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Marijuana research: Massive report details knowledge base with eye on future Connor Hellings, left and science director John Rudd, right, work on marijuana samples at CannTest, the first commercial marijuana testing laboratory to open in Alaska on Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Marijuana Eases Pain, But Jury's Out On Other Health Benefits, Scientists Say Marijuana has proved to be a powerful aid in easing chronic pain and helping battle nausea, but results are mixed or largely inconclusive on other health benefits, as well as detriments, according to a massive new scientific review of cannabis studies.
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SSM Health Medical Minute: Cancer death rate down 25 percent ST. LOUIS (KTVI) - The death rate from cancer in the United States has declined steadily over the past 2 decades, according to annual statistics reporting from the American Cancer Society.
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Flu bug starting to bite in the Northland "It's clearly starting to ramp up for the season," said Dr. Sara Lund, an infectious-disease specialist at St. Luke's hospital.
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How Stress Can Cause A Heart Attack Heightened activity in the brain's fear center may set off a chain of dangerous physiological responses. 01/12/2017 05:45 pm ET.
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Cigna Changes to Cheaper Generic EpiPen, CVS Cuts Rival's Prices Health insurance giant Cigna announced this week it's dropping coverage for name brand $600 EpiPens, just as drugstore chain CVS nearly halved the price of a rival epinephrine autoinjector, Adrenaclick, to $109.
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Rural Americans are more likely to die from the top 5 causes of death Rural Americans are more likely to die from heart disease, cancer and the three other leading causes of death than their urban counterparts, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Americans in rural areas more likely to die from leading causes of death People who don't live in metropolitan areas of the United States are more likely to die from the five top causes of death, new federal data suggest.
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Urine test reveals what you really eat A urine test that can reveal how healthy your meals are has been developed by UK scientists. They think it could be used to improve nutritional advice or in weight loss because people are notoriously bad at recording their own eating habits.
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How a Children's Toy Could Help Fight Malaria One of the most basic and necessary pieces of equipment in a medical labs is a centrifuge. Often bulky and expensive, this device (in the most simple terms) spins things.
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Study Finds New Way to Pinpoint Dangerous Prostate Cancer Researchers say they've found a new way to tell if a man's prostate cancer will come back and kill him after treatment. If a blood test called a PSA doesn't fall to low enough levels after treatment, it means the cancer's not all gone and will likely ...
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Child's Toy Whirligig Inspired Stanford Researchers To Invent Low-Cost, Hand-Powered Blood Centrifuge A whirligig may be a child's toy but it has led to the development of the paperfuge, a low-cost hand-powered centrifuge that can improve health services in off-the-grid areas.
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Why Trump's Meeting With RFK Jr. Has Scientists Worried Of all Donald Trump's conspiratorial obsessions, perhaps one of the most dangerous has been his long promotion of the much-debunked theory that vaccines cause autism.
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Baby born to woman who locally acquired Zika in US is healthy Reports of locally transmitted Zika in South Florida last year compelled federal officials to instate a travel advisory for pregnant women and instilled fear among hotel owners who worried a spread of the virus would harm tourism in the area.
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Brain activity 'key in stress link to heart disease' The effect of constant stress on a deep-lying region of the brain explains the increased risk of heart attack, a study in The Lancet suggests.
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Macau native contracts bird flu after visit to China: Xinhua Health authorities have confirmed the first case of H7N9 bird flu in a 72-year-old woman native of the Chinese territory of Macau, after she returned from a visit to the southern Chinese area of Zhongshan, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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New Castle woman is Delaware's second flu-related death A 98-year-old New Castle County woman on Monday became the second state resident to die from flu during the 2016-17 season. The woman, who was diagnosed with influenza strain A, had multiple health issues and the flu contributed to her death, ...
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Testing wearable sensors as 'check engine' light for health In this photo provided by Steve Fisch, Michael Snyder, professor and chair of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine sports wearable gadgets.
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How the Stress in Your Head Affects the Health of Your Heart The mind-body connection is more than just a catchphrase: A new study finds that increased levels of stress are indeed linked to greater risk of a heart attack or stroke.
