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Pope takes on Syria, HIV/AIDS and parents' right to choose schools Pope Francis caresses a child as he arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016.
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'Magic mushroom' drug lifts cancer patients' distress Psychedelic medicine, long taboo, is moving toward the mainstream: Two new studies show the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin might relieve anxiety and depression in cancer patients.
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White, rural drug users lack needle exchange programs to prevent HIV infections Needle-sharing by opiate addicts is placing rural white communities at much greater risk of new HIV infections than ever before, and the United States doesn't have enough syringe programs in place to address the problem, according to a federal report ...
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Why Can't We Bring Down The Number Of New HIV Cases? While the HIV/AIDS epidemic no longer looks as menacing as it did in the 1980s and '90s, efforts to stop the spread of the disease have hit a brick wall.
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CDC: Syringe exchanges help reduce rates of HIV (CNN) - A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released Tuesday, finds that the use of syringe or needle exchanges has contributed to significant drops in the rates of HIV among African-American and Latino drug users.
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No link between flu or flu vaccine in pregnancy and autism Good news, moms-to-be: There's no link between the flu and autism, per this study. (g-stockstudio/Getty Images/iStockphoto). BY Nicole Lyn Pesce.
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An effort to get ecstasy FDA-approved is entering a key final test After veteran Tony Macie came back from Iraq in 2007, he learned he had post-traumatic stress disorder. Macie went to the VA "on and off" and tried the standard therapy.
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Turning Ecstasy Into Potential Treatment For PTSD? DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - If researchers have their way, the illegal, highly addictive party drug known as Ecstasy could become a treatment option for PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder.
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Texas reports Zika virus from local mosquito In this Jan. 27, 2016, file photo, an Aedes aegypti mosquito known to carry the Zika virus, is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil.
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Hallucinogen Eases Depression in Cancer Patients, Studies Find Octavian Mihai at his home in Las Vegas. Mr. Mihai began experiencing anxiety after he finished treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Ingredient in magic mushrooms is shown to ease anxiety and depression in cancer patients in one dose In findings that could pry open a door closed for nearly half a century, researchers have found that psilocybin - a hallucinogen long used in traditional healing rituals - eases the depression and soothes the anxiety of patients contending with ...
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Testosterone Use May Increase Blood-Clot Risk Temporarily Men who use prescription testosterone may face an increased risk of blood clots in the first six months of using the hormone, a new study from the United Kingdom finds.
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House passes medical cures bill The House on Wednesday passed a medical innovation bill aimed at curing diseases, with the measure securing bipartisan support after months of negotiations.
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H5N8 avian flu outbreak expands to Egypt Egypt today reported its first highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza detection, making it the third country in the Middle East to report the new H5 clade, which has also spread to several European countries after it was first identified in Russian ...
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People Who Do These Exercises Have The Lowest Odds Of Heart Disease And Death LONDON (Reuters) - Swimming, racquet sports and aerobics are associated with the best odds of staving off death, and in particular of reducing the risk of dying from heart disease or stroke, scientists said on Tuesday.
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Lawsuits challenge abortion restrictions in 3 states NEW YORK - Taking the offensive after Election Day setbacks, Planned Parenthood and its allies filed lawsuits Wednesday in North Carolina, Missouri and Alaska challenging laws that they view as unconstitutional restrictions on abortion.
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NY / Region|US Will Ban Smoking in Public Housing Nationwide 'I Love N.Y.' Signs Have a Lot to Say. The Government Says They're Illegal. Magnus Carlsen Overwhelms Challenger in Tiebreakers to Win World Chess Championship · Preet Bharara Says He Will Stay On as U.S.
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US Imposes Nationwide Ban On Smoking In All Public Housing The Obama administration has issued a sweeping final rule banning smoking in all public housing units nationwide, extending a smoke-free environment to nearly a million units.
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Abortion rights advocates challenge restrictions in three U.S. states (Reuters) - Abortion rights advocates on Wednesday challenged laws restricting the procedures in three states, an aggressive push following a U.S.
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Aussie students recreate Martin Shkreli's $750 HIV pill for $20 Martin Shkreli, former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, the company that bought the rights to sell anti malaria drug Daraprim. Photo by Mark Wilson, Getty Images.
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A massive healthcare bill includes a provision that could fast-track cancer research - but not everyone is on board breast cancer SAN FRANCISCO - AUGUST 18: Dr. Edward Sickles MD (R) and Larisa Gurilnik RT look at films of breast x-rays at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center August 18, 2005 in San Francisco, California.
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Martin Shkreli: Australian boys recreate life-saving drug The man who sparked outrage last year by hiking the price of a life-saving drug may have met his match in some Australian schoolboys.
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House overwhelmingly passes 'Cures' legislation to streamline drug approval A wide-ranging bill aimed at expediting the development of new medical treatments passed the House decisively Wednesday evening, overcoming criticism from some health policy experts who said it could put unsafe drugs on the market.
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Nestlé Reformulates Sugar and Says It Will Use Less in Its Candy Nestlé, the international food behemoth, announced Wednesday that it had developed a way of restructuring sugar, allowing the company to reduce the amount of sugar in its candy products.
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Officials say at least 17 sickened from Thanksgiving meal (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu). A man walks outside of the American Legion Hall, which served a free Thanksgiving dinner, in Antioch, Calif.
