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Researchers Clear 'Patient Zero' From AIDS Origin Story It's one of the biggest medical mysteries of our time: How did HIV come to the U.S.? By genetically sequencing samples from people infected early on, scientists say they have figured out when and where the virus that took hold here first arrived.
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HIV Arrived in the US Long Before 'Patient Zero' Demonstrators holding signs with numbers for each patient who died from AIDS at a memorial service in Central Park in June 1983. Scientists report that the strain of H.I.
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Englewood Hospital helps women make sense of mammogram guidelines O ctober is Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month but when it comes to a consensus on screenings, the jury is still out. With so much conflicting information out there, Dr.
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Parent-Led Autism Therapy Shows Lasting Benefits WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A therapy that focuses on parents' communication skills may have lasting benefits for young children with autism, a new clinical trial suggests.
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Businesses paint the town pink Today, businesses throughout downtown Crawfordsville will donate portions of their sales to the Montgomery County chapter of Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
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A New Study Found Lying Changes Your Brain Every time Pinocchio lied his nose grew, making it harder and harder for him to be untruthful. For humans, though, it turns out it's kind of the opposite.
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Doctors Have Little Guidance On What To Do With Racist Patients It was Dr. Emily Whitgob's first year in a supervising role at Stanford Hospital when she first encountered discrimination from a patient.
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First ever '3-way DNA' kids are thriving 17 babies were created with DNA from mom, dad and a donor 1996-2001; It was a groundbreaking attempt to beat infertility after IVF failed 5 times; 33 couples were involved in the study; 14 managed to conceive; Dr Jacques Cohen, who led the study, ...
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Why investors may want to keep tabs on air pollution Americans are increasingly aware of the negative health impact of air pollution, but researchers have found another reason to track air quality: its impact on stock market returns.
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Kids are all right: Children with 3-way DNA are healthy Emma Foster, 17, of Red Bank, N.J., speaks during an interview at St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, N.J. More than 15 years ago, 17 babies, including Emma, were born after an experimental infertility treatment that gave them DNA from three people ...
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The kids are all right: Children with 3-way DNA are healthy From left, Peter Foster, daughters, Emma and Kerry; wife, Susan Foster, and embryologist Dr. Jacques Cohen pose for a photograph at St. Barnabas Hospital, in Livingston, N.J.
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Mass flu vaccination clinics being held Getting a flu shot: Pam Davis (right), a nurse with the Arkansas Department of Health Unit in Paris, gives a flu vaccination shot at a mass flu vaccination clinic held in Paris last year.
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Prescription Testosterone, Other Steroid Drugs Product Labels Get New Warning From FDA The U.S. Food and Drug administration is stepping up with warnings for prescription drugs that treat low testosterone. The abuse of the said drugs has been proven to be linked with heart-related and mental health problems, among others.
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How to stay healthy during flu season KUSA - The flu season just started and so far this month the virus sent seven people to the hospital in Colorado. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said about half the people who should get vaccinated do not.
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Colorado Springs-area flu hospitalization a reminder to get vaccine photo - Many employers around the city have flu shot clinics for their employees. A Many employers around the city have flu shot clinics for their employees.
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Wolbachia efforts ramp up to fight Zika in Brazil, Colombia Health groups today announced $18 million in funding to quickly ramp up large-scale use of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes to fight Zika and dengue virus, with deployment slated for Colombia and Brazil in early 2017.
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Knowing the difference between Type I and Type II Diabetes Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death among Americans. 29 million Americans have diabetes, and 86 million are pre-diabetic, but it can be prevented and avoided.
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Artificial hand helps amputees feel just how hard to squeeze In this photo provided by James Vonderhuevel, Keith Vonderhuevel picks up 2-year-old Allison Vonderhuevel in Sidney, Ohio, using a special prosthetic hand that allowed him to feel sensation so he knew how tightly to squeeze.
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Roswell Park gets go-ahead to test Cuban lung cancer vaccine A jubilant Dr. Candace Johnson, president and CEO of Roswell Park Cancer Institute, announces FDA approval of clinical trial of a lung cancer vaccine from Cuba.
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NICU Babies Get Special Tiny Halloween Costumes The babies in the NICU at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, got a special Halloween surprise! Their nurses and volunteers with The March of Dimes made creative Halloween costumes for them, along with crocheted, candy-filled pumpkins to ...
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Legalizing marijuana question provides wrangle between Holyoke Council President Kevin Jourdain, Mayor Alex Morse Updated at 8:13 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 to include text of debate points used by Holyoke City Council President Kevin Jourdain in opposition to the ballot question to legalize marijuana for recreational use at Tuesday's forum.
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A casino magnate is spending millions to fight legal marijuana in three states With five states voting on marijuana legalization next month, this is a pivotal year for marijuana policy no matter which way the contests turn out.
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Here's what occurs if Californians legalize recreational pot GARBERVILLE, Calif. - Proposition 64 would legalize the recreational use of marijuana starting Jan. 1, 2018. The ballot measure is 62 pages long and aims to regulate the entire cannabis industry, from seeds to pipe.
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Should dense breast notification be mandatory in Washington state? When a woman gets a mammogram in Washington state, she is notified by letter of her results, but nowhere in that report will it say if she has dense breasts.
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Study: Coal ash not the source of well contaminant, Duke University study finds A contaminant at the center of a months-long furor over coal ash and polluted wells doesn't come from ash after all, Duke University scientists report in a study published Wednesday.