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Jessica Alba's Honest Company Recalls Organic Baby Powder After Concerns of Eye and Skin Infections Jessica Alba's The Honest Company is conducting a voluntary recall of their organic baby powder after concerns that the product caused eye and skin infections.
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Wearable Sensors Can Tell If You're Sick Before You Even Feel It Changes in heart rate and skin temperature could all be signs of an impending illness. 01/12/2017 07:56 pm ET. Lisa Rapaport. filadendron via Getty Images.
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Salt rock lamps recalled; they can overheat or ignite The Rock of Gibraltar Lamp has been recalled. Those who have purchased the rock salt lamps and have questions can contact Michaels at 800-642-4235 or online at www.
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Sushi Lovers, Beware: Tapeworm Now Found in U.S. Salmon THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- In bad news for sushi lovers, scientists have confirmed that a tapeworm known to infect salmon from the Asian Pacific is also present in fish from U.S.
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Flu season ramps up; bad strain circulating NEWTON -- Flu season is starting to ramp up and it's looking to be a severe one, according to U.S. health officials. That is why Laura Anderson, manager for infection prevention at Newton and Hackettstown medical centers, is urging everyone, especially ...
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Influenza: The search for a universal vaccine No one wants to catch the flu, and the best line of defense is the seasonal influenza vaccine. But producing an effective annual flu shot relies on accurately predicting which flu strains are most likely to infect the population in any given season.
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Taiwan reports new bird flu case The H5N2 avian flu virus was confirmed at a chicken farm in Yunlin county, where 16,800 chicken were culled to prevent further infection, the authority said.
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Scientist say US salmon may carry Japanese tapeworm One of the most gruesome is tapeworm, a species of digestive tract-invading parasites that includes Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense, or the Japanese broad tapeworm.
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Ark. lawmakers endorse delay on medical marijuana launch LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - Some state lawmakers want Arkansas to take more time before making medical marijuana available to the public.
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Could Obamacare repeal cost California 200K jobs? California Gov. Jerry Brown, center, arrives with Senate President pro Tempore Kevin De Leon, D-Los Angeles, right, and Assembly speaker Toni Atkins, second from right, to sign landmark legislation SB 350 to combat climate change.
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Sushi lovers, beware: Tapeworm now found in US salmon In bad news for sushi lovers, scientists have confirmed that a tapeworm known to infect salmon from the Asian Pacific is also present in fish from U.S.
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North Dakota lawmakers weigh options, uncertainty on Medicaid expansion BISMARCK - With uncertainty looming over the fate of a major federal health care law, North Dakota lawmakers are weighing their options over the Medicaid expansion program that's set to expire later this year.
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'Superbug' resistant to all available antibiotics killed elderly northern Nevada woman web1_webap_72271062882_7771648.jpg This illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a group of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae bacteria.
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Photos capture some of newborn's final moments TOLEDO, Ohio - A Northwood, Ohio, couple struggling for years to get pregnant, gave birth to twins last month: a boy and a girl. But the little boy was gravely ill and not expected to live.
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TB tests recommended for 240 people at Renton's Hazen High Health officials recommended the tests at Hazen High School as a precaution after someone at the school was diagnosed with the infectious disease.
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FDA, DHS Find Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in St. Jude Heart Devices The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) issued an advisory on Monday warning of cybersecurity vulnerabilities found in St. Jude ...
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Pittsburgh-area employers stuck in uncertainty over Obamacare changes The promise of repeal by President-elect Donald Trump and Republican leaders is likely to drive carriers out of the ACA marketplace, according to experts.
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Just One GOP Senator Voted To Block Legislation Cutting Social Security, Medicare And Medicaid Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) voted for an amendment proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). 01/11/2017 02:12 pm ET | Updated 23 hours ago.
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New U. of C. Medicine trauma center boss aims to tackle violence "The opportunity to launch a world-class trauma center at a venerable institution such as University of Chicago is a once in a lifetime opportunity," said Dr.
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Bristol-Myers and AstraZeneca Take Beatings Shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) , Roche (RHHBY) and AstraZeneca (AZN) fell Wednesday on news that Merck (MRK) will get a faster-than-anticipated FDA review for its lung cancer drug Keytruda.
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