Saturday, September 10, 2016

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Daily update September 10, 2016
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins​ have gotten a bad rap, say the authors of a comprehensive new review of 30 years' worth of studies on the medications.
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Medical detectives said Friday they are still baffled about how much-feared drug-resistant superbugs infected two people in the U.S.
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An outbreak of hepatitis A health officials say is linked to imported frozen strawberries is claiming more victims. The second foodborne hepatitis A outbreak reported since mid-August has sickened 89 people in seven states, according to the U.S ...
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Jurupa schools Superintendent Elliott Duchon speaks to parents and staff at a Wednesday, Sept. 7, meeting about unconfirmed leprosy cases at Indian Hills Elementary School in Jurupa Valley.
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An outbreak of Hepatitis A in several states has been linked to strawberries consumed at Tropical Smoothie Cafe outlets. Credit Getty Images.
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It's no secret that the soda industry hates sugary drink taxes and says it favors educating consumers about the health impact of sugar-sweetened beverages.
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A ticking time bomb. That's what some health officials say the Zika virus is in Southeast Asia. In the past two weeks, an outbreak in Singapore has climbed from a few dozen cases to nearly 300.
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Six weeks after Zika officially landed in Wynwood, the virus has taken a bite out of Miami-Dade County's economy - and it's no mosquito-sized nibble.
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In 1999, when West Nile virus cases began surfacing in the United States, horror overcame Americans, causing them to shut their doors for fear of becoming infected with the mysterious mosquito-borne illness.
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Miami Beach authorities started spraying for Zika-carrying mosquitoes Friday, and spraying's expected to continue for weeks. Authorities in other states are also cracking down on mosquitoes as the Zika threat worsens.
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The Cloudy with a Chance of Pain study has found a link between weather and body pain. People suffering from arthritis or chronic pain experienced more frequent severe symptoms during rainy days.
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(CNN) Aerial spraying for Zika-carrying mosquitoes, which happened in the predawn hours on Friday, is bugging out residents of Miami Beach, Florida.
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The Stand Up 2 Cancer telethon is an hour full of inspiring stories, celebrities speaking from the heart (and speaking to donators on the phone), and heartfelt performances, and it's all for a good cause - to raise money for cancer research and ...
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This story has been updated. On Wednesday afternoon, a police officer in East Liverpool, Ohio, stopped a vehicle for driving erratically and made a shocking discovery: The driver was barely conscious.
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Scientists can use samples from skeletons' teeth to answer lingering questions about the Black Death. 0. Picture of workers excavating skeletons.
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The Lake County Health Department reported Friday that the county's first confirmed human case of West Nile virus affected an Ingleside resident late last month.
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A Chandler pharmaceutical company is now the largest donor in the campaign against legalized marijuana in Arizona. Insys Therapeutics gave $500,000 to Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy against Proposition 205, four times more than any other donor ...
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) New numbers are showing suicides are on the rise in Utah. Right now, Utah is averaging two suicides per day.
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) - Authorities in LA County say two deaths reported there can be attributed to West Nile virus. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed the first deaths due to West Nile this year in LA County.
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The Buckeye Campaign Against Suicide, a student organization, gives away free temporary tattoos to passersby on The Oval on Sept. 8 to raise awareness for suicide prevention on.
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ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Department of Health is investigating an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease after five cases were confirmed among people who live or work in Hopkins.
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Officials, however, say they're taking every precaution to make sure the spraying isn't harmful to the area. Los Angeles Times: San Diego Neighborhood Sprayed With Insecticide To Fight Zika Virus Wearing protective masks and backpacks that released ...
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Up to 44 beds at the Elgin Mental Health Center will be set aside to house inmates from the Illinois Department of Corrections. Up to 44 beds at the Elgin Mental Health Center will be set aside to house inmates from the Illinois Department of Corrections.
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Waukegan, Ill. -- The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center is reporting the first confirmed human case of West Nile virus in Lake County in 2016.
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A California pediatrician, known partly for his controversial views on immunization schedules, faces the possible suspension of his license after the executive director of the California Medical Board accused him of being "grossly negligent in his care ...
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Five confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease have been reported among people who live or work in the Hopkins area, the Minnesota Department of Health said Friday.
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Photo by Tracy Klimek/New Jersey Herald - Paige Lockburner, left, and Eric Risley of the Sussex County Office of Mosquito Control place dry ice in a mosquito catcher Thursday in the backyard of a home in Hopatcong.
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PHOENIX - A Chandler firm that could lose business from legalized marijuana is now the largest contributor to a campaign to stop that from happening here.
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KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia will focus its mosquito-eradication programme in Johor following suspicion the state was the centre of the Zika spread due to its proximity to Singapore, where it has recorded nearly 300 Zika infections.
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The 1986 Harrison Ford movie "The Mosquito Coast" is about bringing ice to a fictional, insect-plagued Central American country, and things get a bit scary.
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Supporters of an Arizona campaign to legalize marijuana say opponents should return a donation from a drug company that produces fentanyl, a powerful painkiller known for killing illegal drug users.
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The mass grave found at Liverpool Street, London. Crossrail. The last time the plague hit England on any sort of scale was 1665. It was nowhere near the scale of the Black Death, but the Great Plague still wiped out some 100,000 people in London over a ...
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(CNN) In 1665, the Great Plague of London killed more than 75,000 people in the space of a year, almost a quarter of the city's population back then.
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Slide: 1 / of 1 . Caption: A sped-up version of the Harvard Medical School footage featuring the evolution of antibiotic resistant E. coli/.
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DUBLIN, Ga. - A VA medical center granted a dying Georgia veteran's last wish - to go to the river and fish one final time. U.S.
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For those fearful of getting a flu shot this year, 4-year-old Will Hudson has some advice. "It's okay if you get a shot. It's going to hurt a little bit but not that much," said the boy, shortly after getting a flu shot Friday morning at his doctor's ...
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The campaign against marijuana legalization in Arizona received a major infusion of cash last week from a synthetic cannabis drugmaker that has been investigated for alleged improper marketing of a highly addictive prescription painkiller, according to ...
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He wanted to be baptized to ensure he'd cross over to the next life in accordance with his religious beliefs. And he wanted to go on one more fishing trip.
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Congressional lawmakers are warning that sweeping new anti-tobacco regulations from the Food and Drug Administration could ban groups from donating cigars to American troops deployed overseas.
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Kids may get more of a sting from flu vaccination this fall: Doctors are gearing up to give shots only, because U.S. health officials say the easy-to-use nasal spray version of the vaccine isn't working as well as a jab.
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Need another reason to exercise? A new study suggests that routine workouts are associated with significantly lower health costs for heart disease patients.
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Under pressure from organized medicine, the Medicare program has drastically simplified what physicians need to do next year to avoid a penalty in 2019 under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).
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"These kids have been through more in their short lives than most of us will experience in a lifetime." Perhaps the most devastating words a parent can hear are "your child has cancer.
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