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State issues mumps outbreak alert; locals already responding DALLAS - Advising people to take extra precautions and respond quickly when cases are diagnosed, the Texas Department of State Health Services issued a warning about multiple outbreaks of mumps in the state this week.
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Mother shares heartbreaking final moments of 4-year-old's battle with cancer "Two months. Two months since I've held you in my arms, heard how much you loved me, kissed those sweetie "pie" lips. Two months since we've snuggled.
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Mom shares her son's heartbreaking last days (CNN) It's been two months since Ruth Scully lived every parent's nightmare. Now, she is sharing her story on Facebook in hopes that it can bring change.
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Mumps outbreak in Texas reaches 23-year high Texas health authorities are trying to combat a record-breaking outbreak of mumps that has swept through the state. The Texas Department of State Health Services reported there have been 221 cases of mumps in the state this year, the highest number ...
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Self-funded team led by an ER doctor wins 'Star Trek'-inspired competition A seven-member, self-funded team including four siblings won the international X Prize tricorder consumer medical competition - yes, inspired by the "Star Trek" gizmo - besting 312 entrants from 38 countries, many with corporate and government backing.
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It's official: Running is the best exercise you can do Listen up, couch potatoes: One hour of running can add seven hours to your life. Now if that doesn't get you to put down the remote, nothing will.
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Touch Screens May Be Ruining Toddlers' Sleep Toddlers are fiddling more with tablets and smartphones during the day, and it's robbing them of sleep at night, a new study from England suggests.
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Kids Who Use Touchscreen Devices Sleep Less at Night Touchscreen devices like smartphones and tablets are now fixtures of many households, so it comes as little surprise to learn that young children who don't work or go to school are among their most active users.
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Toddlers playing with touchscreens sleep less: study The more toddlers play with touchscreen devices the less they sleep, according to a study released Thursday that suggests the findings could be cause for concern.
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Kennedy Hospitals receive an 'A' for patient safety VOORHEES -- For the sixth consecutive time, Kennedy University Hospital's three acute care facilities -- located in Cherry Hill, Stratford, and Washington Township, -- have again each been honored with an "A" grade in the National Hospital Safety ...
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Teen denied lung transplant after smoking marijuana, family says A Utah teen was denied a life-saving transplant after he tested positive for marijuana, his family says. Nineteen-year-old Riley Hancey was hospitalized just after Thanksgiving after coming down with a severe form of pneumonia that caused his lung to ...
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Autism awareness: Efforts are being made to increase ASD's acceptance in Amarillo area A.J. Solis sits on the merry-go-round at Austin Park in Amarillo. The 3 year-old was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder one year ago, a developmental disability that manifests in various social, communication and behavioral challenges.
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These handy medical devices are inspired by the 'Star Trek' tricorder Two hundred years from now, medical tricorders like the ones depicted in Star Trek will be as common as tongue depressors. They'll be unremarkable, mobile tools on our SpaceX starships shuttling us back and forth to Mars.
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Newlyweds contract rare brain parasite during Hawaiian honeymoon (CNN) -- Among the lures of Maui, second-largest of the Hawaiian islands, is an area known for being less developed than most other regions of our 50th state.
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'Some high miraculous power' at work during Texas twins' birth 14 days apart from each other Giving birth has been described as a miracle, but a Texas mother's story of giving birth to her twins 14 days apart from each other redefines miraculous.
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Heroin Crisis: Nevada Becomes First State to Install Syringe Vending Machines Las Vegas is betting on a new approach to combat rising heroin and HIV rates: vending machines of clean needles. But the syringe exchange vending machines, a first in the United States, aren't open to just anyone walking by.
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Twin Babies Are Born 2 Weeks Apart: 'I Didn't Even Know That Was Possible' by Maya Chung - Inside Edition. Play Video. Play. Mute. Current Time 0:00. /. Duration Time 0:00. Loaded: 0%. Progress: 0%. Stream TypeLIVE.
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Tennis community serves to turn "type 1 into type none" Millions of children, adults and families are affected daily by type 1 diabetes (T1D). An autoimmune disease in which a person's pancreas loses the ability to produce insulin, T1D strikes both children and adults suddenly and is unrelated to diet and ...
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HIV Pioneer Mark Wainberg, PhD, Dies Unexpectedly Pioneering Canadian HIV/AIDS researcher and social activist Mark Wainberg, PhD, died April 12 at age 71. Dr Wainberg drowned while swimming in Bal Harbour, Florida.
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Missouri Senate passes prescription drug monitoring program JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (AP) - State senators on Thursday passed legislation to make Missouri the final state to adopt a prescription drug tracking database, a program meant to help address the growing opioid epidemic.
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Women surgeons shoot New Yorker cover look-alike selfies and post all over social media A New Yorker magazine cover has inspired women surgeons all over the world to post pictures of themselves on social media mirroring the illustration.
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Twins born 2 weeks apart in Texas Together, Amara and Arthur not only beat the odds for babies born so prematurely, they also beat convention. KTRK. By Tom Abrahams.
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Mom gives birth to twins two weeks apart LaTroya Woolridge of Spring, Texas, was just 24 weeks pregnant when she went into labor. With husband Arthur away, she drove herself to Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital, where she gave birth to daughter Amara on Jan. 17.
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California couple catches rat lungworm Two newlyweds from California are among the latest victims of the rat lungworm disease that is affecting Hawaii. Ben Manilla, 64, and his wife, Eliza Lape, 57, believe they contracted the disease during their two-week honeymoon in the Hana area of Maui ...
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Prescription drug monitoring program gets long-awaited approval in Missouri Senate OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. Overdoses don't happen just to heroin addicts; patients who legally use strong painkillers called opioids are at risk in the nation's epidemic, too.
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8 Hawaii hospitals receive top grades in lastest national hospital safety report Eight Hawaii hospitals received a top grade of "A" in the latest national hospital safety report from The Leapfrog Group.
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Department of Health preps for Zika in advance Spring is in the air, and that means so are mosquitoes. The Georgia Department of Public Health says as of March, Georgia had 116 confirmed travel-related Zika cases in the past year.
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Cumulative Midlife Vascular Risk Factors Associated With Increased Brain Amyloid Having a progressively higher number of midlife vascular risk factors is significantly associated with later development of high levels of brain amyloid deposition, suggest cohort findings from the ongoing Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) trial.
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Bridge Walk for Autism In recognition of Autism Awareness Month, Hope Network is inviting community members who have been impacted by autism to take part in their third annual Bridge Walk for Autism.
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WITH VIDEO: For better diabetes management, get cooking Master Gardener Marilyn Beltz, left, and OSU Extension Program Coordinator for Family and Consumer Sciences Peg Meents create a meal of cod coated in Parmesan cheese and Dijon mustard, green beans with toasted pecans and cranberries, breadsticks ...
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Funeral for renowned AIDS researcher to take place Friday The Miami-Dade medical examiner has determined that renowned AIDS researcher Dr. Mark Wainberg died from acute asthma exacerbation.
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Diets lacking in dairy may put health at risk "Clean eating" diets involve cutting out entire food groups from a person's diet, and they are becoming a trend among teens and young adults.
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