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Uber will deliver up to 5 free flu shots and a free care pack to users Last year, Uber launched UberHEALTH to deliver on-demand wellness pack and optional flu shots. For 2016, it's doing it again, with Uber for Health, which similarly offers on on-demand "flu-fighting" care pack when you request one in-app, with optional ...
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To avoid SIDS, infants and parents should share a room, report says (CNN) For at least the first six months of their lives, infants should be sleeping in the same room as their parents, but not the same bed, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Texas nurse who contracted Ebola settles hospital lawsuit (CNN) A Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while treating a patient has settled a lawsuit against the hospital where she became infected.
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Is Football Safe for Kids? New Study Finds Brain Changes After 25 years of playing football, six of them in the NFL, former Minnesota Viking Greg DeLong feels like a "walking time bomb" who could end up with brain disease from all the hits he took on the field.
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Meet the baby who was born twice HOUSTON (WCMH) - A little girl from Texas who was removed from the womb at 23 weeks for surgery and then placed back in her mother's womb is being called nothing short of a miracle.
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Marjorie Dannenfelser: Donald Trump's Abortion Stance Preserves the Sanctity of Life Marjorie Dannenfelser is the president of the Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life political action committee. Polls show more Americans agree with Donald Trump than Hillary Clinton on abortion policy.
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Advocates of Kansas' mental health courts say lives improved, taxpayer dollars saved Wichita Municipal Court Judge Bryce Abbott presides in the state's oldest and largest mental health court and says intense supervision of nonviolent criminals with mental illness is a worthwhile community investment that can leave administrators to ...
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The baby who was born twice A BABY girl in Texas was born twice after doctors removed her from her mum's womb to perform life saving surgery before putting her back inside.
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Women Are Drinking as Much as Men Researchers extracted data from 68 studies of alcohol consumption published worldwide from 1948 to 2014. They divided alcohol use into three broad categories: any alcohol use, problematic alcohol use, and alcohol-related harms.
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Pregnant Woman Infected With Zika Waits and Worries for Her Baby Yessica Flores is not sure where she caught Zika - on her visit to Honduras, or at home, in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood. All she knows is that for now, her developing baby is normal and healthy.
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Merck's Keytruda wins coveted first-line lung cancer nod Just a couple weeks after presenting full results of its first-line lung cancer monotherapy study for immuno-oncology star Keytruda, Merck has snagged a coveted FDA nod in the indication.
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How One Season of Football Affects a Child's Brain Research is mounting that concussions have devastating impacts on professional football players in the NFL—and the symptoms don't happen overnight.
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The Real Story — How will a vote to legalize pot in Mass. impact Connecticut? HARTFORD -- Jill Spineti, President and CEO of the Governor's Prevention Partnership talks about the potential impact of a ballot measure in Massachusetts to legalize recreational marijuana, and the likelihood that, if it passes there, Connecticut ...
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To avoid SIDS, infants and parents should share a room, report says For at least the first six months of their lives, infants should be sleeping in the same room as their parents, but not the same bed, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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To avoid SIDS, infants and parents should share a room, report says A new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends parents share a room with infants for the first six months. Sharing a room -- and not bed -- can reduce risk of SIDS by 50%.
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John Oliver Pinpoints A Fake Statistic That Fueled The Opioid Crisis In John Oliver's latest segment on opioids during Last Week Tonight, he pulled up one of the key statistics pharmaceutical salespeople used to market prescription opioids to doctors in the 1990s: Less than 1 percent of patients taking opioids become ...
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Brain Changes Seen In Kids After One Season Of Football Just one season of competitive football may cause changes in some young players' developing brains, even if they don't get a concussion during play, a small study found.
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Brain Changes Seen in Kids After One Season of Football MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Just one season of competitive football may cause changes in some young players' developing brains, even if they don't get a concussion during play, a small study found.
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Man's death by bacteria 'like something out of a horror movie' A Maryland woman hopes to bring awareness after her husband contracted a flesh-eating bacteria - and died four days later. Michael Funk, 67, fell ill in September in Ocean City after coming in contact with Vibrio vulnificus, his widow Marcia Funk told ...
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Genetic Tests That Make a Difference After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Knowing your BRCA1/2 status can help determine if you require more frequent and advanced screenings, prophylactic surgeries and risk-reducing medications.
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Researchers say risks of legal marijuana in need of more study SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers who have studied measures to legalize recreational marijuana say that to a large extent they are a shot in the dark, a vast public health experiment carried out with relatively little research on the risks.
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A real-life antidote for election stress For a time, the presidential campaign seemed fascinating - the first female nominee of a major political party versus the populist billionaire TV star, both deeply disliked by the electorate but with important issues at stake.
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You can blame cigarettes for nearly 3 in 10 cancer deaths in the US, study says Cigarette smoking can be blamed for at least 167,133 cancer deaths in the U.S. in a single year, according to a new report. That's more than the total number of people who will attend the first four games of the World Series in Cleveland and Chicago ...
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This baby girl was born twice A baby girl in Texas was born twice after doctors removed her from her mom's womb to perform life-saving surgery before putting her back inside.
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Election may be a turning point for legal marijuana in US Ian Almerico carries a tray of cannabis clones at Harborside, a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif., Oct. 20, 2016. Opinion polls are showing five states, including California and Massachusetts, may vote to legalize recreational marijuana ...
