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Surgeon general issues landmark report calling addiction a brain disease Nearly 21 million Americans were directly affected by drug or alcohol addiction last year - roughly the same amount of Americans who have diabetes, according to a new report from US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on addiction.
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Terminally ill teen won historic ruling to preserve body A 14-year-old girl who wanted her body to be preserved in case she could be cured in the future, won a historic legal fight shortly before her death.
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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy: Addiction Is A Chronic Brain Disease, Not A Moral Failing The way forward includes needle exchanges and calling addiction what it is: a medical condition. 11/17/2016 02:48 pm ET. 14k. Erin Schumaker Senior Healthy Living Editor, The Huffington Post.
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Fraction of addicts receive treatment WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 18: Activists and family members of loved ones who died in the opioid/heroin epidemic take part in a "Fed Up!
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Is Your ATM Dispensing Bacteria? WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- You might want to wash your hands the next time you withdraw cash from an ATM machine, a new study suggests.
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U.S. Zika Infection Stays Rare So Far, Yet Blood Donations Screening Is A Must Florida Governor Rick Scott exits from a door after holding a press conference during a visit to the Wynwood neighborhood to announce that the area's Zika zone is expected to be lifted.
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Women at greater risk than men for Zika infection Drinking may raise the risk of prostate cancer, and the more men drink the greater their risk, a new analysis of 27 studies suggests.
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Is Zika still a public health emergency? On Nov. 20, 2015, the World Health Organization warned the spread of Zika virus in Brazil might be responsible for a surge in the birth of babies born with tiny heads and underdeveloped brains.
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Dying UK Girl Convinces Judge to Let Her Body Be Frozen LONDON - The teenage girl's instructions were direct: She didn't want to be buried, but to be frozen - with the hope she can continue her life in the future when cancer is cured.
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Minnesota woman sues child, state agencies over sex-change treatments A Minnesota woman filed a lawsuit against her 17-year-old child, the county and a handful of other agencies after she claimed that her child was receiving transgender services without her permission.
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Giant Food Recalls Select 4C Grated Cheeses BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Giant Food has announced it removed from sale select 4C grated cheese products due to potential Salmonella contamination.
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Salmonella outbreak at Alabama wedding sickens 77 guests, sends 12 to hospital An outbreak of Salmonella gastroenteritis wreaked havoc on the guests of a private wedding in Colbert County on Saturday, leaving 77 people ill and 12 hospitalized.
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NCAA to honor BC's Pete Frates Former Boston College baseball captain Pete Frates will receive the NCAA's 2017 Inspiration Award in January. Frates, who is from Beverly, inspired people around the world to dump buckets of ice water over their heads to raise millions for Lou Gehrig's ...
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SEE IT: Teacher snatches microphone from boy with autism A West Virginia boy with autism was reduced to tears during his school's Thanksgiving play after a teacher ripped the microphone away before he could speak.
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How an Australian mom got pregnant with twins 10 days apart An Australian mom is twinning after being told she might never conceive - she somehow became pregnant with her two girls 10 days apart.
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Minnesota Mom Sues Her Trans Child Over Gender Reassignment A Minnesota mom filed a lawsuit Wednesday against her 17-year-old transgender daughter, along with county health boards, a school district and local health care nonprofits.
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Scientists catalogue the yucky stuff on New York City ATMs Bacteria found on human skin. Microbes from bony fish, mollusks, chicken and baked goods. These are part of the long list of life-forms that live on the surfaces of ATM keypads in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, according to a new analysis.
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Taboo's 'Miracle Baby': How He and His Wife Had Their Fourth Child After He Beat Testicular Cancer After battling testicular cancer, The Black Eyed Peas' Taboo was told he shouldn't have high hopes of ever being a father again.
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Here's what microbes are living on ATM keypads in New York City Automated teller machines aren't just a source of cash. They're also a way for scientists to understand what microbes are in the environment and on people's fingers— such as mold from sugary food.
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California Legalization Creates Accidental Tax Holiday for Patients California cannabis patients: Do you have a Department of Public Health-issued medical marijuana ID card? If so, you've just gotten out of paying state tax on cannabis until 2018.
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Malarial benefits noted for long-acting drugs, treated nets A second study showed that treated bed nets can be effective even in areas of high resistance. mosquito_on_net-who.jpg. Mosquito on bed net.
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New drug capsule delivers medicine for weeks after swallowing Scientists have developed a new drug capsule that stays in the stomach for up to two weeks after being swallowed, gradually releasing its payload.
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New capsule achieves long-term drug delivery Technology could aid in elimination of malaria and treatment of many other diseases. Watch Video. Anne Trafton | MIT News Office November 16, 2016.
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US pandas won't listen to their Chinese handlers because they only know English Culture shock isn't just for human beings. That fact has been vividly illustrated by the plight of Mei Lun and Mei Huan, twin 3-year-old pandas who currently reside at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China.
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The Rush to Get an IUD in America Is Very Real When it became clear in the early morning hours of November 9 that Donald Trump was the president-elect, Google searches for the term "IUD" spiked to all-time highs.
