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Pregnant Women Warned to Avoid Brownsville, Tex., Because of Zika A festival in Brownsville, Tex., in 2015. At least five cases of the Zika virus transmitted by mosquitoes have been reported there in the last few weeks.
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Abortion Is Found to Have Little Effect on Women's Mental Health The check-in desk at an abortion clinic in Ohio this month. A new study found that women who had abortions did not experience more negative psychological effects than those who were turned away from clinics.
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One in eight airline pilots may be clinically depressed (Reuters Health) - Hundreds of commercial airline pilots worldwide may be flying with untreated depression because they fear being grounded or losing their jobs, a new survey suggests.
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Hundreds of airline pilots are suicidal or thinking of self-harm, study finds germanwings-2.jpg Investigators pick through the wreckage of the Germanwings air crash in March 2015. The co-pilot, who had been treated for depression, deliberately flew the plane into a mountain.
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Study Reveals Depression, Suicidal Thoughts Not Uncommon in Airline Pilots As the holiday season unfolds over the next few weeks, some 45 million Americans will put themselves in the hands of two people: the pilot and co-pilot of the aircraft they have just boarded.
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Teen Drug Use Is Down, Survey Says PHILADELPHIA (CNN) - Today's teens are less likely to be taking drugs than their predecessors, a survey says. The 2016 Monitoring the Future survey showed a continuing decline in the use of illicit substances - marijuana, alcohol and tobacco - and ...
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Today's teens are way better behaved than you were Teen drug and alcohol use has fallen to levels not seen since the height of the drug war in the 1990s, according to new federal survey data.
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Firefighter leads dozens to safety after noticing people acting strangely at dinner Lonnie Wimmer is a firefighter with the Lewisville, NC, Fire Department. Beadle County, NC, Office of Emergency Management. i. Lonnie Wimmer is a firefighter with the Lewisville, NC, Fire Department.
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Sorry, Pokemon Go addicts, playing the video game doesn't count as a real workout Harvard University researchers have some bad news for Pokemon Go enthusiasts: The time you spend hunting digital monsters doesn't qualify as a workout.
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Off-Duty Firefighter Saves 30 Diners After Noticing Carbon Monoxide Leak in North Carolina Restaurant One quick-thinking, off-duty North Carolina firefighter ensured dozens of people happy and healthy holidays when he noticed signs of a potentially deadly carbon monoxide leak while dining at a restaurant over the weekend.
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First hard look at Zika pregnancies finds nearly half result in miscarriage or birth defects New data from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, suggest that nearly half of women infected with Zika virus during pregnancy experience a serious complication, whether a miscarriage or significant birth defect, in their baby.
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Zika Virus Persists in Infants' Brain After Birth Zika virus can persist for much longer than expected in the brains of infants and fetuses and in the placentas of pregnant women, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found.
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Airline pilots anonymously report suicidal thoughts, study finds Hundreds of pilots who are currently flying commercial planes may be clinically depressed, according to research published in the journal Environmental Health on Wednesday.
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Abortion not harmful to women's mental health, study shows The assumption that having an abortion brings on negative emotional and mental health effects for women has been used as the basis for legislation to mandate counseling and restrict abortion access in some states.
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Despite nation's opioid epidemic, more teens saying no to drugs Drug and alcohol use among American teenagers is on the decline despite the ongoing national opioid scourge, according to a new federally funded survey.
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Drug use by US teens drops to all-time low That's the heartening finding from a new survey by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Fewer teens are using illegal drugs than ever before, the survey found, and fewer are falling prey to the epidemic of prescription drug abuse plaguing ...
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Separated conjoined twins meet for first time since surgery In this Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, photo provided by the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit members of the girls' care team position Erika's bed so that the twins' mother, Aida Sandoval, second from right, could pick ...
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Women Denied an Abortion Endure Mental Health Toll: Study WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Women who are denied an abortion may suffer anxiety and low self-esteem, a new analysis indicates.
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Golden Ponds illness toll now more than 260 More than 260 people have been sickened by a Thanksgiving dinner at a popular Greece restaurant and party house, which is quite likely the largest recent outbreak of foodborne illness in Monroe County.
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Man weds fiancee hours before succumbing to cancer The wedding of Raul Hinojosa and Yvonne Hinojosa took place in the hospital, he died 36 hours later from cancer. (Yvonne Hinojosa).
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Woman has baby using ovary frozen in childhood A woman has given birth in London after doctors restored her fertility using frozen ovarian tissue removed when she was a young child.
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'Pokémon GO' Exercise Benefit Short-Lived, Says Study The physical benefit one gets from playing "Pokémon GO" is not so significant as previously implied, according to new research.
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It's official: Marijuana is legal in Massachusetts It was 1911. The New England Watch and Ward Society (née the New England Society for the Suppression of Vice) was battling against drugs and other "special evils.
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Study says abortion has little effect on women's mental health Some states require women seeking abortions to be counseled that they might develop mental-health problems. Now a new study, considered to be the most rigorous to look at the question in the United States, undermines that claim.
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Obama Bars States From Denying Federal Money to Planned Parenthood President Obama on Tuesday. The administration on Wednesday issued a rule requiring that state and local governments distribute federal family-planning funds to qualified health providers.
