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Brain Cancer Now Top Cause of Cancer Death in US Children Brain cancer has replaced leukemia as the leading cause of cancer death among US children and adolescents aged 1 to 19 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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'No room for doubt': New science proves Zika causes microcephaly Scientists have produced the strongest evidence yet that Zika virus infection in pregnant women causes microcephaly in their babies.
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Mosquito spraying begins after York County resident tests positive for Zika virus York County officials are reporting the second confirmed travel-related case of Zika virus in York County. Jeffrey Arguedas/EFE TNS.
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More Than 1 in 4 Adults Get No Regular Exercise, Study Shows More than 1 in 4 adults in the United States aged 50 years or older reported having engaged in no physical activity within the previous month beyond that required for work, a new study shows.
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Snyder to decide pot law overhaul after House approval Gov. Rick Snyder will now have the final say on whether Michigan will have new regulations for the state's medical marijuana industry after the state House approved Wednesday a package of legislative reforms.
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Brain cancer replaces leukemia as the leading cause of cancer deaths in kids It's official: Brain cancer has replaced leukemia as the leading cause of cancer deaths among children and adolescents. In 1999, almost a third of cancer deaths among patients aged 1 to 19 were attributable to leukemia while about a quarter were caused ...
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Antibiotic Gel Designed to Treat Ear Infections Otitis media, or ear infection, is as common in kids as scraped knees, but it's a lot more difficult to treat, usually requiring a long course of antibiotics.
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Gel Antibiotic: An Easier Ear Infection Treatment Someday? WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A single application of an antibiotic gel into the ear might one day offer kids and parents an easier way to treat bacterial ear infections, new animal research suggests.
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Women who go through early menopause are '50% more likely to have a heart attack' Women who reach the menopause early in life are at greater risk of having a heart attack, research suggests. Those who start the menopause before the age of 45 are about 50 per cent more likely to suffer from coronary heart disease - such as a heart ...
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Donald Trump Trusts Dr. Oz, But A Bunch Of Doctors Don't WASHINGTON ― Unlike recent Republican presidential nominees, Donald Trump has not released detailed medical records to the public.
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FDA Cracks Down on Online Sales by E-Cigarette Industry A month after assuming regulatory oversight over e-cigarettes, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cracked down on online sales by the industry, issuing 24 letters to websites for illegal sales to minors.
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Private Philanthropy is Critical to Ushering in the End of AIDS So far, 2016 has been a very busy year for the HIV/AIDS community. In early June, we gathered in New York for the United Nations High Level Meeting on ending the epidemic.
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Early menopause tied to heart risk and early death Women who enter menopause before age 45 are more likely to have cardiovascular problems and to die younger than women who enter menopause later in life, according to a new analysis.
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Alexis Arquette Reportedly Died From AIDS. Here's What That Really Means Most people who die of AIDS actually die of related infections, not the virus itself. 09/15/2016 12:33 pm ET | Updated 8 hours ago.
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At Canada conference, $13 billion sought for anti-AIDS fight Montreal (AFP) - International donors gather in Montreal this weekend with a goal of raising another $13 billion for the fight to eradicate AIDS and two other major deadly diseases -- tuberculosis and malaria -- by 2030.
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Patients may soon be able to use medical marijuana in California hospital Frederick Mayer, a retired Marin pharmacist says in some cases marijuana can be substituted for the more dangerous narcotics used for pain management, which are leading increasingly to addiction problems.
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Extreme Preemies May Be at Risk for High Blood Pressure as Adults THURSDAY, Sept. 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Very preterm infants -- those born before 29 weeks of pregnancy -- appear to have a bigger risk of high blood pressure in young adulthood, two small, preliminary Canadian studies suggest.
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Early Menopause Linked To Increased Heart Disease Risk And Early Death Women who reach menopause by 45 years old were found to have increased risk for heart problems and early death. Hormonal changes possibly contribute to these health problems.
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Scientists Debunk the '5-Second Rule' THURSDAY, Sept. 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Most people have invoked the "five-second rule" after dropping something tasty on the ground at least once or twice in their lives.
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Prostate Cancer: No Survival Hit With Surveillance Men with early prostate cancer lived just as long with active surveillance as with upfront treatment, even though they had a significantly higher risk of developing metastatic disease, a randomized trial showed.
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Aerial pesticide spray adds to fears in Zika-stricken Miami FILE- In this Sept. 14, 2016, photo, demonstrators cheer at a city commission meeting in Miami Beach, Fla. Opponents want to stop the aerial spraying of the insecticide naled, used to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
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Zika virus: Only a few small outbreaks likely to occur in the continental US Natalie Exner Dean, University of Florida; Alessandro Vespignani, Northeastern University; Elizabeth Halloran, University of Washington, and Ira Longini, University of Florida , KSDK 9:06 AM.
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New Doctor's Note Describes Donald Trump's Health as 'Excellent' Donald J. Trump at a campaign event in Canton, Ohio, on Wednesday. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times. Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign released a new note from his doctor on Thursday declaring that he was in "excellent physical health," ...
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Is The Shocking News of the Sugar Industry's Influence Over Harvard Researchers Really Shocking? Today, the Journal of the American Medical Association dropped an alleged bombshell when it disclosed that the sugar industry lobby influenced research on coronary heart disease by effectively bribing Harvard researchers to promote the theory that ...
