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Woman who has baby with mom's womb: it's "science fiction" BERGSHAMRA, Sweden - Emelie Eriksson has a bond with her son that hardly seems possible: She and her son were born from the same womb.
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Akron bridal shop that closed amid Ebola scare sues hospital The owner of an Akron bridal shop that went out of business after an Ebola scare has sued a Texas hospital. (Adam Ferrise, cleveland.
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World's first womb transplant patient describes having her baby using her mother's uterus as 'like science fiction' Emelie Eriksson has a bond with her son that hardly seems possible - both she and her son were born from the same womb. She was the first woman to have a baby after receiving a uterus from her mother, in a revolutionary operation that links three ...
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If you haven't gotten your flu shot yet, time is of the essence BRYAN, Tex. - Amid concerns not enough people are getting vaccinated for the flu, the CDC and local health officials are urging everyone to get the shot as soon as possible.
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Everything you need to know about flu shots Seasonal influenza may be thought of as a common nuisance, but the disease can be dangerous. Last flu season, 970,000 people were hospitalized due to the illness and the U.S.
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Exploding E-Cigarettes Sending 'Vapers' to Burn Centers WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- E-cigarette devices are randomly and unexpectedly exploding, burning and maiming people unlucky enough to be near them when they detonate, researchers report.
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5 supplies to stock up on for flu season FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - JANUARY 06: Gautam Gupta receives an influenza shot from Nurse Practitioner Ray Grigorio in the MinuteClinic at the CVS/pharmacy on January 6, 2014 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Some researchers think there's a limit to how long humans can live - but others disagree For thousands of years, throughout recorded history, people have searched for a way to live longer. And we've made remarkable strides, especially in the past century and a half or so.
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No cost Flu Shot Program continues in Gloucester County WOODBURY —This flu season the Gloucester County Department of Health will be offering ONLY quadrivalent seasonal flu vaccine. This year's quadrivalent seasonal flu vaccine contains the following four viruses: A/California/7/2009 (H1N1) pdm09-like ...
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Is there a limit to how long humans can live? Humans may live longer and longer, but eventually we all grow old and die. This leads to a simple question: Is there an intrinsic maximum limit to human lifespan or not?
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Humans have reached their lifespan limit, researchers say (CNN) Humans can only live so long and we're reaching the natural biological limit, researchers say in a report published in Nature.
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Are we approaching the limits of human life span? All animals - with the exception, perhaps, of the seemingly immortal little sea creature known as the hydra - have a shelf life. They may live shorter or longer spans in captivity, in times of feast or famine, or in different habitats.
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Exclusive: US lawmakers to investigate funding of WHO cancer agency Bacon is fried up in a pan in a kitchen in this photo illustration shot October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/Illustration/ File Photo.
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Here's Why Breast Cancer Awareness Is For Everyone...And Not Just In October Amy Oestreicher PTSD peer-peer specialist, artist, author, survivor, award-winning founder of the Fearless Ostomates, actress and playwright touring the country with Gutless & Grateful, her one-woman musical autobiography.
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Theranos will close labs and wellness centers, laying off hundreds of employees Elizabeth Holmes, the embattled founder and chief executive of Theranos, said late Wednesday that the company will close its clinical labs and wellness centers.
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Theranos will close labs and fire 340 employees Theranos will fire 340 employees - about 40 percent of its workforce - in California, Arizona and Pennsylvania, as well as shuttering all its clinical labs and Theranos Wellness centers, the company said in a statement today.
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Bras for the Cause bash raised breast cancer awareness - and funds The annual Bras for a Cause breast cancer fundraiser was held on Wednesday night at Union Jack's in Annapolis. The annual Bras for a Cause breast cancer fundraiser was held on Wednesday night at Union Jack's in Annapolis.
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How Hurricanes Have Disrupted and Defined Past Elections For some Florida residents, the impending impact of Hurricane Matthew will conjure up memories of another election year storm that hit when a different Clinton was on the presidential ballot.
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More Evidence Tamoxifen, Other Meds Help Limit Breast Cancer's Spread THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with tamoxifen or another class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors does cut breast cancer patients' risk of developing cancer in their other breast, a new study finds.
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New Frontiers In Breast Cancer Terrifying as the C word can be, breast cancer today means something very different than it did a decade ago. Doctors know more than ever about what causes cancer in the first place and when it's best to screen for the disease as well as which cancers ...
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Theranos seeks turnaround with a portable blood-testing device, but skepticism abounds By Thursday, Theranos had scrubbed its website of its list of blood-testing "wellness centers" and the glowing reviews by patients praising its minimally invasive method.
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Theranos Is Shutting Its Blood-Test Facilities, Shedding 40 Percent Of Workers Just two years after the blood-testing company Theranos was valued at $9 billion, the company has announced that it will close its clinical labs and blood-test centers and cut more than 40 percent of its staff.
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Support abounds for those with breast cancer All Cancer Support Group for African American Women, meets first Tuesday of each month, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Genesis Baptist Church, 2812 E. Bessemer Ave.
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Public Health Labs Hope Federal Funds Will Speed Zika Test Results Houston-based Legacy Community Health Services, a federally qualified health center, is trying hard to fight the Zika virus. It's screening pregnant women and following federal guidelines to test people at risk.
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40 Days for Life protests Mt. Auburn Planned Parenthood Anti-abortion protesters through the nationwide 40 Days for Life campaign made a stop at the Planned Parenthood in Mount Auburn Thursday evening.
