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Trump administration moves make scientists nervous. Here's what they're planning to do about it It may not be the most romantic way to spend Valentine's Day, but Dr. Georges Benjamin had been looking forward to a trip to Atlanta.
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Al Gore puts the CDC's health and climate conference back on track - minus the CDC An abruptly postponed conference on climate change and its effects on human health is going to take place after all - thanks to Al Gore.
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CDC's canceled climate change conference is back on - thanks to Al Gore The Centers for Disease Control has postponed a summit on climate change and public health scheduled for next month. Although the Trump administration did not explicitly ask for the rescheduling, one of the keynote speakers confirmed for the Climate ...
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Why acid trips last so long and make everything seem so profound It's no secret that being on acid - also known as LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide - can make the mundane seem full of meaning, but now we may know why.
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Trump administration backtracks part way on ACA enrollment outreach The Trump administration on Friday partly retracted a directive it had issued less than 24 hours earlier to halt all advertising and other outreach activities aimed at encouraging consumers to buy health plans for 2017 during the final days of ...
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How LSD Binds to the Brain, and Why Trips Last So Long It's always been a bit of a mystery why LSD is such a potent hallucinogen. Unlike most similar drugs, it takes only a very small dose—say around 100 micrograms—to have strong effects that last 12 hours or longer.
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France Bans Free Soda Refills in Attack on Obesity A soft drink bottling operation in Clamart, France, near Paris. Credit Lionel Bonaventure/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images. In 2004, France banned vending machines from schools.
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Throw out homeopathic teething tablets with belladonna, FDA says (CNN) The Food and Drug Administration urged parents Friday to not use Hyland's homeopathic teething products containing belladonna, commonly known as deadly nightshade -- a toxic substance.
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Five nations report more, varied avian flu outbreaks Countries in different parts of the world reported more avian flu outbreaks involving different strains, from a recurrence of highly pathogenic H5N1 in India to the detection of H5N5 for the first time in Slovenia.
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In Private, Republican Lawmakers Agonize Over Health Law Repeal House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, center, listening to President Trump's inaugural address last week. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times.
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Oregon Planned Parenthood CEO: Trump 'has awoken a sleeping giant' In Oregon, Planned Parenthood is arming itself in preparation for a long fight against the Trump administration. Sara Roth. Share This Story.
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CDC: Flu now widespread in 37 states All numbers in today's latest update on flu from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that disease activity rose higher in the third week of 2017.
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Flu cases fall below norm for Indiana So far, reports of flu in Indiana are following a trajectory similar to last year. There was a slight rise at the end of December, but emergency rooms report the number of cases currently is below the norm, according to the Indiana State Department of ...
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What's Next? A Massive Fight Over Women's Reproductive Health President Donald Trump and his GOP congressional allies have come right out of the gate with a multi-pronged assault on abortion rights, a risky gambit that could complicate Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and install a new Justice ...
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New Jersey Just Became The First State To Give New Parents Baby Boxes Since the 1930s, the nation of Finland has given new parents special "baby boxes" that contain newborn essentials and can serve as infant beds.
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Most Americans want government to keep funding Planned Parenthood, Obamacare: poll Most Americans want government to keep funding Planned Parenthood, Obamacare: poll FILE - This Aug. 25, 2015, file photo, Planned Parenthood Action Council holds a community rally at the state Capitol, in Salt Lake City.
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Despite challenges, human/pig chimeras could boost regenerative medicine This mouse was created by injecting rat pluripotent stem cells into a mouse blastocyst. Credit: Courtesy of Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Salk Institute.
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Poll: Voters favor Roe, oppose cutting Planned Parenthood funds A large majority of voters support the 44-year-old Supreme Court decision that established women's abortion rights - and oppose efforts to end federal funding of Planned Parenthood - according to a new poll released Friday.
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Expert: 'I would put money' on linens causing UPMC mold outbreak A hospital environmental expert who detected mold on linens supplied to UPMC from a DuBois laundry told the Tribune-Review on Friday that he believes laundry was the source of fungal infections that killed transplant patients at the health giant's ...
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AI as Good as Docs for Diagnosing Skin Cancers From Photo Diagnosing skin cancer usually starts with a visual exam of the lesion, followed by dermoscopic analysis, then a biopsy if the clinician thinks the appearance of the lesion warrants one, and then histologic confirmation.
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In marijuana competition, a tension between clinical, alternative medicine Tim Charles, owner of PA Cannabis LLC, is planning to open a cannabis dispensary in this building on the 200 block of Main Street in Emmaus.
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Mom Sues Transgender Daughter, Health Agencies Over Reassignment Treatment MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - A fight over sex-change treatment for a northern Minnesota teenager and parental rights is playing out in court.
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A medical mystery: Cluster of patients struck with rare amnesia (CNN) What started with four patients with a puzzling form of amnesia turned into 14, and doctors are searching for others. Dr. Jed Barash, a neurologist in the Boston area, noticed a pattern between 2012 and 2015.
