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Studies shed light on opioid exposures among US children and young adults Between 2000 and 2015, poison control centers in the United States received 188,468 calls about prescription opioid exposures in children and teens, a new study finds.
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San Francisco woman dies after drinking poisonous tea A woman is dead after drinking tea containing a lethal poison that she unwittingly bought from an herbalist in San Francisco's Chinatown, public health officials announced Monday.
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Amgen's Repatha Reduces Cholesterol and Cuts Risk of Cardiovascular-related Deaths: Report Amgen's Repatha has showcased impressive results in reduction of LDL cholesterol and death due to cardiovascular-related reasons.
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ACC: FOURIER Substudy May Help Refute 'Dr. Google' WASHINGTON -- Reaching very low LDL levels with a PCSK9 inhibitor was not associated with any increase in neurocognitive adverse events, according to the largest and most rigorous study to assess the topic to date.
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No evidence of cognitive issues when evolocumab added to statin therapy There is no evidence that adding a new cholesterol-lowering drug to treatment with a statin causes memory loss or other problems with cognition or thinking, according to findings from the EBBINGHAUS study, the largest, most rigorously designed study to ...
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5-Year-Old Who Had Heartwarming Reaction to Heart Transplant Is Now Rejecting New Organ Two weeks ago, 5-year-old Ari Schultz received a heart transplant after spending 211 days at Boston Children's Hospital. Ari's heartwarming reaction to his transplant quickly went viral.
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The dangers of strep throat In late fall and early spring, you're probably not too concerned about catching colds and dealing with sore throats. You're busy enjoying the changing seasons, and you should be.
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Spider venom may offer hope to stroke victims: scientists Sydney (AFP) - A protein in the venom of potentially deadly funnel web spiders could minimise the effects of brain damage after a stroke, researchers in Australia said on Tuesday.
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Fewer US Kids Overdosing on Opioids MONDAY, March 20, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The number of U.S. kids who overdose on prescription painkillers each year may be declining -- but the incidents remain a major public health problem, new research says.
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Woman loses limb to strep throat A Tennessee woman feels lucky to be alive after surviving a rare strain of strep throat. The infection ended up leading to several of her fingers and toes having to be amputated.
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Anti-PCSK9 Drugs: An Ingenious Solution for a Problem That's Mostly Already Solved On Friday, for the first time, we saw the full data from the FOURIER clinical trial of Amgen's cholesterol-lowering antibody, evolocumab (Repatha™).
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Spider venom messes with our brains—and may help protect them from harm It may not be radioactive, but venom from a dangerous spider in Australia may help give researchers the super power of protecting brains from strokes.
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Poor, Minority Neighborhoods Have More Tobacco-Selling Shops Per Capita (Reuters Health) - Neighborhoods with a high proportion of black residents or high poverty tend to have the greatest density of stores selling cigarettes and tobacco products, U.S.
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Studies Suggest Cautious Optimism About Declines In Teen Opioid Use In the midst of an opioid epidemic that continues to devastate families, a sliver of hope has arrived. Two long-term studies published Monday show that opioid use among teens and opioid poisonings among younger children are on the decline.
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Why global warming could lead to a rise of 100000 diabetes cases a year in the US If the average temperature rises by 1 degree Celsius, sea levels will rise, crop yields will fall and vulnerable species will see their habitat shrink or disappear.
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Woman dies after Brazilian butt lift surgery goes wrong at Florida clinic Authorities in Florida are investigating the death of a 25-year-old Missouri woman who died after undergoing a cosmetic procedure known as a Brazilian butt lift at a Miami-area surgery center.
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Thailand's coin-eating turtle unconscious after 2nd surgery BANGKOK - A Thai veterinarian says a 25-year-old sea turtle has slipped into a coma two weeks after it had life-saving surgery to remove 915 coins from its stomach.
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SC infant mortality rate drops more than 20 percent South Carolina has made major strides in the effort to improve the outcome for babies born in the Palmetto State. New research just released by the federal government shows that from 2005 to 2014, South Carolina's infant mortality rate dropped more ...
