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Mutant Ebola May Have Caused Explosive Outbreak One mutation. A simple tweak in the Ebola gene - a C got turned into a T. That's all it took to make Ebola more infectious during the West Africa epidemic, scientists report Thursday.
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How the End of Daylight Saving Time Can Affect Health This Sunday, nearly everyone in the U.S. will need to set back their clocks one hour as daylight saving time comes to an end. While this means an extra hour of sleep, surprisingly it can also take a toll on health.
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Smoking 'causes hundreds of DNA changes' Smoking leaves an "archaeological record" of the hundreds of DNA mutations it causes, scientists have discovered. Having sequenced thousands of tumour genomes, they found a 20-a-day smoker would rack up an average of 150 mutations in every lung ...
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Smoking a pack per day causes 150 mutations in every lung cell, research shows LONDON - Scientists have found that smoking a pack a day of cigarettes can cause 150 damaging changes to a smoker's lung cells each year.
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Could polio drugs treat children with a mysterious paralyzing disease? In this 2013 file photo, a microbiologist works at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. By Dan Hurley / Special to The Washington Post.
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USC Steps Up Sanitation Efforts After Norovirus Outbreak USC officials stepped up sanitation efforts and staff training has led to a reduction in the number of cases of norovirus on campus.
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LA County Health Officials Confirm Norovirus Has Been Making USC Students Sick LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) - The Los Angeles County Health Department confirmed Thursday that the gastrointestinal virus that has been making USC students sick in recent weeks was the norovirus.
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A Mysterious Neurological Condition Is Paralyzing Children The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating the rise of a rare polio-like illness that tends to strike children.
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More cases reported of a mysterious polio-like illness that killed a 6-year-old On Wednesday, Oct. 12, 6-year-old Jonathan Daniel Ramirez Porter woke up with a fever. His mother, Marijo De Guzman, decided to keep him home from kindergarten in Ferndale, Wash.
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Lawsuit claims former fertility doctor used his own sperm A former Ontario fertility doctor is facing allegations he used his own sperm to impregnate at least two patients. Daniel and Davina Dixon and their daughter Rebecca filed a civil lawsuit this week in an Ontario court against Dr Norman Barwin.
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For smokers with HIV, smoking may now be more harmful than HIV itself Among people living with HIV who smoke cigarettes, smoking may now shorten their lifespan more than HIV itself, according to a new modeling study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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Smoking A Pack Of Cigarettes A Day For A Year Causes 150 Mutations In Every Lung Cell, Gene-Mapping Study ... That cigarette smoke - a deadly cocktail of over 70 known carcinogens - can have a deleterious effect on human health is nothing to write home about.
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Father shares heartbreaking photo of daughter's cancer battle British photographer Andy Whelan shared this heartbreaking photo of his 4-year-old daughter's painful battle against cancer as doctors gave her just weeks to live.
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Here's what Anthony Weiner may face in reported sex rehab stint Anthony Weiner has reportedly checked into an undisclosed sex addiction facility that prohibits cellphones and separates patients by gender.
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Suicide deaths on the rise in kids (CNN) Since 2007, the rate of suicide deaths among children between the ages of 10 and 14 has doubled, according to new government data released Thursday.
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Tests Confirm Utah Teens Overdosed on New Synthetic Drug Toxicology tests confirm two 13-year-old boys in the Utah ski-resort town of Park City overdosed on a new synthetic drug that is available online and was also found at the estate of entertainer Prince after he died, police said Thursday.
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Hypochondriacs May Worry Themselves Into Heart Trouble THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Constantly worrying about having a heart attack may make it more likely you'll have one, Norwegian researchers report.
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Can energy drinks cause hepatitis? (CNN) A 50-year-old man developed acute hepatitis from excessive energy drink consumption, according to a new case report published this week in BMJ Case Reports.
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Anthony Weiner checks himself into sex addiction clinic Ladies across the globe have reason to rejoice - serial sexter Anthony Weiner has checked into a sex addiction clinic, according to a new report.
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Tests confirm Utah teens overdosed on new synthetic drug SALT LAKE CITY - Toxicology tests confirm two 13-year-old boys in the Utah ski-resort town of Park City overdosed on a new synthetic drug that is available online and was also found at the estate of entertainer Prince after he died, police said Thursday.
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Child obesity rises in summer: Time for a shift in approach? A new national study found children gain weight faster in the summer, leading researchers to argue for other, more creative approaches in teaching how to make better choices.
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Laws protecting children from digital marketing of junk food insufficient - who Current laws protecting children from the digital marketing of junk food are "markedly insufficient" and policymakers must take action, health leaders have said.
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Go inside a burning room to see how smoke alarms save lives ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) - I spent Thursday afternoon in a burning room in North St. Louis to see how smoke alarms can help a family survive a fire.
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Most severe form of CTE likely caused ALS in Kevin Turner, doctors say Bob Ley talks to Dr. Ann McKee about the correlation of CTE and the case of Kevin Turner, who died from ALS complications. (2:50).
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More US middle school students dying of suicide than car crashes The suicide rate among U.S. middle school students doubled from 2007 to 2014, surpassing for the first time the incidence of youngsters aged 10 to 14 who died in car crashes, a federal report released on Thursday said.
