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Pilots are keeping mental illness a secret to keep their wings Thousands of commercial pilots worldwide are likely clinically depressed - some even suicidal - but don't seek treatment for fear of being grounded and losing their wings, according to a new study.
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More Than 1 in 10 Pilots Suffer From Depression, Survey Finds THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- More than one-tenth of professional airline pilots may suffer from depression, and a small percentage might experience suicidal thoughts, a new survey reveals.
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Threats at abortion clinics rise since Trump's election, advocates 'facing fight of their lives' On a typical day, two protesters stand outside Choices Women's Medical Center in Jamaica, New York. The man hands out antiabortion flyers; a nun passes out rosary beads.
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Here's What Caused the New York City 'Zombie' Outbreak An uncommon drug caused a "zombie" outbreak in a New York City neighborhood this past summer, and now a new report identifies the exact compound that the affected people took.
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Drug 85 Times as Potent as Marijuana Caused a 'Zombielike' State in Brooklyn Emergency workers treated a woman in Brooklyn in July in an area where people overdosed on a synthetic cannabinoid more potent than marijuana.
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Separated conjoined twins meet for first time since surgery PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - The conjoined California twins that were separated last week following a 17-hour marathon surgery have been reunited for the first time since the operation.
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Judge Blocks Texas Rule That Would Require Burial Or Cremation Of Fetal Tissue A federal judge in Texas has issued a temporary restraining order blocking new state rules that regulate the disposal of fetal remains from miscarriages and abortions.
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Judge Blocks Texas From Requiring Fetal Remains Be Buried AUSTIN, Texas - A federal judge on Thursday blocked until at least next month hotly debated Texas rules mandating burial or cremation of fetal remains that were set to go into effect within days.
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UK Fertility Clinics Can Now Apply For Licenses To Create 3-Parent Babies The United Kingdom's fertility regulator has put its seal of approval on the "cautious use" of techniques to create a baby from the DNA of three people.
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Brave New World: UK Is First To Legalize Three-Parent Babies The technique would produce a baby that would biologically have two mothers and one father. It's now legal in Britain to create a three-parent baby using healthy DNA from a donor to fix debilitating genetic problems.
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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, the formerly conjoined twin girls, Eva, left, and Erika, right, reunite for the first time since separation surgery with their parents, Arturo Sandoval ...
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Separated Conjoined Twins Meet for First Time Since Surgery The conjoined California twins that were separated last week following a 17-hour marathon surgery have been reunited for the first time since the operation.
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Texas Catholic cemeteries offer to bury fetal remains at no cost Stained glass behind a crucifix in a Catholic church. Photo courtesy of Murray Foubister via Creative Commons. (RNS) Even as Texas faces legal action against new regulations mandating the burial or cremation of fetal remains from an abortion or ...
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Extra baby scan 'spots brain problems' Detailed MRI scans should be offered to some women in pregnancy to help spot brain defects in the developing baby, say researchers.
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Highlights of new Massachusetts recreational marijuana law BOSTON - A voter-approved law allowing adults to possess, grow and use limited amounts of recreational marijuana took effect Thursday in Massachusetts, but it will still be at least another year before the state issues retail licenses to sell the drug ...
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Canned Whipped Cream Shortage Comes Right Before Holidays You may need to make whipped cream the old fashioned way for your holiday dishes this year. The Chicago-based food manufacturer that makes the popular Reddi-wip, Conagra Brands, confirmed Monday they have only a limited supply of nitrous oxide this ...
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Medical Marijuana (MJNA) Capitalizes on the $450 Million CBD Market -- CFN Media SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwired - Dec 14, 2016) - CFN Media Group, the leading creative agency and digital media network dedicated to legal cannabis, announces the publication of an article covering Medical Marijuana Inc.'s ( OTC PINK : MJNA ) global ...
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Woman has baby using ovary frozen when she was 9 A woman who had her fertility restored using frozen ovarian tissue which was removed when she was a child has given birth. Moaza Al Matrooshi, 24, is thought to be the first person in the world to be delivered of a baby after having the ovary removed ...
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Pro-life Republican legislators take aim at Planned Parenthood One day in June 2014, Advanced Bioscience Resources (ABR) obtained a 20-week-old fetus at a Planned Parenthood clinic, for which it paid $60.
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The 9 countries with the most draconian abortion laws in the world Texas Abortion clinic protest In this July 12, 2013 file photo, anti-abortion rights supporter Katherine Aguilar holds a crucifix and prays while opponents and supporters of abortion rights gather in the State Capitol rotunda in Austin, Texas.
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Indiana up 2 in health rankings After four years of placing 41st in the United Health Foundation's state health rankings, the Hoosier State slightly improved, climbing to 39th.
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Loveland prohibits medical marijuana Medical marijuana businesses will not be coming to Loveland. Loveland City Council unanimously approved an ordinance at its meeting Dec. 13 to prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries, cultivators and processors within the city.
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Georgia slips to 41st in ranking of states by health HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. The failure of some states to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act hurt their rankings in an annual ranking of the healthiest states.
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Aging May Be Reversible: Researchers Rejuvenate Older Mice Old cells can look young again. On the left, muscle cells from old mice that have an impaired ability to repair themselves. On the right, muscle cells from old mice after treatment with "reprogramming factors," which improved muscle regeneration ...
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Texas Man Marries Fiancee 36 Hours Before Succumbing to Cancer On Friday, when the hospital chaplain asked Raul Hinojosa for his final wish, the cancer-wracked patient just said, "I want to marry her.