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Duke University report: Hexavalent chromium widespread but naturally occurring At the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center, land is graded and prepared at the landfill where by-products of coal combustion (coal ash) will be deposited.
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This Startup Sells You Meal Plans Based On Your Nutrition Type After Neil Grimmer sold his organic baby food startup to Campbell's Soup, he took a long, hard look in the mirror. The fast food, stress, and late nights involved with running a business had taken their toll.
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Heather and Chris Dempsey of Frankfort Illinois get married after liver transplant An Illinois couple has tied the knot, one year after meeting over a life-saving liver transplant. Heather Krueger was 25 when she was diagnosed with stage four liver disease.
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How We're Endangering our Kids' Imaginations The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) just released its updated guidelines for children's media use. The recommendations reflect what all parents instinctively know: children need less screen time.
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He gave her his liver. She gave him her heart. Whether a blind date, a chance meeting or even a lucky Tinder swipe, every couple has an origin story. Heather Krueger and Chris Dempsey are no different, but theirs began in a darker place than most: with stage 4 liver cancer.
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Must-see: NICU babies get adorable Halloween treat – tiny... According to ABC News, March of Dimes volunteers teamed up with nurses at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, to help NICU babies and their families celebrate Halloween with handmade costumes and other goodies.
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Trump-related broadcast news stories negative 91 percent of time, study finds Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump points towards guests during an campaign event with employees at Trump National Doral, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, in Miami.
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Reports: Boy said 'Get off me, I can't breathe' before death PHILADELPHIA - State violation reports say three staffers at a private school for children with special needs in Philadelphia restrained and punched a 17-year-old student, who eventually died, after he was suspected of stealing an iPod and became ...
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Breast cancer survivor raises nearly $5G by running over 1K miles When avid runner and mother-of-two Davina McNaney was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 at age 40, she was devastated. But after undergoing a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, the 44-year-old Pinckney, Michigan, resident has taken ...
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Pediatricians urge parents of infants to follow safe-sleep practices PEORIA - Felony charges filed this week against a mother who allegedly smothered her sleeping infant offer a sad and serious reminder that even sleeping babies require careful attention.
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Gene-editing trick discovered by CMU, Yale researchers Researchers at Yale and Carnegie Mellon universities have published a paper in Nature Communications revealing a completely different method of editing genes and targeting mutations that cause diseases.
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New guidelines aim to cut risk of sudden infant death syndrome The new room-sharing guideline -- part of a broader policy on SIDS -- calls for infants to sleep in a crib or bassinet with a firm mattress in their parents' bedroom for at least the first six months and, optimally, for the first year of life.
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Voting Yes For Medical Or Recreational Marijuana Legalization Will Probably Save Lives: Your Vote Matters Constance Scharff, Phd Director of Addiction Research, Cliffside Malibu and a recognized speaker/book author on addiction recovery, women's health, and overcoming trauma.
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New Guidelines Acknowledge The Reality: Babies Do Sleep In Mom's Bed This happens, pediatricians acknowledge. So they're offering advice on how to reduce the risk of bed sharing with infants. PhotoAlto/Anne-Sophie Bost / Getty Images.
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A Personalized Nutrition Company Will Use Your DNA To Tell You What To Eat Habit, a new California-based start-up, uses your personal DNA to create a food profile tailored to what foods work best for your body.
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3D mammograms increase cancer detection, ease stress F ew statements trigger more fear and anxiety as, "You need to return for a few more pictures," to a woman who just had a mammogram.
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Campbell Soup backs nutrition venture CAMDEN - Campbell Soup Co. is bankrolling a food-delivery business intended to promote better eating. Habit, a San Francisco-based startup, will provide a "personal nutrition blueprint" based on a customer's "biology, metabolism and personal goals ...
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Artificial hand helps amputees feel just how hard to squeeze WASHINGTON - A next-generation artificial hand is letting two amputees tell the difference between a soft or firm touch - like holding a child without squeezing too tightly.
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US liver donor marries woman whose life he saved When Christopher Dempsey offered to donate half his liver to a complete stranger, he knew it would be a life-changing experience. What the former marine didn't know was that he would be saving the life of the woman who would become his wife.
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Early voting update – an analysis of North Carolina and Florida By Anthony Salvanto and Kabir Khanna. With early voting underway in several states, we took a look at trends in the key battlegrounds of Florida and North Carolina, beyond just the count of who's voted.
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Nerve Stimulation Restored Sense of Touch to Arm Amputees WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Direct stimulation of the nervous system produced realistic sensations of touch in two arm amputees, researchers report.
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STD rates hit 20-year high in California Fresno County has some of the highest sexually transmitted disease rates in the state, and low condom use is one of the problems. Creative Commons.
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Campbell Soup Invests In Nutrition Tech Startup Personalized nutrition tips is in startup's DNA. Campbell Soup has invested in a new nutrition-focused startup that uses data from an at-home test kit to make personalized food recommendations tailored to an individual's unique DNA.
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Study: Asian immigrants to US giving birth at higher rates PHOENIX - Trish La Chica migrated from the Philippines to the United States six years ago in search of the American experience and a graduate degree.
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West Nile kills first Iowan since 2010 West Nile virus has claimed its first Iowa life since 2010. The Iowa Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that an unidentified elderly person in northwest Iowa recently died from complications of the mosquito-borne virus.
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