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Neuroscientists show how tiny fibs snowball into big lies A little dishonesty goes a long way. Scientists who studied the brain activity of people who told small lies to benefit themselves found that these fibs appeared to pave the way to telling whoppers later.
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Canton neighborhood infested with fleas Canton leaders have declared an emergency for an area of a neighborhood infested with fleas. Advertisement. Dozens of residents living on nine streets in the Presidential Hills neighborhood have been affected, authorities said.
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Hired experts back claims St. Jude heart devices can be hacked The ticker and trading information for St. Jude Medical is displayed where the stock is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S.
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Why requiring low-nicotine cigarettes is still ill-advised Lynn T. Kozlowski, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Global policymakers will soon consider a policy of requiring that only reduced-nicotine cigarettes can be manufactured or sold.
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More than half of Americans have a case of election stress If you've been feeling anxiety about the upcoming presidential election, we now we have statistical evidence to prove that most Americans are suffering from election stress as well.
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Preteens need only two rounds of HPV vaccine, CDC says (CNN) Young people who get the human papillomavirus vaccine before turning 15 need only two doses, rather than three, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week.
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Support, awareness are key to beating breast cancer Last week, I worked with seven women who reached out to share their stories about fighting breast cancer. From one woman who was diagnosed in August to another who has been cancer-free for more than 10 years, The Clarion-Ledger ran these personal ...
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Examiner Endorsements: Statewide ballot measures Proposition 53 seeks to require voter approval for the issuing of any public infrastructure bonds greater than $2 billion. (Courtesy photo).
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HPV vaccine access must be expanded As the adage goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In the fight against HPV, however, we don't have the balance quite right.
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Lying may be your brain's fault, honestly (CNN) The lies start small and then they grow. We've all seen this, in news reports, among our friends and family, in ourselves.
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Vibrio Vulnificus Flesh-Eating Bacteria: Signs, Symptoms And Everything You Need To Know Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, may cause potentially fatal septic shock and skin lesions in infected individuals. It can be found in in shallow, warm and coastal salt waters, and even in plankton and shellfish such as clams, oysters and crabs.
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With Teal Pumpkin Project, Halloween gets less tricky for kids with allergies To participate in the Teal Pumpkin Project, just put out a teal-colored pumpkin or a sign and offer non-food treats, along with or instead of candy, says the sponsoring group, Food Allergy Research & Education.
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott Renewed Vow to Eliminate Homegrown Zika Florida Governor Rick Scott has renewed his vow to eliminate homegrown Zika from Miami-Dade County, the only place in the US where the disease is spreading locally.
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Man Dies of Flesh-Eating Bacteria from Ocean: What Is Vibrio Vulnificus? A man in Maryland died just days after he developed a rare infection from a type of flesh-eating bacteria that live in ocean water.
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UC Health hosts breast cancer awareness seminar WEBVTT JENNIFER: WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AND THIS WEEK, U.C. HEALTH WEST CHESTER WANTS TO HELP WOMEN UNDERSTAND THE RISK FACTORS FOR BREAST CANCER AND OTHER ...
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Treating a tricky tradition Thanks to a Tennessee mom, the Teal Pumpkin Project is now in its third year. What's the Teal Pumpkin Project? It's an initiative to raise awareness of food allergies and promote inclusion of all trick-or-treaters.
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Guns & Politics: Hillary Clinton's Record With Military Veterans While Hillary Clinton is seen agonizing over the fate of Syrian refugees, illegal aliens from Central America, misunderstood transgenders, victims of sexual assault, well, some of them, anyway, and Black Lives Matters' advocates, among others ...
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CT health commissioner supports fewer HPV vaccine doses Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Raul Pino (pictured) applauded a recent announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that recommends two doses of human papillomavirus vaccine for healthy 11- and 12-year-old boys ...
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500 drug addicts escape rehab in Vietnam More than 500 addicts have escaped from a drug rehabilitation centre in southern Vietnam. The addicts broke through the gates of the centre in Dong Nai province on Sunday night before heading towards the trans-Vietnam highway, Huynh Van Tinh, director ...
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Police Hunting for 230 Escaped Drug Addicts in Vietnam HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese authorities were searching Monday for 230 drug addicts are still at large after a mass escape from a rehabilitation center in southern Vietnam.
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More Connecticut adolescents getting HPV vaccinations, but gender gaps persist A growing number of adolescents in Connecticut and nationwide are protecting themselves from human papillovirus, new data show, but disparities persist in who is getting vaccinated.
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Sorry, dude. If Mass. legalizes marijuana, you can't use it on campus Massachusetts colleges and universities say even if voters legalize marijuana in next month's referendum, using the drug anywhere on campus, including in dorm rooms, will remain forbidden.
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Police hunting for 230 escaped drug addicts in Vietnam HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnamese authorities were searching Monday for 230 drug addicts are still at large after a mass escape from a rehabilitation center in southern Vietnam.
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Lead content in paint colour detrimental for health KATHMANDU: Do you have plans to paint your house in blazing colours to make it attractive? If you happen to be harbouring such thoughts, it is now time to shun it or else you will be risking your health according to experts, who claim that the colours ...
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Facebook has re-approved a breast cancer awareness ad after initially blocking it for its content A few days after Swedish cancer charity Cancerfonden posted an informational ad titled "Get to know your breasts" which featured pink cartoon circles to symbolize breasts, the social network removed the post.
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