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April The Giraffe Update: Pregnant Giraffe 'Closer To The Anticipated Birth,' Zoo Says April, the pregnant giraffe at the Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York, "continues to progress" but there are no signs of her going into labor, keeping thousands of people across the world waiting for her to give birth.
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'Progression!': April the giraffe closer to giving birth, zoo says HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. - April the giraffe is showing a change that usually happens just prior to birth, her keepers said Tuesday, further heightening the anticipation surrounding the animal's looming labor.
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Is it finally time for April the giraffe to give birth? For weeks, many have waited and watched as April the giraffe experiences her pregnancy at the Animal Adventure Park in Hapursville, New York.
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Indonesian man's body reportedly found inside python SALUBIRO, Indonesia - A man who went missing in Indonesia earlier this week was near his own garden - inside the stomach of a 20-foot long snake.
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How This 23-Foot Python Swallowed a Man Whole A shocking video from Indonesia reportedly shows the moment a snake was cut open and a 25-year-old man was found inside. An error occurred.
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FDA approves first treatment for severe type of multiple sclerosis (CNN) The US Food and Drug Administration approved on Tuesday the first treatment for a rare form of multiple sclerosis, a debilitating disorder in which the body's own immune system attacks the brain and spinal cord.
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Forsyth County below N.C. urban peers on health, according to national study Forsyth County showed improvement with its overall quality of health, but continued to trail its urban peers in North Carolina, according to a national study released Wednesday.
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Waiter receives job offer after helping a disabled customer (CNN) What happened after a waiter served up an act of kindness is proof that not all good deeds go unnoticed. Joe Thomas received national attention after a photo of him at work at an IHOP in Springfield, Illinois, was posted on the company's Facebook ...
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Greatest rise in heroin use was among white people, study says (CNN) The numbers are startling -- in 2015, 52,404 people died from drug overdoses according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Greatest rise in heroin use was among white people, study says The numbers are startling - in 2015, 52,404 people died from drug overdoses according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Report: Henderson County 'healthiest' in WNC Henderson County is not only ranked as the healthiest county in Western North Carolina, but as one of the healthiest in the state, according to the latest County Health Rankings.
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Trump wants to cut AIDS research, assistance to fund increased military spending The White House just sent members of Congress a proposal to cut $1.23 billion in research funding to the National Institutes of Health, including $300 million in global AIDS assistance, in order to account for a desired increase in military spending in ...
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11-year-old Massachusetts girl suffers third-degree burns on hands after making homemade slime An 11-year-old Massachusetts girl suffered blistering burns to her hands after making "slime" at her home last week, prompting many to wonder if the popular homemade gooey concoction is safe for children.
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DIY slime project brutally burns 11-year-old girl, family says A Massachusetts family is warning others about the dangers of do-it-yourself homemade slime after their 11-year-old daughter suffered second- and third-degree burns on her hands, which doctors said is likely the result of prolonged exposure to one of ...
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Multiple sclerosis drug, Ocrevus, gets FDA approval U.S. regulators have approved the first drug for an aggressive kind of multiple sclerosis that steadily reduces coordination and the ability to walk.
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FDA approves first treatment for severe type of multiple sclerosis The US Food and Drug Administration approved on Tuesday the first treatment for a rare form of multiple sclerosis, a debilitating disorder in which the body's own immune system attacks the brain and spinal cord.
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New MS Drug Approved by FDA March 29, 2017 -- The FDA has approved a new medication that is the first to treat a rare form of multiple sclerosis. The FDA approved Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) Tuesday for primary progressive MS (PPMS), as well as the most common form of MS.
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County's health rankings drop Allen County continued its downward slide in this year's Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's County Health Rankings released today.
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IHOP Waiter Hand Feeds Disabled, Longtime Patron Who Can No Longer Feed Herself by Deborah Hastings - Inside Edition. Johann Thomas just plain likes people - of all kinds and all types. The Illinois IHOP waiter also likes his customers and prides himself on remembering their orders and their limitations.
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Ranking of healthiest counties revealed as suburban overdoses soar Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story failed to mention that Kentucky was among the Southern states that expanded Medicaid.
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Novel approach can reveal personalized breast cancer treatments Dr. Anna Malovannaya and Dr. Matthew Ellis in the mass-spectrometry lab at Baylor College of Medicine. Credit: Baylor College of Medicine.
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More Older Women Hitting the Bottle Hard TUESDAY, March 28, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- More older American women than ever are drinking -- and drinking hard, a new study shows.
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New approach for breast cancer treatment explored Researchers identify proteins that drive cancer tumor growth and then test drugs to neutralize the specific biological drivers. By Amy Wallace | March 28, 2017 at 10:34 AM.
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Exercise: The Cellular 'Fountain of Youth' TUESDAY, March 28, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- High-intensity exercise may help older adults reverse certain aspects of the "cellular" aging process, a new study suggests.
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Are Marathons Bad for Your Kidneys? A new study shows that long-endurance exercise may lead to kidney damage, but it's not as scary as it sounds. Charlotte Hilton Andersen's picture.
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IHOP waiter stops working to help customer with Huntington's disease eat A sweet act of kindness was caught on camera at an IHOP in Springfield, Illinois, over the weekend. Joe Thomas, who has worked at IHOP for 11 years, was photographed assiting one of his regular customers who has trouble eating, CBS News reported.
