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These people eat monkeys and piranhas. They also have the lowest rates of heart disease ever measured. The Tsimane people dwell in thatched huts in a remote corner of Bolivian jungle, and at dinner, the main meal sometimes consists of monkey.
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Trump boosts security budget while slashing anti-poverty programs WASHINGTON - President Trump submitted a budget Thursday that would radically reorder how federal taxpayer money is spent, steering billions of additional dollars toward the military while slashing money for poor people, children, the elderly, and ...
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Cholesterol Drug Cuts Heart Risks, Spurs New Debate on Cost A long-acting cholesterol medicine cut the risk of having a heart attack or some other serious problems by 15 to 20 percent in a big study.
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Pricey New Cholesterol Drug's Effect On Heart Disease Is More Modest Than Hoped Another cardiology meeting, another big prevention trial - and questions abound. People at risk for cardiovascular disease will be wondering about the implications for them.
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Listeria contamination leads to recall of 20000 pounds of frozen pizza The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced that RBR Meat Company, Inc., based in Vernon, Calif.
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Cholesterol-Slashing Drug Can Protect High-Risk Heart Patients, Study Finds Robert Johnson 51, with his twin 6-year-old daughters, Brooke, left, and Bobbi on vacation in Florida. Mr. Johnson feared dying young of a heart attack like his father.
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20000 lbs of frozen pizza recalled over listeria fears VERNON, Calif. - More than 21,000 pounds of frozen pizzas are being recalled due to possible listeria contamination, the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Wednesday.
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Rare strep infection costs Michigan dad his hands and feet A Michigan father whose seemingly ordinary stomach pains turned out to be an extremely rare case of strep throat is now facing a series of procedures to amputate his hands and feet.
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Dad tests negative for strep throat, then nearly dies from rare complications When Kevin Breen went to the emergency room, he thought he just had a bad stomach ache. Doctors soon realized it was something far more frightening.
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Company recalls 21000 pounds of frozen pizza sold at Walmart over potential listeria A California-based company is recalling more than 21,200 pounds of frozen pizza sold at Walmart retail stores in 11 states due to potential listeria contamination.
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Experimental blood test could speed autism diagnosis: US study NEW YORK Developers of an experimental blood test for autism say it can detect the condition in more than 96 percent of cases and do so across a broad spectrum of patients, potentially allowing for earlier diagnosis, according to a study released on ...
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Let's Hope That Match Day Brings Us Lots Of Foreign-Born Doctors This Friday is Match Day, an annual rite of passage for seniors in medical school, when they find out at noon if they've "matched" with a residency in the specialty and location of their choice.
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'Patient lives are at stake,' Fred Hutch president says of 'devastating' Trump cuts President Donald Trump's 2018 budget proposal slashes funding by 18 percent for the National Institutes of Health, a critical funding source for Seattle's world-renowned research centers.
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'Prioritize' Privately Insured Patients, Mayo Exec Says Mayo Clinic employees should "prioritize" privately insured patients over those in Medicare and Medicaid when they seek care for similar conditions to "have income at the end of the year," the health system's leader told employees in a speech last year.
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Donald Trump's Budget Is Universally Unloved WASHINGTON ― Over the course of the last three years, a bipartisan group of lawmakers made painstaking attempts to pass a major restructuring of biomedical research in America.
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What Young People Need to Know About Colon Cancer Sarah DeBord is undergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer that was discovered when she was 34 and training for a half marathon. Credit Khue Bui for The New York Times.
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San Diego researchers condemn Trump's proposed $5.8B NIH funding cut The Trump administration proposes dramatic cuts to the State, health and education departments while ramping up defense spending and $4 billion for construction of a border wall.
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Donald Trump's budget would threaten research, financial aid at UW-Madison, officials warn The UW-Madison Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, led by Dr. Sanjay Asthana, could be affected by proposed federal research cuts in President Donald Trump's budget.