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How the Zika Virus Could Make Its Way North Laboratory tests show that a cold-tolerant mosquito known as Culex quinquefasciatus can be infected with Zika virus in the laboratory.
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Archaeologists Are Surprised to Find a 2500-Year-Old Cannabis Burial Shroud Found in China Thirteen cannabis plants were found covering the body of a man who was buried in Turpan, China, around 2,500 years ago. This is the first time archaeologists have discovered a quantity of well-preserved cannabis plants and it provides information on ...
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Ben Stiller's plea for early prostate cancer screening has experts worried about 'Jolie effect' Actor Ben Stiller's disclosure this week that he had prostate cancer, and his public plea for early screening - despite the medical evidence against it - has some health experts decrying it as the "Jolie effect.
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Ben Stiller Encourages Men to Get Prostate Cancer Screening, but Should They? The well-known actor says a PSA test detected prostate cancer and saved his life. Medical experts say the test is flawed and often unnecessary.
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Planned Parenthood unleashes big election ground force in six states WASHINGTON - Planned Parenthood's political arm is ramping up its spending to influence the increasingly competitive North Carolina Senate race.
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Girls spend 40 pct more time on unpaid household chores than boys - report LONDON, Oct 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Girls between the ages of five and 14 are spending 40 percent more time on unpaid domestic chores than boys their age, missing out on chances to learn and enjoy their childhood, according to a report on ...
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Colombian study bolsters evidence of Zika-GBS link A study today in the New England Journal of Medicine shows more evidence of a strong link between Zika virus (ZIKV) and Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), while reports from Florida show that local transmission is still occurring in Miami Beach.
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MAC's Selena makeup line goes on sale in stores on Thursday CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Some fans of slain Tejano star Selena can't wait to get their hands on her new makeup products that sold out on the first day of online sales.
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Girls spend 40 percent more time on unpaid household chores than boys - re... LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Girls between the ages of five and 14 are spending 40 percent more time on unpaid domestic chores than boys their age, missing out on chances to learn and enjoy their childhood, according to a report on Friday ...
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Beyond Ben Stiller's advice on PSA screening Actor Ben Stiller announced in a new essay that he'd been diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer. AP file photo. Comedic actor Ben Stiller revealed this week that in 2014, he went through treatment for prostate cancer, referring to the PSA test his ...
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A look at possible successors to Palestinian President Abbas RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received a clean bill of health after undergoing an emergency heart procedure on Thursday.
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Marijuana legalization is leading in every state where it's on the ballot this November Marijuana advocates are heading into the final weeks of the 2016 campaign with the wind at their backs as the latest polling shows legalization measures currently favored by voters in all five states where they're on the ballot.
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Feds say Mylan overcharged for EpiPen Pharmaceutical. Feds say Mylan overcharged for EpiPen. Mylan NV for years overcharged the US Medicaid health program for its EpiPen shot, the government said Wednesday.
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Pro Prop 64 Ads Aim To Alleviate Parents' Legal Pot Concerns SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - New ads supporting marijuana legalization are hitting the airwaves that target concerned parents worried about how recreational pot could affect their kids.
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California Marijuana Legalization Ads Hit the Airwaves Statewide TV ads in support of marijuana legalization hit the airwaves yesterday up and down the state of California. The campaign's ads in support of Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act are running on both broadcast and cable channels.
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Elephant tranquilizer carfentanil linked to 19 deaths in Wayne County Officials say it is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl. Now, carfentanil - an animal tranquilizer being mixed with heroin and other street drugs - is killing people in Michigan and has been linked to at ...
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Goodyear plant faces penalties related to workers' deaths DANVILLE, Va. - State safety officials say Goodyear's plant in Danville faces additional penalties following recent deaths there.
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Polio-Like Disease Is on the Rise in the U.S., Causing Paralysis in Children A polio-like disease is on the rise across the U.S., health officials reported this week. The rare condition has been documented in 24 states, with the majority of cases (90 percent) affecting children, according to the Center for Disease Control and ...
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Mexican authorities report cases of Zika linked Guillain-Barre syndrome MEXICO CITY Five cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with the Zika virus infection have been confirmed in Mexico, the country's Secretary of Health said on Thursday.
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Infant bathtub slings recalled due to drowning risk (CNN) Summer Infant, a baby product brand, has issued a voluntary recall of 86,000 fabric slings that are attached to Lil' Luxuries Whirlpool, Bubbling Spa & Shower bathtubs.
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Push to legalize marijuana lights up debate SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - In just weeks Californians will decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use - it's a hot issue that has sparked a fierce debate.
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Hillary Clinton's marijuana legalization stance alienates millennials Partygoers dance and smoke pot at the annual 4/20 marijuana festival in Denver on April 19, 2014. (Associated Press) more >. 0. Share.
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Tarrant County Elections Office Extending Hours For Voter Registration A man takes a voter registration card and another registers to vote. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images). 2. Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter.
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4 Westford Academy Students Diagnosed With MRSA WESTFORD (CBS) - Four students at Westford Academy have contracted MRSA, a highly contagious staph infection, including three members of the high school football team.
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Parents, city reach $15 million settlement in girl's death at Camp Sacramento Natalie Giorgi's parents say a powerful message lives in their daughter's sudden death three years ago from an allergic reaction to peanuts at a signature Sacramento-run campground.
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