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New research upends traditional thinking on children's peanut allergies New research suggests giving young children peanuts early and often can help prevent allergies. (KABC). KABC. By Denise Dador. Thursday, January 05, 2017 10:38PM.
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NIH recommends feeding babies peanuts to lower risk of allergies The National Institutes of Health now recommends exposing children to peanuts as early as infancy, in a break from past guidelines.
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Death rate from cancer now 25% lower than it was 25 years ago, report says In the year to come, an estimated 1,688,780 people in the United States are expected to get a cancer diagnosis, and cancer will claim the lives of a projected 600,920.
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With Obamacare, GOP faces the 'Pottery Barn rule': You break it, you own it Democrats have an emerging strategy to defend the Affordable Care Act from Republican assault, daring their opponents to defy the "Pottery Barn rule": They're about to break the health-care system, and that means they will own it.
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New advice: Peanuts in baby's diet can prevent scary allergy In this photo provided by the Carrie Stevenson, her daughter Estelle holds a bag of peanut snacks in her pediatrician's office at age nine-months, in Columbus, Ohio.
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Dr. Richard Besser Breaks Down New Baby Peanut Allergy Guidelines ABC News' Dan Childs talks with Dr. Richard Besser about new recommendations to prevent peanut allergies in children. 11:47 | 01/05/17.
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Duck cull in France's foie gras region to contain bird flu Paris - French authorities started slaughtering ducks in the main foie gras-producing region on Thursday to try to contain a dangerous form of bird flu.
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Ebola virus found hiding in lungs of health-care worker Ebola has proven itself a tricky foe to get rid of in the human body. In numerous cases in which it was thought to be gone and patients fully recovered, the virus has been found in the eyes, semen, amniotic fluid, placenta, breast milk and central ...
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Now hear this: Stop cleaning your ears! (NEWSER) - There's a reason Q-tips come with a warning to never use them in your ears —and it's about time we heeded the advice, says the American Academy of Otolaryngology.
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Why You Shouldn't Use Cotton Swabs To Clean Your Ears (CNN) - The doctors' advice hasn't changed much, but it's still so unsatisfying: You should not use cotton swabs to clean your ears.
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Minnesota pedestrian death spike illustrates grim US trend MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Pedestrian deaths spiked to a 25-year high in Minnesota in 2016, illustrating what's been a grim upward trend across the country in recent years.
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Irish Cancer Society defends 'deliberately provocative' ad campaign The Irish Cancer Society has said it did not set out to deliberately cause distress to anyone affected by cancer with its recent publicity campaign.
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Eat Mediterranean diet for a healthier and younger brain, studies say The Mediterranean diet -- one heavy on veggies, nuts and fruit, with limits on meat and dairy -- is the way to go. Study after study has shown it is the key to help you live longer and puts you at a lower risk for cancer and cardiovascular diseases ...
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Mediterranean diet linked to reduced brain shrinkage in old age A new study led by researchers in Scotland has found that older people who ate a Mediterranean-type diet went on to experience less brain shrinkage than those who ate other types of food.
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Eat Mediterranean diet for a healthier and younger brain, studies say NEW YORK (CNN) - As we age, our brains naturally shrink and our risk of having a stroke, dementia or Alzheimer's rise, and almost everyone experiences some kind of memory loss.
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France Is Slaughtering Nearly 1 Million Ducks Pascal Pavani—AFP/Getty Images People buy foie groie in the market in Samatan, southwestern France on Dec. 5, 2016. An outbreak of avian influenza H5N8, "highly pathogenic" for birds but "harmless to humans", was detected in a duck farm in the Tarn ...
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UM study shows benefits of Michigan expanding Medicaid Even though the state's bills for the expansion of Medicaid to more than 640,000 low-income Michiganders is growing from $152 million this year to $399 million in 2021, the economic benefit of providing the health care will more than make up for the ...
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After suffering bruising operating losses, MD Anderson Cancer Center cutting about 1000 jobs A view of the outside of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. (Chronicle File Photo). A view of the outside of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.... MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston's second-largest employer, is eliminating about 1,000 ...
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Brain Area That Recognizes Faces Gets Busier And Better In Young Adults A comparison of kid brains and grownup brains may explain why our ability to recognize faces keeps getting better until about age 30.
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Lawsuit Claims St. Ives Apricot Scrub Damages Skin Originally on Health.com. If you are a devotee of St. Ives Apricot Scrub, you may be wondering if you should switch to another face wash now that it's the subject of a class action lawsuit.
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Rising cost of diabetes care concerns patients and doctors Edith Prentiss has Type 1 diabetes and needs to take insulin several times a day. "If I didn't take it, I would be dead," Prentiss told WNYW's Linda Schmidt.