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Spider venom may offer stroke therapy A protein in spider venom may help protect the brain from injury after a stroke, according to research. Scientists found a single dose of the protein Hi1a worked on lab rats.
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Every 45 minutes, a child is poisoned by opioids as epidemic grows A new study finds that poison control centers across the country field 32 calls a day from families with a child who has been exposed to opioids - that is about one call every 45 minutes.
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Waco-Based H&B Packing Co. Recalls Boneless Beef Products WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Sunday that Waco-based H&B Packing Co.
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Officials investigating patient's death after butt lift procedure at Miami clinic A Miami clinic is under fire after one of its patients died Thursday following a Brazilian butt lift procedure, marking the second such death in a one-year span.
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Reports of sick dogs trigger recalls by WellPet, Blue Buffalo Consumer complaints about sick pets have spurred nationwide recalls by WellPet LLC and Blue Buffalo Co. because of potentially excessive levels of beef thyroid hormone in their dog foods.
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Tennessee Nail Salon Courts Controversy Over Rude Pedicure Sign A nail salon in Tennessee has courted controversy as it put up a sign noting it will charge fat customers more money for a pedicure.
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Ketamine For Severe Depression: 'How Do You Not Offer This Drug to People?' Gerard Sanacora, a professor of psychiatry at Yale University, has treated hundreds of severely depressed patients with low doses of ketamine, an anesthetic and popular club drug that isn't approved for depression.
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High Rate of Colorectal Cancer in Latinos--Are Genes, Stigma, or Other Factors to Blame? John L. Marshall, MD: Hello. I'm John Marshall, director of the Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, DC.
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Antioxidants May Not Ward Off Dementia After All Antioxidant supplements may not help ward off dementia, a new study suggests. Although previous research had suggested a possible link between the two, this latest study is one of the largest studies to investigate whether antioxidants could help ward ...
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Allergy season in Delaware is just beginning A sure sign of spring is a box of tissues, at least if you suffer from allergies. And for sufferers, the sneezing, headaches and general achiness is going to get much worse this spring.
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Luke Perry Reveals He Discovered Precancerous Growths While Undergoing Colonoscopy Luke Perry practiced what he preached - and in this case it may have saved his life. The former Beverly Hills, 90210 star, 50, underwent a colonoscopy in 2015 after teaming up with Fight Colorectal Cancer's "One Million Strong" campaign, which ...
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Ex-CDC chief opposes public health block grants in Trump budget CHICAGO: Burried in the cuts to science and public health in President Trump's newly released budget blueprint is a longtime conservative proposal to award lump sums of money to states - block grants - to let them decide how to respond to public health ...
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Florida health center remains vigilant in fight against Zika Denise Jamieson, incident commander for the CDC's Zika emergency response, said that means there could be plenty of men who made contributions to the area's 12 sperm banks who had no idea they were exposed to the virus.
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Subclinical leaflet thrombosis more common with TAVR vs. surgical AVR WASHINGTON - Subclinical leaflet thrombosis occurred at a rate of about 12% in patients who received bioprosthetic valves and was significantly more common among patients who underwent transcatheter, as compared with surgical, aortic valve ...
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Spring allergy season: Pollen proves problem in state With every Spring –– which can sometimes be every other day in Oklahoma –– there comes a high level of allergens to overcome.
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Opioid Deaths: Another Drug War Failure Sessions Zach Gibson/EPA/NewscomIllicit drug use is an old phenomenon, and Jeff Sessions has an old solution: take off the gloves.
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Prescriptions may hold clues to who gets hooked on opioids, study says (CNN) The duration of a prescription may give clues into how long a person ends up using a narcotic painkiller, a new study finds.
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National poison prevention week begins March 19 Poisoning is a common cause of childhood injury, especially among children six years old and younger. A poisoning can be caused by any substance that causes a toxic effect or bodily harm, such as medicines, liquid nicotine, or household products.
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Six ways smoking laws are about to change and how it affects you Smoking laws are due to change in the next few weeks with a string of new rules designed to put people off taking a puff. Among the new rules is one that means cigarettes will no longer be available in packs of ten while smaller packs of rolling ...
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