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AHF Commends President Trump for Maintaining Critical Funding for AIDS Fight in Budget Blueprint In response to the release of President Donald J. Trump's budget earlier this week by the White House, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, released the following statement: "AIDS Healthcare Foundation welcomes the ...
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Study finds sharp rise in colorectal cancer in young adults - CBS46 News Doctors say many young people don't seek treatment until it is too late because they don't realize they can get colon or rectal cancer at a young age.
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GRAPHIC: Strep throat leads to amputation of dad's hands, feet - FOX10 News | WALA Kevin Breen, 44, survived a strep throat infection that led to amputations of parts of his hands and feet. (Source: WOOD via CNN).
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Health officials investigating death of 4-year-old Vancouver boy who died after dental procedure A student receives dental care in this 2012 Oregonian/OregonLive file photo. A four-year-old boy died March 10, 2017, after a dental procedure in Vancouver.
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Having unprotected sex without telling partner about HIV-positive status no longer would be a felony under new bill In a test of shifting attitudes about HIV, a group of state lawmakers has proposed that it no longer be a felony for someone to knowingly expose others to the disease by engaging in unprotected sex and not telling the partner about the infection.
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Trump Probably Won't Crush the Legal Weed Industry In 2016, Americans bought about $7 billion of legal marijuana, roughly five times the 2013 total. Though the plant remains illegal in the eyes of the federal government, it is now the basis of what is arguably the country's fastest growing industry ...
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Your nose looks the way it does because of the climate If you love (or hate) your nose, you can thank wherever your ancestors decided to settle. Noses evolved into shapes that were conducive to local climates, according to a new study published in PLOS Genetics.
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Chicago med students celebrate Match Day, though travel ban uncertainty remains Heidi Tucker and over 150 other Rush Medical College students share excitement as they open envelopes on Match Day, March 17, 2017, to learn where they will be spending the next three to seven years.
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Fentanyl Crisis: Columbus, Ohio Has One Fatal Overdose Per Day The drug that killed Prince is slaying people at a rate of nearly one a day in Ohio's capital city. Fentanyl has already figured in 55 fatal drug overdoses in Columbus and surrounding Franklin County in January and February, the local coroner reported ...
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Burger sells for $10000 in Dubai The giant burger contained seven beef patties, one for each of the emirates in the United Arab Emirates, aged cheddar cheese and veal bacon strips in a saffron brioche bun.
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Indiana bill limiting overprescribing passes Senate committee INDIANA - An Indiana bill that would limit overprescribing opioids has passed the senate committee on public health and awaits a house vote.
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Kenya to Roll Out Drug to Curb HIV Infection Dr. Martin Sirengo, the head of the National AIDS and STI Control Program, operates within the Ministry of Health and is involved with technical coordination of HIV and AIDS programs in Kenya, March 16, 2017.
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Experimental blood test could speed autism diagnosis-US study NEW YORK, March 16 Developers of an experimental blood test for autism say it can detect the condition in more than 96 percent of cases and do so across a broad spectrum of patients, potentially allowing for earlier diagnosis, according to a study ...
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Alabama officials concerned about spread of avian flu virus HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Alabama officials say they are keeping a close watch on the avian flu outbreaks that have been reported in Alabama and Tennessee.
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Pitt research finds women have poor diets before pregnancy A wide range of women have poor diets in the months leading up to their first pregnancy, according to research published Friday and led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.
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Raising cigarette taxes will help keep kids from smoking First, we can substantially strengthen our children's classrooms, which have been hit with cuts worth tens of millions of dollars since 2008.
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3rd case of bird flu detected in Tennessee NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A third commercial poultry breeding operation in Tennessee has tested positive for avian flu. State agricultural officials on Thursday said the latest chicken breeding facility to be infected is in Lincoln County, close to a farm ...
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Hays woman's response to congressman going viral A Hays woman's response to a congressman's comments about health care costs is going viral. On March 7, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said on CNN that low-income Americans had to make choices when it came to paying for their health care.
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