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"Groundbreaking" technology restores movement in paralyzed man For the first time, a paralyzed man has regained functional arm movement and is able to feed himself using his own hand as a result of new technology that reconnects his brain with his muscles.
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Kid suffers 3rd-degree burns after DIY slime project A Massachusetts mother said her fifth-grader suffered severe burns after playing with homemade slime, a project she said she's done with her daughter many times before without incident.
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Breast cancer treatment's long-term impacts focus of Batavia meeting Wednesday BATAVIA - "I'd have a lot more difficulty with my job if we caused harm." Dr. Kevin Mudd, a radiation oncologist at the Wilmot Cancer Institute in Batavia, works in an area of medicine that can be worrying for patients.
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Brain and arm implants help paralyzed US man feed himself In this undated photo made available on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 by Case Western Reserve University, Bill Kochevar feeds himself, in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Even More States Are Getting In On The Free 'Baby Box' Trend For years, Finland has been hailed as a kind of promised land for parenting, thanks to its generous leave policies, subsidized daycare and famed free "baby boxes," that can double as safe, simple infant beds.
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Breastfeeding still best for babies, even if it doesn't make them smarter (though it might) Ajee Kindell breastfeeds her one-month-old son Jaeer Kindell after feeding him at the breastfeeding clinic at St. John Hospital in Detroit, Mich.
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Study: Your Cat Probably Loves You More Than It Loves Food (Take That, Dogs!) After dealing with decades of unfair stereotypes that they are aloof and unloving, cats are finally getting a chance to clap back thanks to science.
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Italy Might Offer Menstrual Leave — But The Topic Is Still Hotly Debated Aunt Flo makes it hard to get out of bed, let alone log eight or more hours in the office; and now, one country is acknowledging this.
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Playing 'Tetris' After Trauma May Reduce Bad Flashbacks Playing the video game "Tetris" shortly after a traumatic event, such as a car crash, may reduce the risk of developing intrusive flashbacks of the event, a new study suggests.
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Use of prophylactic mastectomy increasing among younger women with early-stage breast cancer More than one-third of women aged 20 to 44 years who underwent surgery for invasive unilateral breast cancer elected to remove the unaffected breast for preventive reasons, according to a retrospective study published in JAMA Surgery.
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New study shows HPV vaccine has reduced rates of genital warts For young women, receiving the cervical cancer vaccine has meant a massive drop in genital warts. The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was introduced in New Zealand in 2008 to prevent cervical cancer.
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More older women are drinking hard More older American women than ever are drinking - and drinking hard, a new study shows. Most troubling was the finding that the prevalence of binge drinking among older women is increasing dramatically, far faster than it is among older men, the ...
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Would Legalizing Medical Marijuana Help Curb The Opioid Epidemic? "Battling the opioid epidemic will require a multi-pronged approach and a good deal of creativity." Ronnie Cohen. 1.2k. (Reuters Health) - In states that legalized medical marijuana, U.S.
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California Taps Investors' Craving for Yield With Tobacco Bonds Tobacco bonds are returning 10 percent this year, over seven times that of the municipal market as a whole, as buyers itching for yield pick up the securities and drive prices higher.
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The Truth about Alcohol and Heart Health The idea that alcohol may be good for your heart has been around for a while. While moderate drinking may offer health benefits, drinking more can cause a host of health problems.
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Cancer group renews push to increase tobacco purchase age to 21 Women smoke cigarettes at a shopping center in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze). Print Email · Shira Schoenberg | sschoenberg@repub.
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New technology allows paralyzed man to move arm by thinking about it Bill Kochevar feeds himself in Cleveland, Ohio in this undated photo. Kochevar was able to feed himself for the first time in eight years, after doctors implanted electronic sensors into his brain and arm that restored the broken connection between them.
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Cats Prefer Interacting With People Over Food, Study Finds The study took both domestic and sheltered cats and gave them different choices of stimuli. The cats could choose between food, toys, scent or humans.
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Ohio lawmakers want more limits on painkiller prescriptions; doctors object The latest legislative move to battle the state's ongoing drug epidemic involves further limiting the number of painkillers doctors are prescribing.
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Playing Tetris can reduce onset of PTSD after trauma, study shows (CNN) After experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event, such as a car accident, people are likely to develop anxiety or distress in relation to that event soon after the experience, leading to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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New Research Delivers Hope For More Accurate PTSD Diagnosis And Treatment Researchers are working at brain banks around the country to see what is going on inside the heads of veterans. 03/29/2017 03:00 pm ET.
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Groups renew push to raise tobacco age to 21 Franklin High School students Nicole Sparages left, Catherine Moran, center, and Teerithveen Pasricha hold a sign at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network's lobby day at the Statehouse.
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State lawmakers urged to increase legal smoking age BOSTON (WWLP) - Cancer survivors are calling on the state to increase the legal age for buying tobacco to 21. They say it could save teens from falling victim to lifelong nicotine addiction.
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Should Mass. raise age to buy tobacco to 21? Led by the American Cancer Society, health advocates renewed their push Wednesday to raise the smoke age in Massachusetts. Advertisement.
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