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Bills to regulate medical marijuana headed to Snyder LANSING - The state House today gave final approval to a package of bills - years in the making - to license, tax and regulate the cultivation, processing, transport, testing and sale of various forms of medical marijuana, which state voters ...
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Trump supports birth control without prescription (CNN) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said today that he's not in favor of requiring a prescription to purchase birth control.
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Sugar Shocked? The Rest Of Food Industry Pays For Lots Of Research, Too Sugar shocked. That describes the reaction of many Americans this week following revelations that, 50 years ago, the sugar industry paid Harvard scientists for research that shifted the focus away from sugar's role in heart disease - and put the ...
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Hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak strikes Florida State University (CNN) Over the past week, Florida State University Health Services has identified more than a dozen cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, an illness commonly seen in children.
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WATCH: Trump Discusses His Weight, Stamina And Medical Record On 'Oz' The campaign trail this week has been dominated not by poll numbers, but by a different set of statistics: cholesterol, triglycerides and the blood pressure levels laid out by the medical records of both major party candidates.
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Trump doctor's letter: He takes cholesterol drug, is overweight but is in 'excellent' health This post has been updated. Donald Trump released a letter from his personal doctor on Thursday that summarizes his latest physical exam, saying he takes a cholesterol-lowering drug and is overweight but overall is in "excellent physical health.
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Yes, It Is Possible To Get Your Flu Shot Too Soon The pitches from pharmacy chains started in August: Come in and get your flu shot. Convenience is touted. So are incentives. CVS offers a 20 percent-off shopping pass for everyone who gets a shot, while Walgreens donates toward international ...
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Hillary Clinton's Iron Will When I came to DC to serve in the first Clinton White House in 1993, people back home in the Midwest would sometimes ask me what I thought was the most dysfunctional thing about the legendarily dysfunctional city of Washington, DC.
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State moves to ease access to medical marijuana State regulators moved Wednesday toward making it significantly easier for patients to gain access to medical marijuana, proposing an overhaul of a program hobbled by missteps when it dawned three years ago.
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New study finds that medical marijuana may be helping to curb the opioid epidemic Marijuana plants are seen nearly ready for harvest at the Ataraxia medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Ill., on Sept. 15, 2015.
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GOP seeks review of claims NFL tried to sway concussion study Three months after House Democrats issued a report concluding that the NFL improperly sought to influence a major government study on football and brain disease, their Republican counterparts called for an independent review into the controversy.
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Clinton says success of Syria agreement rests with Russia GREENSBORO, N.C. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said on Thursday the success of the Syrian ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia depends on whether Moscow decides it is in its interest to follow through with the ...
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Clinton's diagnosis: Is 'non-contagious bacterial pneumonia' real? Hillary Clinton's physician, Dr. Lisa Bardack, on Wednesday released a statement describing the Democratic nominee's illness as a "mild non-contagious bacterial pneumonia," adding a CT scan had revealed a small right middle-lobe pneumonia.
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Hillary Clinton's chronic paranoia problem Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton answers a question from a member of the media on board her campaign plane as she travels to Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Tuesday, Sept.
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OC Health Officials Say Clinic Can No Longer Perform Procedures Until Facility Becomes Bacteria-Free ANAHEIM (CBSLA.com) - Children's Dental Group in Anaheim will not be able to perform procedures on kids until the facility puts in a bacteria-free water system.
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A look at Hillary Clinton's recent illness Hillary Clinton has released a new letter from her doctor declaring her to be "recovering well" from pneumonia and remaining "fit to serve as President of the United States.
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Denver's best burgers: Where to celebrate National Cheeseburger Day The Cherry Cricket, located in Cherry Creek, is known for their beer selection and tasty food - especially the hamburgers. By Justin De La Rosa | jdelarosa.
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Clinton talks about her time of 'reflection' during sick days Hillary Clinton returned to the campaign trail Thursday afternoon, debuting some new intro music and telling the crowd that her sick days allowed her a chance to "reconnect with what this whole campaign is about.
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Study: Opioid Use Decreases in States that Legalize Medical Marijuana Fewer people are using opioids in states that have legalized medical marijuana, according to a study published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health that bolsters advocates' claims that marijuana can substitute for more deadly drugs.
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Hillary Clinton's not the first major US politician to not disclose health issues Hillary Clinton has been criticized recently for delaying the disclosure of her pneumonia, however, U.S. leaders do have a history of withholding information regarding their health.
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Scientists say drop 'five-second rule' for food on floor Depending on the surface, food and time it sits on the floor, bacteria can transfer in less than one second, researchers say. By Stephen Feller | Sept.
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Trump: Stop Regulating Poisoned Dog Food Trump complained the 'FDA food police' dictates what's in dog food—but that same FDA pulled 11 poisoned chow brands off the shelves in the last year.
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The pumpkin spice foods that are worth trying this fall The pumpkin spice trend has officially reached critical mass (and, some would argue, jumped the shark)with countless foods that go far beyond the latte that sparked America's obsession with the flavor.
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Little Wish Foundation spreads joy during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and as we think about all the kids battling cancer right now, one local organization is working to make their days a little brighter.
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Can you keep working with pneumonia? When you hear the word pneumonia, chances are you envision someone elderly or infirm. An infection of the lower respiratory tract, it's commonly associated with older people in hospitals and nursing homes, and thought of as something that can kill.
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Hillary Clinton to campaign in NC Thursday GREENSBORO, N.C. —Democratic nominee for president Hillary Clinton will make a campaign appearance in Greensboro on Thursday, according to her website.
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