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This new map from Donald Trump's campaign is unnecessarily ridiculous Donald Trump is closer to the presidency than he has ever been. He's risen in key swing states so much in recent days that our tool using current RealClearPolitics averages of every state shows him trailing Clinton just 273-265 in the electoral college ...
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New poll finds voters poised to pass Prop. 57 and revamp California's prison parole rules Gov. Jerry Brown's effort to revise and ultimately loosen state prison parole rules appears to be on its way to passage on Nov. 8, as a new poll finds strong support across a wide swath of California voters.
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Californians sharply divided on death penalty ahead of historic vote Competing ballot measures that would bring historic changes to California's fractured death penalty system are both on the cusp of passing in Tuesday's election.
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Part 3 of 5: What we can learn from Oregon about teen pot use, impaired driving before Prop 64 vote In six days, California voters will decide the fate of Proposition 64. If it passes, recreational use of marijuana would become legal in California.
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FDA Seeks Information On Nutella''s Reasonable Serving Size (RTTNews.com) - The Food and Drug Administration is seeking information on Nutella's reasonable serving size on the request of its maker Ferrero SpA, reports said, citing a document posted online.
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New Poll Finds Close Race in Georgia Donald Trump holds leads in Arizona and Texas, two Republican strongholds where Democrats have hoped to gain an edge in the presidential election from fast-growing Hispanic populations, while he and Hillary Clinton are in a dead heat in Georgia, new ...
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Awful as it is, death penalty serves a purpose in California A corrections officer escorts an inmate back to his cell in East Block, a five-level facility which houses approximately 500 condemned inmates at San Quentin State Prison on Dec. 29, 2015, in San Quentin, Calif.
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Two genetic markers that predict malaria treatment failure found A frontline malaria treatment that combines fast-acting dihydroartemisinin with long-lasting piperaquine is quickly losing power in Cambodia due to the rapid spread of drug-resistant parasites.
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Squirrel Attack Leaves at Least 3 Injured at Florida Senior Living Facility, According to 911 Caller One of the nimble, bushy-tailed rodents went on a rampage Thursday at a senior citizens living facility in Florida, leaving three people injured and bleeding, according to a 911 call released by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
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Women's cancer deaths expected to rise 60% by 2030 (CNN) The number of women dying worldwide from cancer is expected to rise to 5.5 million by 2030, roughly the equivalent population of Denmark, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society (PDF).
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How do you eat Nutella? The FDA wants to know (CNN) The maker of the popular chocolate-hazelnut spread Nutella, loved by children and adults worldwide, wants a smaller serving size on its US jars to reflect how it says people use the product nowadays.
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Alzheimer's treatment within reach after successful drug trial The drug could be the first treatment for Alzheimer's to be licensed in more than a decade. Photograph: Science Photo Library - CNRI/SPL/Getty Images/Brand X. Hannah Devlin Science correspondent.
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California seeks to halve new HIV cases by 2021 The California Department of Public Health rolled out a hefty HIV plan Wednesday with the aim of stopping new cases of the chronic illness statewide.
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Number of Women's Deaths From Cancer Expected to Rise 60% by 2030: Report The number of women dying worldwide from cancer is expected to rise to 5.5 million by 2030, roughly the equivalent population of Denmark, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.
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Burden of Breast, Cervical Cancer Falls Mostly to Low-, Middle-Income Countries A new paper highlights the global inequities in access to prevention, early detection and treatment for breast cancer and cervical cancer.
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Scientists develop drug that 'could cure HIV and Aids' Scientists have developed a drug they hope could lead to a cure for HIV and Aids. Reseachers in Israel have identified a protein they claim can reduce the virus in infected patients by 97 per cent in just eight days, according to the Times of Israel ...
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Researchers detail features of Zika congenital syndrome Five features rarely seen with other congenital infections are distinct in babies born with Zika-related birth defects, according to a new review of almost three dozen reports in the medical literature.
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Prop. 60 will protect adult film performers Today, adult film industry bosses regularly disobey an existing rule - crafted by health professionals - that requires the use of condoms in their films.
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Hudson Valley: Check Smoke Alarms when Changing Clocks, Says NY Red Cross Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday and the American Red Cross reminds everyone in the Hudson Valley to 'turn' their clocks back an hour and 'test' the batteries in their smoke alarms.
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Mangled penis leads to 40 months in prison for woman who performed illegal surgery Mangling a man's penis during a botched illegal surgery will cost a Hialeah woman 40 months behind bars. Nery Carvajal Gonzalez, 39, pleaded guilty on Wednesday for her role in two ill-fated penis enhancement procedures that took place inside a Hialeah ...
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AIDS Activist Larry Kramer on 'Patient Zero' Myth, HIV Stigma Like an entire generation of gay men devastated by the AIDS epidemic, Gaetan Dugas died too young -- a mere 31 years old. Before his death in 1984, the Canadian flight attendant disclosed to researchers that he averaged 250 sexual partners a year ...
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Comparing Medicare Prescription Drug Plans People covered by Medicare have a few more weeks to change their prescription drug plans, during the program's annual open enrollment period.
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RaeLynn talks diabetes Saturday at the MAC Racheal Lynn Woodward, better known as singer-songwriter RaeLynn, who appeared on the second season of The Voice, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 12 years old.
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