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Feds extend Healthcare.gov deadline to Dec. 19, citing late rush Federal regulators Thursday night extended the midnight deadline for Affordable Care Act insurance by four days, as consumers fought to get through to call center operators and log onto Healthcare.
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H-E-B recalls raw shelled pistachios H-E-B issued a recall Wednesday on both bulk and packaged raw shelled pistachios because they could possibly be contaminated with salmonella.
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New DEA Rule Says CBD Oil is Really, Truly, No-Joke Illegal Note: This article contains an update on the legal status of CBD products, below the original text. The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) made CBD oil a little more federally illegal in a little-noticed bureaucratic maneuver this morning.
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Zika travel warning has some Brownsville residents on edge Eight-months pregnant Diana Karen Valdez, 23, waits for services with her son, Mauricio, 2, at the Brownsville Community Health Center, Thursday, Sept.
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Heightened concern over Zika in Brownsville BROWNSVILLE - When Heydi Guzmán absolutely must run an errand, the local mother-to-be puts on a long-sleeve shirt and long pants, then applies a healthy dose of mosquito repellent.
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DEA Makes CBD Extracts Schedule I The rule is titled ""Establishment of a New Drug Code for Marihuana Extract", and it isn't readily appearing in searches since they used the now obsolete spelling with a "h" instead of Marijuana with a "j".
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'It's Like a Miracle': Woman Gives Birth Using Ovary Frozen Since Childhood Moaza al-Matrooshi with her husband, Ahmed, and their newborn son. Doctors said the birth could pave the way for restoring fertility to women who suffer cancer and other illnesses at an early age.
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Emergency trainees mistakenly exposed to deadly ricin Because of yet another mix-up with bioterror pathogens, a federal terrorism response training center in Alabama says it mistakenly exposed more than 9,600 firefighters, paramedics and other students to a deadly toxin over the past five years.
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Hall of Famer Rod Carew to have heart, kidney transplant LOS ANGELES -- Baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew is preparing to receive a new heart and undergo a kidney transplant. His wife, Rhonda, confirmed the procedures on Thursday through the American Heart Association News.
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Mississippi finishes last – again – among all states in annual health ranking Mississippi dropped to dead last this year among all 50 states in the annual "America's Health Ranking" released Thursday by the United Health Foundation, a nonprofit arm of insurer United Health Group.
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Man weds fiancee hours before succumbing to cancer The wedding of Raul Hinojosa and Yvonne Hinojosa took place in a hospital in Amarillo, Texas. He died 36 hours later from cancer. (Yvonne Hinojosa | CNN).
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Health officials: Majority of Oklahoma patients diagnosed with mumps were vaccinated OKLAHOMA CITY - Health officials across Oklahoma are still investigating an outbreak of mumps that has affected several counties across the state.
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Big enrollment deadline for Obamacare as Trump, GOP plan the demise of health-care law An Obamacare bell is tolling for customers - while another, louder bell may be tolling for Obamacare itself. A key enrollment deadline for Obamacare looms Thursday, with many consumers scrambling to get health coverage that takes effect New Year's Day ...
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Proposed rules would allow 40 medical marijuana dispensaries in Ohio Ohio's medical-marijuana program is coming into focus with rules now proposed for cultivators who grow it, doctors who recommend it for patients, and dispensaries that sell it.
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Woman believed to be the first to have a baby using ovary frozen before puberty When she was 9 years old, Moaza al Matrooshi found out she would need chemotherapy to receive a bone-marrow transplant and treat a potentially fatal blood disorder.
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Lawmakers slam DOH for delays in medical marijuana cultivation The groups that plan to open medical marijuana dispensaries in Hawaii have all identified sites to grow their products. More >>.
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Hawaii named healthiest state, but officials note room for improvement That's according to a report released Wednesday by the United Health Foundation, 2016 America's Health Rankings®: A Call to Action for Individuals & Their Communities.
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New DEA rule on extracts, CBD riles cannabis industry A mixture of of extracted hemp CBD and coconut oil is transferred to capsules in this file photo. (Kira Horvath, Daily Camera file).
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NYC 'Zombie' Outbreak Highlights Dangers of Synthetic Drug WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The drug misleadingly marketed as "fake pot" that triggered a "zombie" outbreak in a New York City neighborhood last summer was significantly more potent than real marijuana, investigators say.
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Enrollment deadline for healthcare.gov extended through Monday Enrollment for January health-care coverage through the healthcare.gov website has been extended through Monday nationwide due to demand, the director of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange said late Thursday.
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Users celebrate pot legalization on the State House steps THIS BUD'S FOR YOU: Ellen Brown of Marstons Mills displays a handful of marijuana in front of the State House after speaking to reporters there yesterday to mark the day the law legalizing pot took effect.
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Stay safe in cold weather (Harrisburg) -- Pennsylvanians are urged to take extra precautions as near-zero temperatures affect the commonwealth over the next several days.
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Governor proposes $31.7M for mental health, opioid crisis RICHMOND, Va. - Gov. Terry McAuliffe is proposing $31.7 million in new funds to improve mental health care and substance abuse treatment in Virginia.
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Mumps Outbreak: 71 Cases In 8 Local Cities A case has emerged in Seattle, but health officials note that all the cases are related to the original outbreak in Auburn. By Neal McNamara (Patch Staff) - December 14, 2016 7:38 pm ET.
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