unhappy at Work in Your 20s, Unhealthy in Your 40s? MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Millennials, take heed: Job dissatisfaction in your 20s or 30s can undermine your health by mid-life, new research suggests.
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Why we scoff when McDonald's hands out fitness trackers McDonald's is pulling activity trackers from Happy Meals over fears they could cause skin irritation. McDonald's is pulling activity trackers from Happy Meals over fears they could cause skin irritation.
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Summer Vacations Can Lead to Divorce The post-vacation hangover may be dangerous for your marriage. Filings for divorce spike twice a year, in March and August, according to a new study.
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Not So Sweet: New Sugar Limits for Kids Announced Kids in the United States are sweet on sugar, but a major health organization is issuing new guidelines to curb children's consumption of sugary foods and beverages.
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After a fracture, patients often continue meds that boost fracture risk (Reuters Health) - Older people who break a bone are often receiving medications that can increase the risk of a fracture - and even after an accident, less than 10 percent of them stop taking those drugs, according to a new study.
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After a fracture, patients often continue meds that boost fracture risk Older people who break a bone are often receiving medications that can increase the risk of a fracture - and even after an accident, less than 10 percent of them stop taking those drugs, according to a new study.
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Two senators urge scrutiny of EpiPen price boost Two U.S. senators are raising concerns about massive price increases on a drug used under emergency conditions for food allergy reactions to see if they are justified.
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Dispatches From the Mammography Tug of War Guideline writers are dialing back breast screening recommendations because of concerns about false positives and overdiagnosis. But advocates and some clinicians are pulling in the opposite direction—for more coverage, especially for 3D mammography.
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As globe-threatening yellow fever epidemic explodes in Congo, people ask 'where is the vaccine?' KINSHASA, Congo - Here in Kinshasa, they're using bug spray to repel a pandemic. At first glance, it looks like a bloody ambush on civilians: Dozens in uniform are storming into a bustling marketplace bearing on their shoulders what look like bazookas.
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Doctors remove 40 knives from Indian man's stomach Surgeons in India extracted 40 knives from inside the body of a police officer during a rare, five-hour operation. Surjeet Singh had swallowed the knives over several months.
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New York Region Swings Into Action on Zika New York City is getting most of the attention as the region contends with the Zika virus, but a growing number of cases in New Jersey and Connecticut are raising the stakes for those states' mosquito-control efforts.
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Male Breadwinners Are Less Healthy, Study Shows, Because Rigid Gender Roles Hurt Everyone Maybe Norman Rockwell's paintings should have featured fewer Boy Scouts and more trips to the therapist. According to a University of Connecticut study released on Aug. 19, male breadwinners are less healthy and face more psychological problems than ...
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Milk, Not Plastic, Will Protect Food in the Future Much of the plastic packaging we see in the grocery store can be recycled, from egg containers, to milk jugs, to butter tubs. But what about that thin plastic film stretched around wedges of manchego in the cheese bin or the 16-ounce rib-eye in the ...
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First West Nile infection this year reported in Maryland The first confirmed case of a West Nile Virus infection in Maryland this year was reported Monday by the state health department. An adult resident of western Maryland was infected and survived, the department said.
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When Kids Are Sick, Parents Must Navigate California Health Care Systems In Bakersfield, a family works to get treatment for a 5-year-old with cancer, while Children's Hospital of Orange County helps critically ill patients to stay in touch with their siblings.
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Maryland Reports First Case of West Nile Virus in 2016 BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Maryland health officials are reporting the first confirmed case of West Nile Virus this year in the state and more cases are expected.
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Doctors in India remove 40 knives from man's stomach NEW DELHI (AP) - Doctors in northern India say they've surgically removed 40 knives from the stomach of a man who had swallowed them over the past two months.
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Meet the 12-year-old behind Trump's campaign in Jefferson County, Colorado Washington (CNN) The Donald Trump campaign has gained a reputation for its less-than-traditional approach to grassroots engagement, and that includes its offices in Jefferson County, Colorado, where one of the operation's most prominent leaders is ...
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The UN has admitted that it played a role in the cholera outbreak in Haiti The United Nations (UN) has finally acknowledged that it played a role in the cholera outbreak in Haiti that began nearly six years ago, and has killed thousands of people, and infected almost 800,000.
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Edible food packaging made from milk proteins Researchers tested their milk-protein film as a packaging for blocks of cheese. Credit: American Chemical Society. At the grocery store, most foods—meats, breads, cheeses, snacks—come wrapped in plastic packaging.
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It's family, not friends, who may help you live longer, study says The company you keep has long been thought to be an important factor in both mental and physical well-being. Numerous studies have documented how the quantity and quality of social relationships have effects that emerge in childhood and, as ...
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St. Louis County poised to raise minimum age for tobacco purchases CREVE COEUR • A proposal to bump the minimum age for tobacco purchases to 21 years of age from the current 18 in St. Louis County is about to land on the desk of county lawmakers.
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Blood Is Thicker Than Water: Close Relationships With Family Members Increase Life Expectancy More Than Friends Keep your friends close, but your family closer if you want to live a longer life. A research team from the University of Toronto's School of Public Health and University of Chicago presented a new body of research at the 111th Annual Meeting of the ...
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Real Men Wear Pink event raises funds for cancer research Gary White, director of Savoy, and Mike Neal, the executive vice president of the American Cancer Society, pose for a photo at the American Cancer Society's "Real Men Wear Pink" fundraiser held at Savoy Restaurant in the Strip.
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'Uncontrollable Urge' Drives Indian Man To Eat 40 Knives In a bizarre case that left medical professionals baffled, surgeons in Amritsar, India removed a large collection of knives from a patient's stomach.
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Cost of potential allergy lifesaver EpiPen is skyrocketing As parents check off items on the back-to-school list, many are suffering sticker shock at the price increase for EpiPens, potentially lifesaving devices that counter an allergic reaction - and that now cost more than $600.
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Query a Queer: LGBT Center is ready to answer all questions about sexuality and gender identity What is the difference between gender expression and gender identity? Why don't we have a straight pride? Can LGBT people also be people of faith?
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Cupping treatment is nothing new in Asia "Cupping" marks on the shoulders of U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps brought renewed attention to the ancient practice.
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Food Recall Roundup for Week Ending August 21, 2016 The Food Recall Roundup for the week ending August 21, 2016 includes whiskey glasses, more veggies recalled for Listeria, and a recall of scallops linked to a hepatitis A outbreak in Hawaii.
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Rural health clinics win grants from federal agency Six medical clinics on the Western Slope were among those nationwide to be awarded a share of more than $100 million in grants last week from the U.S.
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Happy tears flow as former NICU patients, families reunite with Methodist Women's Hospital staff who cared for them Graduates of Methodist Women's Hospital's NICU, along with their parents and siblings and doctors and nurses, formed a parade line and made the short walk from the hospital to West Dodge Station Elementary on Sunday.
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Man loses 300 pounds walking for food Pasquale "Pat" Brocco lost more than 300 pounds over three years. He started by walking to the local grocery store whenever he was hungry.
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