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Oklahoma to Require Restroom Signs in Anti-Abortion Effort Oklahoma plans to force hospitals, nursing homes, restaurants and public schools to post signs inside public restrooms directing pregnant women where to receive services as part of an effort to reduce abortions in the state.
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Healthy baby born to woman who had her ovary frozen aged nine Moaza Al Matrooshi with her newborn baby in Portland hospital, London. Photograph: Fergus Walsh/BBC. Ian Sample Science editor. @iansample.
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The Nation Is Facing a Dire Whipped-Cream Shortage During Prime Dessert Season Stock up on canned whipped cream during your next jaunt to the grocery store, because we—as a nation—might be running out soon.
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Texas state booklet misleads women on abortions and their risk of breast cancer "Your pregnancy history affects your chances of getting breast cancer. If you give birth to your baby, you are less likely to develop breast cancer in the future.
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OMF - NFL will no longer dedicate October to only breast cancer awareness 12-14-16 Glenn, Lou and Christian talk about the new report that says the NFL will let teams decide which charity to sponsor during the month of October, and take a closer look into the real reasons the NFL has these charity campaigns.
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McAuliffe calls for big investment in mental health care and addiction treatment RICHMOND - Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) will ask the General Assembly for $31.7 million to improve and standardize treatment for mental illness and substance abuse around the state when he presents his budget on Friday.
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Tiger Tail Seahorse Genome Sequencing Helps Understand Evolution Of This Unique Fish The seahorse is an evolutionary marvel. It is a fish but doesn't have a tail fin or a pelvic fin, and swims vertically; it doesn't have any teeth and sucks in food through its pipe-like mouth; bones cover the exterior of its body like armor; and it is ...
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Monkey Bread Mix sold in Pa. recalled for possible salmonella In the Mix Monkey Bread Mix sold in Pennsylvania has been recalled for possible salmonella. In the Mix Monkey Bread Mix sold in Pennsylvania has been recalled for possible salmonella.
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University of Minnesota pioneers new robotic arm — controlled by the mind Video (01:24) : The novel robot arm requires users to only wear a cap with sensors, a less risky solution than other tech which need invasive brain implants.
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9 Investigates HIV funding lapse ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - Florida remains on the front lines in the fight against HIV/AIDS, with South Florida and Central Florida leading way.
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Duncan Hines cake mix recalled because of Salmonella Pinnacle Foods Canada Corp. issued a nationwide recall Wednesday for Duncan Hines brand cake mix because of possible Salmonella contamination.
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168 cases of Monkey bread mix recalled due to salmonella risk Brand Castle LLC has voluntarily recalled some packages of its In The Mix® Monkey Bread Mix because the product's buttermilk powder ingredient may be contaminated with salmonella, the Bedford Heights, Ohio, company announced this week.
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DEA laments that 'media attention' is making it tough to put people in jail for pot In the Drug Enforcement Administration's annual survey of the nation's law enforcement agencies, heroin remained the top concern in 2016 - head-and-shoulders above all other illicit drugs - while marijuana was a drug of negligible concern.
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FDA Warns on Anesthetic, Sedative Use in Pregnant Women, Kids The repeated or lengthy (>3 hours) use of general anesthetic and sedation drugs during surgeries or procedures in children younger than 3 years or in pregnant women in the third trimester may affect the child's developing brain, the US Food and Drug ...
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His dying wish was to marry her. A hospital sprang into action to make it happen. Raul Hinojosa knew he was about to die. The 33-year-old had leukemia, and on Friday morning, he was preparing to let go from his hospital bed in Amarillo, Tex.
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NJ ranked worst in nation for trying to keep kids from smoking TRENTON -- For the fifth consecutive year, New Jersey will spend no money to deter kids from tobacco use or help smokers quit the habit, according to a public health advocacy organization which ranked the state last in the nation for its lack of effort ...
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Yankee Candle recalls 31K candles for 'laceration hazard' The Massachusetts-based company and Consumer Product Safety Commission said the recall involves 31,000 candles from Yankee Candle's Luminous Collection fragrance line.
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Seasonal shortage leaves Red Cross in need of blood donors ST. LOUIS • Missouri health professionals concerned about blood shortages are urging donors to give blood this month. Winter is a critical time of the year for blood shortages, regional American Red Cross spokesman Joe Zydlo said Wednesday.
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Beware gift givers: That Yankee Candle poses a possible 'laceration hazard' Yankee Candle is recalling part of it its Luminous Candle Collection. When the candle is lit, the glass jar can crack, posing a laceration hazard.
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FDA approves first autologous cellularized scaffold for the repair of cartilage defects of the knee The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Maci (autologous cultured chondrocytes on porcine collagen membrane) for the repair of symptomatic, full-thickness cartilage defects of the knee in adult patients.
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Could statins help cut Alzheimer's risk? Could cholesterol-fighting statins fend off Alzheimer's disease? A new, large study suggests that if they do have that power, it may depend on the specific statin, and the gender and race or ethnicity of the person taking it.
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Florida Legislature begins sorting out Amendment 2 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's Legislature is beginning the process of figuring out how to implement Amendment 2, which allows for the legalization of medical marijuana.
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Sign Up For Health Coverage If You Need It, Despite GOP Repeal Plans Since Republicans have plans to repeal the federal health law, should consumers still sign up for next year's coverage? And if the health law marketplaces disappear, might Medicare eligibility be expanded?
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