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Cluster of Mysterious Amnesia Cases Puzzles Researchers More than a dozen people in Massachusetts suddenly developed severe amnesia, but there was no clear cause of their memory loss, leaving researchers puzzled about what exactly could have been behind these cases, according to a new report.
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Lawmakers put medical pot on pause despite most Utahns' support About 54% approve of legalization. Legislature wants to wait to see whether Trump administration will allow such laws. Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest Email Print Single page.
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New Mexico Legislature Considers Legalizing Cannabis SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Democratic state lawmakers in New Mexico are redoubling efforts to legalize marijuana and tax sales for recreational use to shore up plunging state revenues and give the economy a boost.
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Health agencies say UPMC mold report doesn't warrant new investigation Two government agencies say they have no plans to do any more investigating of the fatal mold outbreak at UPMC, despite a recently uncovered internal UPMC report that found mold on freshly cleaned laundry in a hospital and in the laundry facility where ...
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Awash in overdoses, Seattle creates safe sites for addicts to inject illegal drugs Officials in Seattle on Friday approved the nation's first "safe-injection" sites for users of heroin and other illegal drugs, calling the move a drastic but necessary response to an epidemic of addiction that is claiming tens of thousands of lives ...
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Mylan CEO says EpiPen controversy was "a window into a broken system" The head of the pharmaceutical giant Mylan is speaking out about the firestorm created by the nearly-500 percent increase in the price of EpiPens.
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Vaccines protect more than just those being immunized One of my neighbors thinks vaccines are a health risk, and she can't be convinced of the science. I read her your columns about HPV vaccines because she has three daughters, but I can't get through to her.
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Flu Hospitalizations, Deaths Increasing: CDC FRIDAY, Jan. 27, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Although this year's flu season appears to be an average one so far, more hospitalizations are being reported and deaths are increasing, federal health officials reported Friday.
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Pediatric infectious disease doctor weighs in on mumps outbreak With even more cases of the mumps confirmed in Region 8 Friday, one infectious disease doctor is keeping an eye on the outbreak. The Arkansas Department of Health confirmed four new mumps cases in just 24 hours in Region 8. Three of the cases are ...
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Hillary Clinton received 800000 votes from noncitizens, bolsters Trump argument, study finds Hillary Clinton is estimated to have collected 81 percent of noncitizen votes, which may have helped her carry a state, a researcher says.
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Why is New Jersey giving new parents free baby boxes? New Jersey became the first US state to give out free baby boxes on Thursday, gifting newborn essentials to new parents in a program inspired by a nearly 80-year-old Finnish tradition.
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Is 'what the patient pays' the right barometer for pricing drugs? Empty pockets Just a few months ago, Mylan NV got caught in a net of its own making when it raised the U.S. list price for a two-pack of its Epipen to $608, a 550 percent increase over several years.
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Report: 134 new influenza cases in South Dakota Health officials say the influenza virus is ramping up in South Dakota, with 134 new confirmed cases last week, nearly doubling the season's total.
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Study Finds Hillary Got (At Least) 800000 Votes From Non-Citizens The Main Stream Media, the "opposition party" as Steve Bannon described it, is screeching in outrage about President Donald Trump's claim that he would have won the popular vote were it not for illegal voters.
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Senator Rand Paul's ACA Replacement Plan Has Flaws That Should Concern All Mental Health Advocates Senator Rand Paul has shared his plan for a replacement to the Affordable Care Act. While I commend the senator for starting a dialogue that includes specifics, there are elements of the plan that should cause mental health advocates to shudder.
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Minnesota Transgender Teen Sued By Her Own Mom Speaks Out On Thursday morning at a U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota, an improbable case began to unfold. As a courtroom full of about 20 people looked on, Anmarie Calgaro's attorneys explained why the small-town mom from the state's northernmost "Iron ...
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Abortion decisions are none of your business One of the main problems with the abortion debate, and there are a few problems, is that the push to have access to abortions made easier or more difficult is so often drowned out by the extremists at both ends.
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NJ Becomes 1st State to Offer New Parents Free 'Baby Boxes' Baby boxes include diapers, wipes, a box for the baby to sleep in and other must-haves for new parents. (Published Friday, Jan. 27, 2017).
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Ribbon-cutting for new site of Vineland veterans outpatient clinic VINELAND - Military veterans and advocates for better and more local health care services are celebrating the opening of a relocated and significantly expanded U.S.
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Cases Prompt Measles Alerts Issued In Jersey City, Long Island JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - Officials in New Jersey and on Long Island have issued alerts warning the public of a possible exposure to the measles.
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Utah medical marijuana legislation unlikely to move forward this year SALT LAKE CITY - Gov. Gary Herbert is backing the decision by state lawmakers to focus on research about the impact of medical marijuana for certain medical conditions rather than moving forward with broad legalization.
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