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House Overwhelmingly Approves Sweeping Health Measure Representative Tim Murphy, Republican of Pennsylvania, left, with Representative Fred Upton, Republican of Michigan, at a news conference on the 21st Century Cures Act at the Capitol on Wednesday.
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Nestlé scientists find method to cut sugar in chocolate Global food giant Nestlé announced on Wednesday that it had developed a type of sugar with markedly more sweetness, allowing the company to reduce the amount of sugar in its chocolates and lollies.
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Clones of Hunter S. Thompson's private marijuana strain are coming to Colorado weed shops Journalist Hunter S. Thompson, who so memorably wrote about drifting through Las Vegas with a "car full of marijuana and head full of acid," is destined for immortality of the cannabis variety.
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UK has 'first sexually transmitted Zika' The first likely case of sexual transmission of the Zika virus in the UK has been reported by the authorities. The woman has made a full recovery, and it is thought she had been infected by her partner, who had recently visited a Zika-hit country ...
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House in driver's seat on healthcare He's deeply committed to repealing ObamaCare and, if confirmed, would become the first health secretary with a medical background since Louis Sullivan, who led the department under former President George H.W.
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Texas will now require funeral services whenever a woman has an abortion In June anti-choice activists in Texas suffered a serious setback in their attempts to make abortion as miserable as possible for women.
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Texas Is About To Require Burial Or Cremation For Aborted Fetuses The requirement will also apply to miscarriages that take place at hospitals, regardless of the mother's will. 11/30/2016 06:02 pm ET.
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Hunter S. Thompson's Widow Wants to Clone and Sell His Marijuana The widow of legendary journalist and hell-raiser Hunter S. Thompson is working on cloning the writer's personal marijuana stash so it can be sold on the mass market.
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AIDS far from done, but SF memorial runs out of room for names The final name has been carved into the granite at the AIDS Memorial Grove in San Francisco. There's no more room for more names.
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Congress set to vote on bill that promises to speed up drug approval This story has been updated. A 996-page bill that seeks to speed up the approval of new medicines and medical devices is expected to head to the House for a vote Wednesday, amid criticism that the complicated legislation is being rushed through without ...
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Why Marijuana Legalization Could Be Delayed in These Three States On Election Day, Voters in eight states approved measures to legalize marijuana for medical or recreational purposes. However, lawmakers in three of those states - Maine, Massachusetts, and Arkansas - are seeking to delay or prevent the ...
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Our lack of sleep is costing the world billions of dollars Modern humans have plenty of bad habits that keep us from getting a good night's sleep. We work long days and check email after-hours, or we toss and turn while fretting about student loans.
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Here's What Happens When You Get Too Little Sleep More than a third of Americans don't get enough sleep. That may not seem like a big deal, but shirking on sleep—even by just an hour—can have serious consequences for your health, and the economy.
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14 cases investigated in 'emerging mumps' outbreak in King County Public Health - Seattle & King County identified three confirmed cases of mumps in King County, all in children aged 8-13 in Auburn.
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PSA: Pregnant Women Should Still Get Flu Shots Neither influenza infection during pregnancy, nor the flu vaccine, is linked to autism in children, new study concludes. (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who get the flu, or a flu vaccine, are not increasing their baby's risk for an autism spectrum ...
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Officials: 3 confirmed cases of mumps in King County BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 26: A children's doctor injects a vaccine against measles, rubella, mumps and chicken pox to an infant on February 26, 2015 in Berlin, Germany.
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Melania Trump is threatening to sue over the YouTube video speculating that her son has autism Melania Trump is threatening a lawsuit over a YouTube video that speculates her son Barron has autism, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
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Mumps outbreak in King County investigated Three children in Auburn were diagnosed with the infection, and officials confirmed a fourth case Tuesday night. Public Health is investigating at least 10 additional cases.
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9th case of polio-like illness confirmed in Washington Health officials confirmed Tuesday that a Spokane County boy under age 10 is suffering from acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM. AFM is characterized by inflammation of the spinal cord, which results in limb weakness or paralysis.
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Bipartisan Legislation Proposes Telehealth Solutions For Effective Chronic Disease Management Collaborative efforts between congressional offices and various health care stakeholders, as well as the feedback provided in response to the Bipartisan CHRONIC Care Working Group Policy Options Document released in December of 2015, have driven the ...
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Manchester man sentenced for conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl A Manchester man has been sentenced to over 17 years in jail for drug distribution conspiracy charges. Advertisement. United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced Tuesday that Zakee Stuart-Holt, 34, was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison ...
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Another Piece of Obamacare That Trump Should Keep Peter R. Orszag is a Bloomberg View columnist. He is a vice chairman of investment banking at Lazard. He was President Barack Obama's director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2009 to 2010 and the director of the Congressional Budget Office ...
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Melania Trump Hired a Lawyer Over False Claims That Her Son has Autism Melania Trump is not taking public claims that her 10-year-old son, Barron, has autism lightly. The future first lady recently hired a lawyer to demand that a YouTube video titled "Is Barron Trump Austistic?
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Deadline looms for Medicaid recipients Heritage Health will take over management of physical and mental health care -- and medications -- for Medicaid recipients on Jan. 1. The deadline to choose a plan is Dec. 1. The goal of managing care is to improve access to care, enhance health and ...
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Too much space travel is hazardous for your eyeballs Something strange has been happening to people who stay too long in space: The backs of their eyeballs start to flatten. Spider-web-like marks called choroidal folds crisscross the thin layer of blood vessels and connective tissue that surround their ...
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