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Louisiana health secretary: Medicaid rollback would be 'irresponsible, inhumane' Dr. Heidi Sinclair speaks of the many uninsured people she has come across with conditions left untreated because they could not afford health insurance at the "Dying for Coverage" vigil at the State Capitol on Thursday, April 3, 2014.
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Top US Cancer Center Cuts 1000 Staff The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is cutting its staff by about 1000 people, including 800 to 900 layoffs, and the rest via retirement and other forms of attrition, center officials announced today.
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GM vaccine for malaria without side effects soon A potent malaria vaccine with virtually no side-effects has cleared clinical trials. The new "highly protective" malaria vaccine was successful in humans and can pave the way for treatment of other parasitic diseases.
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This is the single best diet for your overall health, according to nutrition experts We thinking less about diets as being for rapid weight loss and more about for creating lifestyle changes that stick. To help people sift through the noise and find science-backed plans that work for years rather than weeks, US News & World Report ...
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Study: Drunk drivers think twice when faced with threat of ignition interlock device Drunk drivers are less likely to get behind the wheel if they know a conviction will require them to blow into a breath-testing device every time they want to start their car, research shows.
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Child's flu death in Rogers County third of the season for Oklahoma Flu vaccines are being offered to anyone 6 months and older on a walk-in basis at several Tulsa Health Department locations. COURTESY.
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Volunteers get bit to test new strategy for malaria vaccine WASHINGTON - Researchers infected lab mosquitoes with genetically weakened malaria parasites, and then recruited volunteers this week willing to be bitten - a lot - to test a possible new strategy for a vaccine.
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The wearable that helps pregnant women track contractions in real time LAS VEGAS - The idea for Bloomlife's pregnancy wearable was born around the same that CEO Eric Dy and his co-founder, COO Julien Penders, were taking their first steps toward parenthood.
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Grail is raising at least $1 billion to fund its early cancer screening test The early cancer screening startup Grail plans to raise more than $1 billion in Series B financing, possibly up to $1.8 billion. While the company doesn't want to name investor names, only mentioning in a release the funding will come "primarily from ...
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Company Will Raise $1 Billion To Create Blood Test To Detect Cancer As part of the announcement, Grail is also spinning out of its parent company, San Diego's Illumina, the $2.4 billion (sales) firm that makes most of the DNA sequencing machines that scientists and doctors use to study human biology, diagnose rare ...
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Flu reaching epidemic levels in Wash. state; 4 new deaths reported SEATTLE - The flu is already proving deadly in Washington state - with another four deaths reported in the past 10 days. And now state health officials say we are reaching epidemic levels, with emergency room doctors throughout Western Washington ...
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Boy Grows Hair for 2 Years, Donates to Friend With Alopecia After two years of growing his hair, 10-year-old Tyler Boone was finally able to cut it -- as a gift for a family friend, Gabby, who's unable to grow her own.
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Study Calls Kim K-Endorsed Morning Sickness Drug Into Question If morning sickness is a concern of yours right now, you're likely aware of the drug, Diclegis. Kim K. put it on the map in 2015 when she praised it while pregnant with Saint (and she initially failed to mention one of its side effects when she posted ...
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National Geographic films teenager undergoing gender surgery A video recorded for National Geographic captures the process of a teenager undergoing gender surgery. The clip features Massachusetts teen Emmie Smith, 17, explaining her decision to undergo the procedure, and preparing for the surgery.
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New drug approvals fall to six-year low in 2016 in US Last year turned out to be a disappointing one for new drug approvals with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearing just 22 new medicines for sale, the lowest number since 2010 and sharply down on 2015's tally of 45.
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Sanford to study stem cells from fat to repair common shoulder injury FARGO—Sanford Health physicians are conducting a research trial that will use a patient's stem cells derived from fat tissue to repair a common shoulder injury as an alternative to surgery.
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This plan could save Medicare billions, but Trump's health chief opposes it Dr. Matthew S. Austin performs a total hip replacement on Bill McDonough at Rothman Orthopaedic Speciality Hospital in Bensalem. STEPHANIE AARONSON / Staff Photographer.
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CMS Clarifies Site-Neutral Medicare Reimbursement Exceptions CMS provided guidance on what new or developing off-campus provider-based departments will qualify for site-neutral Medicare reimbursement exemption in 2017 and 2018.
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Swedish 6-hour workday too expensive to maintain, trial finds Swedes hoping to get a six-hour workday should not bank on it actually happening anytime soon. Nurses at a city-run senior home in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, about 292 miles east of Stockholm, have been benefiting from a two-year experiment that ...
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