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Taboo Of The Black Eyed Peas Has A Message For Cancer Patients Jaime "Taboo" Gomez, of the Black Eyed Peas, has decided to inform his community–the world–about his diagnosis and treatment for testicular cancer.
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New York ATM keypads contain spoiled food to vaginal parasites that cause STDs Thousands of people use New York City's ATMs every day - and each one leaves a little something behind. Swab samples from eight neighbourhoods across Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn, have revealed disturbing new insight on the unseen inhabitants ...
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A Unified Voice Against A Destructive Disease Despite the devastation and destruction pancreatic cancer leaves in its path, it cannot dampen the human spirit and our commitment to unite together to fight for better outcomes for our patients.
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Local family spreads awareness on World Pancreatic Cancer Day Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate of all major cancers. And tonight, one local family wants to share their story to raise awareness.
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Ryan Suggests House Will Defund Planned Parenthood--Cites Bill That Would've Done It For 1 Year House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) spoke to reporters at his weekly press conference at the Capitol on Nov. 17, 2016. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr).
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Parents thank the March of Dimes after their son is born premature, weighing just 2 lbs Having healthy babies is something none of us should take for granted. In fact, each year worldwide, 15-million babies are born prematurely, according to the March of Dimes.
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TX Children's celebrates World Prematurity Day Staff members and patients at the Texas Children's NICU, which cares for thousands of premature babies annually, celebrated World Prematurity Day on Thursday afternoon.
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How, Exactly, Could Trump Get Rid of Free Birth Control? If the Trump administration decides to repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act, what will happen to the provision that says birth control is preventive care and should be free?
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Why People Are Giving Shout-Outs to Their Birth Control Many last week urged people to get IUDs while the Affordable Care Act was still in place. And this week, people took to social media on National "Thanks, Birth Control" Day to share their stories about their experiences with birth control ...
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Leading doctor in Liverpool reveals the truth about very premature babies This is the hardest question any doctor must put to a woman about to give birth to a tiny and extremely premature baby: do you want us to try to save your child?
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Understanding the danger of premature birth, working toward a brighter future for babies The global event is intended to raise awareness of preterm birth and the danger it poses. Approximately 15 million babies are born prematurely each year.
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Answering 10 common California marijuana questions in the legal weed era California marijuana strains are on display below a glass counter at the Outliers Collective in San Diego County, California in October 2016.
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Medical Marijuana Is Now Legal in Most US States Supporters of medical marijuana gather in Little Rock, Arkansas to support a ballot measure to permit people with some medical problems permission to buy or grow marijuana to ease their symptoms.
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MIT researchers developed a drug capsule that delivers medication for up to two weeks MIT Drug Delivery The star-shaped drug delivery device, held here by Giovanni Traverso, a Koch Institute research affiliate, can be folded inward and encased in a smooth capsule.
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Mass. Planned Parenthood receives donations in honor of Mike Pence In the wake of president-elect Donald J. Trump's recent victory, people have been putting safety pins in their clothes as a show of support for victims of racism and misogyny.
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Medical marijuana looks like cash crop to Miami's entrepreneurs Real estate speculators stake out territories for what's to come, infrastructure builders and lawyers queue up for business, investors jostle to get in on the ground floor, and tech startups seek ways to make a new industry run more efficiently.
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Mumps confirmed at UCA CONWAY, Ark. (KTHV) -- The University of Central Arkansas has confirmed two cases of mumps. Both cases involve individuals on the campus.
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Theranos Whistleblower Shook the Company—and His Family After working at Theranos Inc. for eight months, Tyler Shultz decided he had seen enough. On April 11, 2014, he emailed company founder Elizabeth Holmes to complain that Theranos had doctored research and ignored failed quality-control checks.
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Some fear more pot use could boost tobacco smoking California's decision to legalize marijuana was touted as a victory for those who had argued that the state needed a system to decriminalize, regulate and tax it.
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HIV test on USB stick could be start of consumer revolution in monitoring disease hiv-usb.jpg The new disposable device is similar to a USB memory stick, based on a mobile phone chip. It takes a drop of blood and determines the amount of virus in it Imperial.
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Latinos' Presence in State Capitols Grows, Expands With Election Voters increased Hispanic representation in several state legislatures from 307 seats to 321 this past election, according to an analysis by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
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Code Orange air quality alert remains The Charlotte area is under a Code Orange Air Quality Index as wildfires continue to burn thousands of acres in western North Carolina.
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Smoke over Charlotte is talk of the town – and a danger to some As smoke from the high country continues to pour east, the Charlotte region has been placed under a Code Red air quality warning for high level particulate matter.
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Twice-a-year shot for cholesterol holds promise Instead of popping a pill every day, people might soon control "bad" LDL cholesterol by getting an injection at their doctor's office two or three times a year.
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Artificial sweeteners may not decrease calories after all DEAR DOCTOR K: For 20 years, I've substituted artificial sweeteners for sugar in my coffee, and switched to diet soft drinks to avoid obesity and the diseases that overweight people are prone to, like Type 2 diabetes.
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